Best sounding FR speaker for Helix?

[johnnyvlee]

I have a Powercab Plus.

 

Anyone done comparisons?

[rd2rk]

The "best" sounding FRFR (a meaningless marketing term) for anything is so subjective as to be a pointless discussion.

See TGP for dozens of such.

 

I have a PC212+, HR FRFR112 and Rokit 6 studio monitors.

They all sound good for different things and at different levels.

 

The "best" sounding FRFR speaker is the one that YOU like best for YOUR application in YOUR listening environment.

Which means that YOU would have to try them ALL to know which is "best".

I know, not the answer you wanted.

 

I mostly play my Helix through my Catalyst100 without IRs.

If I played more "metal" I'd get a closed back cab and separate amp.

For as often as I play that style, running the XLR Out from the Cat with emulation OFF into the PC212+ with speaker emulation (not FRFR) sounds good enough.

YMMV.

[theElevators]

FRFRs are all terrible IMO.  It will sound like a wedge monitor.  It will not chug or move air. 

 

Want a guitar cabinet feel?  Get a guitar cabinet and power it by a power amp.  The post below goes over what works for me.

 

 

[DunedinDragon]

What @rd2rk said...

 

Things that factor into it are music styles, band makeup, types of guitars, types of performance venues, etc. all have a bearing on what will work best in any given situation.  For example, I'm at the far end of that spectrum because I have no amp or cabinet on stage.  I go direct into the mixing board and use floor monitors coming from the mixer.  But my application is probably not anything like yours.  Mine is more like a pit musician in a stage production.  Works perfect for me, but probably not what you're looking for.