Ive never tried but just by the location of speakers i can tell proper stereo is not achievable.cestlamort wrote: ↑Fri Jun 25, 2021 7:20 amI just picked up an old Roland JC90 (2x10, successor to JC77, which I love) partly because it has a stereo fx loop return, which could potentially mean that I could run some stereo stuff (modulation, delays, etc) with just one amp. (Or two little Roland 2x10 amps in stereo could be interesting)
In my (limited) testing so far, everything is audible and sounds fine but almost sounds like the stereo stuff run into it has been summed, (it’s not a big amp and the speakers are close together), while the onboard chorus still has a much wider spread. It may simply be that they dialed in their chorus well (dry/wet I believe) while the wet/wet stuff I’m running into is just too close together physically (or sounds best with your nose pressed into the grille cloth)
On the other hand, we had our first practice since before times on Wednesday, and JC77 + super reverb at real (not residential / living room) volume is a glorious thing.
Geomatrically the equilateral triangle rule of monitor speaker setup would suggest playing with your head about a foot away I dont know if any advantage doing parallel distortion so there is more speaker headroom though. OR using the bi-power-amp to hook up a second cab if possible. I was tempted to find a head version of a JC/peavey/ampeg for that reason but so rare at the moment! (Did the Ampeg ss-140c get a mention in JC120 clones yet?!)
Id imagine it could be handy in recording and micced situations though. Each side could then be panned into speakers that are on each side of your head, not <effectively in the same location>
The spill might even be kind of cool and binaural, but you can place a baffle between.