Yeah sorry about that, I should have qualified that statement. I'm happy with the way MY tube amp sounds. Someone else could listen in and think it blows monkey chunks and that's cool with me but when I compare MY tube amp with amp sims I go by what I hear as the difference in low-end, definition, etc. I think amp sims are cool and I use them more than the actual tube amp these days for sake of convenience and actually how *well* they do as a whole. Didn't mean to come off like I was saying all tube amps are the shit and everything else is worthless. Mind you, the last time I was into anything closely related to amp modeling is the mid to late 90's when I heard Roland's VG-8 (I think was the name of it) that had a midi pickup mounted on a strat that gave you access to all sorts of tones and sounds, and something they called COSM or something along those lines.... Sounded cool to me back then but at the time, couldn't replace (to me anyway) what I was used to hearing from amps (tube or otherwise).
Point being, I can only go by what I'm familiar with (Peavey Solid State amps, Marshall Tube and Solid State amps, Mesa Tube Pre/Power Amps, Carvin Tube amps, Crate solid state amps and maybe a few others I'm forgetting). Trust me I'm not one of those Analog snobs that think the fucking toaster in the kitchen has to have 6L6's in it (from WWII Russian Factories no less) in order for my humble Wheat Toast to taste "good".
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