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It's a very flexible setup, I have a huge range of volume available and I can point it anywhere in an instant.
Adding to which, I just prefer the sound of miked amps over hearing guitar speakers directly. The filtering effect of a good mic is after all what our ears used to from our favourite artists both live and on record.
I had a Cornell Romany Plus from 2007 to 2013. I had just bought it for home use and got asked to join a band. I have problems with the clean volume and here's what I did.
Swapped the oe speaker to a Vintage 30-increase in volume but real beam problems solved with gaffa tape.
Swapped the V30 to an alnico Tone Tubby-increase in volume but took ages to break in.
Swapped the 6L6 to a Svet EL34, increase in volume.
Swapped to a 6550-increase in volume.
Bought an Unleash-volume issues gone.
The unleash was the best solution but after a while I got tired with all the fixes and mods and traded it for a Bad Cat 30 and I also now have an AC4. In retrospect I was always hunting for a Vox sound so did that.
It allows you to run the amp at any or lack of gain and set the volume on the unit. I havent used it that loud but my current use is permanently hooked up to a ZVex Nano to run clean boosted by the Unleash as that amp has next to no headroom.
It always feels like a real amp (with my old Romany, Nano and Black Cat) and the only downside soundwise is a very small loss in treble.
If you are looking at the kind of money to get a Romany Plus and a DRRI then you are in Lazy J 20 territory. I sold my Romany Plus, and a Fargen amp based on a Deluxe Reverb, when I got my Lazy J. With the power scaling option the Lazy J will do home, and with 20W and a Celestion Blue it will be as loud, if not louder, than a DRRI for gigging. To my ears it sounds better than either.