Silently profiling an amp head

    So I'm looking to do a number of Direct Profiles (I believe that's what they're called) of amp heads by connecting the speaker out of the amp to a dummy load with a line out and connecting that to the Kemper. Is this the best way to silently profile an amp head (with no speaker cabinet)?

    I've heard running a dummy load can change the sound of the amp in a negative way, though. Is this true? Should I connect the amp head to a direct box that can handle the speaker load then put the Cab out of said DI box into a dummy load? would this work?

    thanks!

    You'll be anyway free to couple whatever cabs and amps.
    According to the cab(s) you'll be profiling your amp(s) with, the power section will work in a specific way that depends on the impedance trend of the cab itself. But this is unavoidable, so go for it!

    :)

    Quote from PaulAnderberg

    So I'm looking to do a number of Direct Profiles (I believe that's what they're called) of amp heads by connecting the speaker out of the amp to a dummy load with a line out and connecting that to the Kemper. Is this the best way to silently profile an amp head (with no speaker cabinet)?

    I've heard running a dummy load can change the sound of the amp in a negative way, though. Is this true? Should I connect the amp head to a direct box that can handle the speaker load then put the Cab out of said DI box into a dummy load? would this work?

    thanks!

    I did some DI Profiles like this using a Suhr Reactive Load. Sounded good to me, especially the AFD100. Cheers

    Quote from Hurricane

    A Weber Power-Mass may do the trick, because it's a speaker`s voice-coil without a Membrane and behaves similar to a real speaker.

    I did this actually, with an older Weber MASS, tapping the slave output of my Triple Rectifier. It does work, but I got different results using my Uberkab as a load. Better, worse? Just different. The profiling process is learning by doing anyway.

    I have (for sale) a Tube Town Tonehoud, which is basically a fully closed mini came with a speaker inside and some isolating material.
    It is not 100% silent, but you'll bring down the noise of a good 70%. And if you put it in a box with some pillows you get 90% noise reduction.
    I did some nice direct profiles with it, way better than my old palmer PGA.