bigolsparky Posted August 15, 2017 Share Posted August 15, 2017 I was wondering if anyone else had experienced the /13 model being significantly quieter than any other model. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbuhajla Posted August 15, 2017 Share Posted August 15, 2017 Are you comparing just the default settings between amp models? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigolsparky Posted August 15, 2017 Author Share Posted August 15, 2017 Are you comparing just the default settings between amp models? Yes. Not that big of a deal but if I use the default settings for other amp models the /13 will not even get close to the volume of the other models. It seems abnormally lower in volume than any other model. I have played through a real /13 amp and they are not lacking in volume. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbuhajla Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 Yes, that one is a little quiet compared to others with factory default settings. I never use the defaults though. I always balance volumes between presets and/or snapshots. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigolsparky Posted August 16, 2017 Author Share Posted August 16, 2017 While Yes, that one is a little quiet compared to others with factory default settings. I never use the defaults though. I always balance volumes between presets and/or snapshots. I rarely use models "as is", I normally adjust the volume levels up to compensate for lack of volume. I guess I had not considered adjusting the louder ones down, but it seems that default models should be closer in volume level parity out of the box. I have been using Line 6 stuff for a while now so I am certainly familiar with "tweaking", but it seems with a device of this caliber, someone would have noticed the difference of this model. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigolsparky Posted August 20, 2017 Author Share Posted August 20, 2017 I revisited this issue today, and for clarification, the model that was excessively quiet is the "/13 Preamp". It is not a "little" bit quieter, it is inaudible compared to the other amps in default mode. That being said, if I were seriously considering using this model with other models, I would have to turn the volume of every other model down to make this model audible. That doesn't seem to be very practical, in my opinion. It seems as though Line 6 should address this issue as a "defect" in their programming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zooey Posted August 20, 2017 Share Posted August 20, 2017 Agree, this preamp is bizarrely quiet. If that's because the real world version is, I'd suggest that modeling that aspect of it is unhelpful. It just makes us compensate elsewhere, and achieves nothing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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