UA OX Vs. The Real Amp and Cab

I was just curious to be honest. If I got as many factors as close as possible, would my Vox AC30 Pre-amp and Power amp fed into a UA OX (a Speaker / Room and Mic simulator) sound better than the same Vox AC30 Pre-amp power amp into a real cab mic and room.
Obviously this is far from a perfect test. There are factors I can't replicate.
1. The outboard gear UA used when recording their AC30 cab
2. The room and reflections
3. The EQ settings UA used to dial in the sound
4. And a bunch of other factors that would add up to a difference in the final recording and capture.
Still... It's a fun experiment. Rip my approach to shreds, but I figured this would be a fun experiment.
The factors that are the same in this video:
1. I recorded both the AC30 Cab and UA ox on the same take (no variation in playing). This means the real AC30 preamp, EQ settings and power amp were exactly the same.
2. I used an open back cab with alnico blue speakers in the UA workstation as well as in the real cab
3. I used an off-axis SM57 mic for both the UA and real cab
4. I used a carpeted room in both the UA and real recordings

[@Grant_Ferstat]

I recently tracked my Magic Amps Brit MK2 (basically a vintage spec AC15) through an OX. We used the Vox style cab with two silvers I think it was but maybe they were Blues.... Default mics modelled were a U67 and Beyer 160 and I think we might have used a touch the built in 1176. I was shocked at how good it was with no more that 5 mins tweaking. We did run the analog outputs of the OX into a pair of 1073 clones.

[@GoodwoodAudio]

its really not a bad unit at all eh... makes it easy to record / practice quietly / have a backup recording while keeping a live cab...tons of uses.

[@ZachariahConnor]

Great video! Id love to hear the non-eq’d micd samples

[@GoodwoodAudio]

thanks! I recorded this ages ago...not even sure I still have the source files.

[@56lukep]

any thoughts on the ox stomp? thinking about swapping my cabzeus mono for one, just not sure if itd be an upgrade?

[@GoodwoodAudio]

haven't had the chance to try it yet! Very curious though... UA does impressive stuff. Not sure if it would be an upgrade or not, but can't see it being worse.

[@HugoBanyCastilloCh]

What cabinet did you use in the UA OX?

[@GoodwoodAudio]

open back with 'blues'

[@GoodwoodAudio]

basically tried to emulate my ac30 (open back w/ blues)