Mesa Vs Mesa

I just did a bake off between my new Mesa Dual Rectifier Recording Preamp + 2:100 Poweramp and my Mesa Dual Rectifier Solo Head.

I recorded myself playing a Last Annual lick and re-amped it through both amplifiers using a variety of different mics on the cab.  I also went through and put pink noise generators through each stage and recorded their frequency response characteristics for reference.

A/B Comparison of the SOLO head mic’d with an SM57 and the Recording preamp with an SM57.

A/B Comparison of the SOLO head mic’d with an SM57 and the Recording preamp EQ’d direct outs.

RAW files:
Mesa Dual Rectifier Solo Head into Mesa 4 x 12 Cab w/ Reference Microphone

Mesa Dual Rectifier Solo Head into Mesa 4 x 12 Cab w/ SM57 Microphone

Mesa Dual Rectifier Recording Preamp and 2:100 into Mesa 4 x 12 Cab w/ Reference Microphone

Mesa Dual Rectifier Recording Preamp and 2:100 into Mesa 4 x 12 Cab w/ SM57 Microphone

Mesa Dual Rectifier Recording Preamp direct outs w/ Voxengo Curve EQ (matched pink noise direct to SM57)