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No seriously, I’ve owned both these amps and I think what you’re possibly describing is the difference between 6L6 vs 6V6, especially at home volumes. The Lazy J, being 6V6, will growl a lot more at lower vol than the Cornell, assuming you have nothing in front of the amp to push it.
I personally prefer that, and use the guitar volume to roll it back. Others will prefer the headroom and use pedals to push it.
They are very different amps though, the Lazy J is a much more sophisticated beast tonally imo and more flexible, it has great onboard reverb and tremolo options, and even without pedals it can get that thicker chewy tone if you mean more of a Neil Young style, hugely overdriven 5e3 sound. And with a Cruiser Deuce into the Lazy J, wow, there’s more fat chewy juice than anyone could ever want!
The Romany is a very decent amp and lots of owners like them but it’s not a 5e3 derivative so it’s hard to compare and imho it’s not in the same ballpark as the Lazy J. The Lazy J also normally has a Celestion Blue, one of the finest speakers known to man, and that’s one of its many strengths. But whether that same speaker could transform a Romany to greater heights I don’t know, although it probably wouldn’t help with the fat chewy bit.
Cornell more scooped, J is more mid.
*An Official Foo-Approved guitarist since Sept 2023.
I reckon you might want to look at a Harlot instead.
Och, you know what I mean.