Although this is a “noiseless” as a recording/live solution, there IS a cooling fan that will kick on when you are playing at louder volume through a high wattage amp. I can buy 2 of these boxes for what the similar competition wants for their boxes! As it is with a lot of recording and music gear, and although I haven’t had my hands on the OX box (for example), I could not hear a difference that warranted twice the price. After listening to some audio samples from other reviews, this was a no-brainer to me. The “Torpedo Remote” software/app for your phone, tablet, pc/mac is very user friendly and quite intuitive in my opinion. The mic models vary with each cab, but I am able to adjust mic distance, front/back of cab, axis, polarity, etc. This gives you full control of up to 2 mics at a time of the 8-10 included microphones (ie, 57, 67, 414, 251, 121 ribbon, 7B, etc). I will say, although there is a plethora of free, quality speaker cab IR’s out there (which this box will accept), I thought it was worth the price to buy some of the Two Notes “DynIR” cabs. I did end up purchasing a couple additional packs from Two Notes’ website just to get a few cabs that I was well acquainted with. I found it easy to hit the ground running with this box. I was fairly impressed with the selection of cabs that were included (including bass cabs). There are other options built-in, like plate, spring, concert hall, etc, but I preferred having the room/studio space as it felt “right” to me. I was more impressed with the overall feel than I expected. This felt very similar to using my amp with my cab in a normal room. I was able to get the same tone at the gigs that I was getting at home. It is so nice to be able to just run my gear direct to FOH without the concern of what mics, placement, etc. ![]() ![]() Honestly experienced my best guitar tone ever over in-ear monitors with this box. It truly shined on several live gigs that I’ve played at with this unit. Great for IEM and silent/quiet stage gigs. I have been using the Captor X for about 6 months now and have found it to be fantastic for “noiseless” (more on that later) utilization of my favorite amp and pedals without having to haul and mic any cabs, etc. Two Notes describes the Captor X as: “The Torpedo Captor X is a compact reactive load box, tube amp attenuator, miked cab simulator ( DynIR Technology), Dual-IR loader and stereo expander for home, live and studio use.”
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