Suhr Reactive Load I.R. vs Suhr Cabinet

[@LouieLively]

Alright I think 3 months is long enough lol.... A is the IR & B is the 57 & badger cab! 👍🏼

[@john808welk]

Man the "experts" in the comment section are hilarious. "What's this, a well done comparison where I was wrong? Impossible, this dude must have his sm57 backwards." I preferred B, which is unfortunate since my paper thin walls will allow no respite from load boxes and IR's.

[@terrybanks5063]

the "experts" seem to be everywhere i go lol. thuink im going to have to put youtube down for a while. nearly completed it anyway ;)

[@JordanSteele]

They both sound great. I think the sm-57 is cab b. I always prefer the sound of a real mic but using irs makes life so easy, I use the two notes captor which sounds great as well especially since I live in an apartment.

[@LouieLively]

You’re right! I hate micing up cabs lol

[@ozgonc]

Cab A: IR Cab B: real cabinet or at least I hope so 'cause Cab A sounds a hell of lot better and live in an apartment.

[@LouieLively]

😎👍🏼

[@mmatthewias280]

B sounds so much more organic and non compressed and fizzy.

[@newtbyrd9643]

What is shown as Cab "B" always sounds just a bit "thin" or "airy" to me compared to the Cab "A" set up, but what do I know, I'm just a harp player

[@Victoravd]

When you tell which one A and B?)

[@LouieLively]

A IR B cab 😎👍🏼

[@EddieKingMusic]

Cab A sounds best to me so it will be interesting to see which one was the real cab.

[@LouieLively]

A is the IR!

[@EddieKingMusic]

@@LouieLively 🤯

[@dsapasd]

Sounds like B is leaking some unwanted vibration/resonance noise... so that's a real (just not ideal) mic giveaway. A sounds more like a professional mic sound... so could have been either a real mic or IR (if B hadn't been obvious).

[@jeffweatherholt1434]

Both sound great and very similar. Difficult to tell, but having to guess, I’d say b is the IR.

[@LouieLively]

B is the real cab ! 👍🏼

[@shredgd5]

"A" sounds way more natural and better, so I believe it is the real mic'd cab

[@LouieLively]

A is the IR!

[@guitarforceone]

WHAAAATTTT?!?! I agree, A sounded waaay more natural, meaty. Can't believe A is the IR xD But, now I know I'm buying it hahahaha

[@LouieLively]

@@guitarforceone hahaha right on lol

[@androidgameplays4every13]

It would be great a comparison between the Suhr reactive box vs TRUE MICROHPONES.

[@LouieLively]

What the hell is a truer microphone than a 57 😂

[@androidgameplays4every13]

@@LouieLively Did you micked the cabinet using a real life SM57 on the speaker?

[@nickc35]

I don’t know which is which and I don’t even want to guess but I prefer the slightly deeper tone, to my ears anyway, of Cab B.

[@hammer5475]

If they weren't next to each other it would be really hard to tell either is an IR. They sound different, B sounds more focused and fizzy on the top end so I would guess B is the real cabinet but hard to know as I'm not familiar with that amp or anything. I like some of the tones with A and some with B so its really close. Overall I think B has more detail and would most likely sit better in a mix. Thanks for the interesting comparison!

[@LouieLively]

Thanks! B is the 57/Cab - A is the IR 👍🏼

[@bisaillion]

I can't handle the tone of B. I don't know which that one is at this point, but A is better.

[@LouieLively]

Lol B is the real cab 😂👍🏼

[@bisaillion]

@@LouieLively the other thing is that mic'ing an amp has so many variables, whereas Load IR are precisely what they are. I'm not saying that one is better than the other, but your specific comparison doesn't represent all mic'ing. There are mic'ing examples that are much much worse, and many that are far better. Mic'ing is a skill to develop. That being said, I'd really like a Load IR.

[@LouieLively]

@@bisaillion I appreciate your comment but I’m very well versed in mixing a cabinet- the mic’d cab sounds the same as it does in the room. Off axis 57. Can’t fuck that up lol

[@bisaillion]

@@LouieLively which part of the room? What kind of room? What's the size of the room? I don't want to come off as argumentative, I have no doubts that you're experienced, likely more than me, but there really aren't absolutes when it comes to mic techniques and variables, or even really saying "this is what X sounds like" unless it's digital... Even then. Also, kinda surprised that your primary mic would be off axis 57. Personally, I use an off axis 57 to blend with my straight 57 which is the primary signal.

[@bisaillion]

All that to say, there are many variables. I still really like the sound of the Load, and their convenience is the killer feature.

[@Thansferium]

A sounds much more open and alive, but could just as much be the recording chain I guess, B has some nasty noisy stuff going on in the high freqs and sounds a bit 'congested'. So on the one hand I'm planning to buy the Reactive Load and hope it's it A, but it must be B.

[@LouieLively]

A is the IR! B is the 57

[@Bobby_Digital37]

I likes A better. Gonna have to get the Reactive Load!

[@chadgendason]

It's A by a long shot.. Listen to the phase relationahip of b and a.. B is for sure the ir..

[@LouieLively]

A is the IR 👍🏼

[@chadgendason]

@@LouieLively then maybe your micing wasn't that great.... It sounds like the most correctly miced one

[@LouieLively]

@@chadgendason How do you figure? There’s no phasing going on. Only one mic used. You guessed B as the IR but it was the real cab and 57

[@AndreaPirlo2023]

Love A 🤘

[@mmatthewias280]

I hear a big difference/sacrifice with the Suhr. Can you do this with the OxBox? I liked the Suhr much better when you compared it to the Ox but here there’s some real organic juice lacking from the Suhr.

[@maxmustardman298]

b is the real cab

[@LouieLively]

👍🏼

[@danielbyrne763]

B

[@gizemkayhan9245]

B is real cab