BrettinMS

My setup: HX Stomp run directly through JBL 305s I'm curious as to why overdriven tones thru just an amp block sound more open than when adding a cab block. It's like throwing a blanket over the sound after the cab is engaged. How am I erring?

strictly at home. Any suggestions for good medium overdriven Marshall and Tweed tones? A little background -- I don't currently have a PC so sculpting tone in a DAW isn't an option; I'm working strictly from the unit's parameters. Secondly, I haven't downloaded any IRs either. I'm close but something is missing, particularly when adding cabs (it's a like wet blanket effect although splitting the cab sometimes opens it up). Just soliciting a general playbook from those who have a speaker setup, for instance, speaker volume and placement. Oh, I have installed 3.15.