The Reactive Load I.R. is Suhr's reactive load with impulse response technology built in. The same reactive load circuit takes the place of the speaker cabinet, and the unit comes loaded with 16 impulse responses of Suhr cabinets captured by Celestion, covering the Badger, Bella, Hedgehog, PT and 4x12 cabinets. It is an open system, so third-party IRs load over USB.
Two outputs run at once: one through the selected IR and one unfiltered and dry, which lets an engineer record both and decide in the mix. Live, the IR output goes to front of house with no microphone and no bleed. For quiet practice, plug in headphones and a phone or other source on the aux input and play a tube amp along with backing tracks, no DAW needed. Signal Boost adds 6dB for low-wattage amps, and Hi-Cut adjusts the impedance curve when slaving an amp. When a cabinet is plugged into the Thru jack the internal load is disabled, so that jack must always lead to a load.
If you already have an IR library and a rig to run it, the Reactive Load is the load on its own.
SPECIFICATIONS
FEATURES
Country of Origin: United States
Type: Reactive load with impulse responses
Speaker Input Impedance: 8 Ohm
Maximum recommended input power: 150 Watts RMS
Included Impulse Responses: 16 Suhr speaker cabinet impulse responses created by Celestion, 4 banks of 4
Included Speaker Impulse Responses: Badger 1x12 - Celestion Vintage 30, Bella 1x12 - Celestion V-Type, PT 2x12 - Celestion Creamback, Hedgehog 2x12 - Celestion G12-65, Suhr 4x12 - Celestion Greenback, Suhr 4x12 - Celestion Vintage 30
I.R. Format: .WAV, Mono, 24bit, 48kHz, 20.5 ms (I.R.s greater than 20.5 ms will be truncated to 20.5 ms)
I.R. Output Latency: 1.2 milliseconds
ROHS Compliant: Yes
CONTROLS
I.R. Select: 4 banks of 4 Impulse Responses; push and hold to lock the selected I.R.
H.P. Level: Volume of the I.R. output through headphones
D.I. Level: Volume of the Balanced/Unbalanced Outputs
Signal Boost: Boosts signal 6db, most useful with low wattage amps
Hi-Cut: Adjusts impedance curve, most useful when slaving an amp
Displays: Bank Number (1-4), Cab Number (1-4)
Indicators: Clip Light, Signal Light
CONNECTIONS
Input (From Amp): 1/4", from the 8 ohm Speaker Out of the amp
Thru (To Speaker): To an external speaker cabinet; disables the internal load
DI/Line Out (I.R.): 1/4", to DAW or mixer, filtered through the selected impulse response
DI/Line Out (Unfiltered): 1/4", to DAW or mixer, dry signal with no impulse response
Balanced Line Output Impedance: 600Ω (Maximum)
Unbalanced Line Output Impedance: 600Ω (Maximum)
H.P. Output: 1/8" Stereo Headphone output
Aux Input: 1/8" Stereo Auxiliary Input
USB: Manage impulse responses saved on the device
POWER
Power Supply: Included. 9Vdc, center negative, 2.1mm x 5.5mm
Operating Voltage: 9Vdc
Maximum Voltage: 12Vdc
DIMENSIONS
Dimensions: 8.8" (W) x 8.9" (D) x 3.6" (H)
Weight: 6.7lb
