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Is there a headphone amp with speaker IR's?

Hiwatts-n-Gibsons

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I'm looking for a good transparent headphone amp with IR's for silent practicing. I plan to use it with my amps plugged into a Mesa Powerhouse attenuator set as a load box. If not IR's what about a cab emulator?

What are my best options?
 

darkwave

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I'm looking for a good transparent headphone amp with IR's for silent practicing. I plan to use it with my amps plugged into a Mesa Powerhouse attenuator set as a load box. If not IR's what about a cab emulator?

What are my best options?
I'm not sure about any strictly "headphone amps" that use IR's, but you could consider a Strymon Iridium or Walrus ACS1 for the basic function. Each has amp models, cab IR's, and a headphone output. For your second use, you'd probably want to bypass the amp portion, which I'm not sure you can do while maintaining the IR function. In that case I'd just get a Digitech CabDryVR, TC Impulse IR or similar (though they are unlikely to have the headphone out you want).

- Douglas C.
 

Hiwatts-n-Gibsons

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Just added the Two Notes Opus to the list. Any opinions on that vs Cabzeus, Tonex, and the Boss IR-2?
 
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