5e3 vs Joyo American Sound pedal.

[Reg18]

I’ve just bought this Bugera PS1 load box/Attenuator (which is a resistive load I believe) and I’ve noticed a big difference in feel between having a actual speaker as the load compared to just using the Bugera as a load. The feel and the dynamics change, it feels sort of like you have a long cable without a buffer, note attack is soft, top end a bit rolled off etc.
Thought it would be fun to try the Joyo as well to see if it sounded any worse and as you can here recorded it’s not to bad!

All recordings are direct to camera through the Nux IR loader which was on the same settings the whole time.

Do you here much difference?
I think next I’d like to try a reactive load to see if that gets me closer to the real thing.

[H671]

Don't know if it was because the volume was slightly lower or not, but the Joyo sounded better.

[Reg18]

Don't know if it was because the volume was slightly lower or not, but the Joyo sounded better.

Yeah it’s not bad aye, $35 well spent I’d say!
It’s more even across the spectrum and looking at the sound waves on the files it shows this too. A bit more bass as well I think.
however when I’m playing them all I prefer the amp with a speaker load attached. I like the sound of the IRs just fine but the feel under the fingers is quite different, strangely just having a speaker attached but listening to the IRs not the cabinet was more dynamic and responsive.
I’m not sure on the science behind this and I’m not sure it really sounds any different either?

[bobiron]

Thanks for the comparison, amps sounds way cleaner and clearer to me, but maybe the eq was setup different. The American pedal has long been on my list and is a good one to have as a gig backup and clean practice amp for DI when everyone is sleeping imho. They maybe cheap but I think they are good value for money.