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I have a BOSS Gt-1000 core. Small, sounds great and has extremely low latency compared to other sub £1000 modellers.
Boss Dual Cube LX might be worth investigating, as an all in one desktop solution.
I think I'll stick with my amp.
Yes this is something that I hear often. However, whatever system I use I tend to sit at the same distance from my speakers. The latency that the system imparts, comes on top of (and in addition to) the latency created by this distance. With certain interfaces it has been really troublesome for me…
As for home use, I use this lovely 0.5 W amplifier (below) which sounds phenomenal. However, with an overdrive pedal, it can still become rather loud. So at the moment I’ve hooked up a Sequis elemental on a bypass switch, which I bring in only for overdriven sounds.
Add to that a microphone in front of the speaker leading to a stereo effects processor given me 100% wet modulation effects through a pair of studio monitors on either side of my 1×12.
… and it gets a little complex.
However, it’s a lovely little system and once set up it works beautifully. It just made me wonder though if there is a single little amplifier that I can plug into which will give me all the sounds at a controllable volume
https://i.imgur.com/qUANfh4.jpeg
I play guitar and take photos of stuff. I also like beans on toast.
The benefits are in just having one cable and lots of great amps and effects. You can also travel, move it from one room to another and use headphones.
Unless money is an issue buy and then try. I use my modeller at home alongside two Great valve amps as well as for an effects unit when gigging acoustic.
Consider the speed of sound through air is approximately 340 metres per second. If you are on a stage 3m away from your amp then the latency in terms of how long it takes the sound to reach your ears will be 0.0088 seconds which is rounded up to 9ms. That's the lowest it can possibly be and it's likely a little more as there's bound to be additional latency in your signal chain. But that's not going to be something you'd notice.
There seems to be an internet idea that it's only possible to play guitar with zero latency and anything else is unacceptable. I've seen people complain about 3ms latency which is utterly crazy. If that was true then they wouldn't be able to play their guitar properly more than 1m away from their amps!
Edit - sorry I missed the earlier post by @Musicwolf
Then i tried the a DSM & Humboldt Simplifier. It immediately felt and sounded better to me (and its defo not because Ive got bat ears)
Worth a try imho