Conundrum... need cabinet advice. Help me find a best of all worlds.

[Milerky2]

If you are going to be serious about recording you are going to eventually want a way to run IRs through your DAW but in the meantime mic placement can be an incredible "tone shaping" tool.

I agree w/SS--keep the 4x12. A guitar player should always have at least one 4x12--I tell my wife I need at least 10 lol

I do use Two-Notes Torpedo Sim Plugin with My ADA MP-1... But... an attenuator is out of budget right now.