Beginner question about new rig

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I know this is a remedial question just need some assistance.

I recently got my first tube amp (Revv D20) and I want to do some late night silent practice/recording. I want to be able to run my amp into my interface (Ik multimedia axe I/o solo) via xlr cable. Now for the idiot question of the day. Can I just plug in the xlr, amp to interface safely and not blowup amp or do I still need a di box for conversion?
thanks
 
You will need a "load box" of some sort. The output transformer of the tube amp will want to put a load onto something and if that something is not there then yes, you can blowup your amp. That something is usually a speaker cabinet rated to handle the watts and ohms your amp puts out. Do you not have a speaker cabinet?

Edit: Hold on

I looked up this bad boy and it has this built into the amp. Not sure how they do that in a lunchbox style amp head but it is there. I will let someone else take over :LOL:

"-thanks to embedded reactive load and virtual cabinet tech from Two Notes, the cab is optional."


Edit 2: Thanks @JerEvil and welcome to Rig-Talk @scadams
 
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I figured as much but just needed to be crystal clear. This is my first tube amp and first two notes product so it’s good to know now.
Thanks everyone, much appreciate! Keep on rockin
 
It has an Internal Load..
Looks cool. Post up something when you can!
 
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