Wizard Amps: Guys swear by them, clips don't do justice. Are there any clips - even of other amps - that come close?

[ZEN Amps]

All recordings are a compromise and only capture a part of the experience. In this regard, I don't find Wizards any harder to record.

But...the Wizard power section is particularly punchy (maybe where the Hiwatt reference comes into it?) so you could argue that recordings are less likely to convey the in-room experience. Thanks to the Mercury iron and healthy plate voltages a 50W Wizard decimates others 50s - and hangs with most 100 watters just fine. Dynamics, transient response, trouser-flappedness - it's not going to translate.

Wondering if there are other similar amps that you have to try out to explain how good they are.

Pretty much every real amp that people typically play loud via a cab.

 

[nightlight]

Try before you buy is always the best option, but there are limited Wizards floating around.

Things must be easier Stateside, but out here, people haven't even played most of the amps I have left, and they are not exactly unobtanium.

See a few Wizards on Reverb, but don't have the finances, so this is an esoteric discussions.

 

[DanTravis62]

I remember Reza posting on one of my older videos, "That sucks, learn to mic up a cab".

Yeah he told me I wasn't good enough at guitar to warrant the Larry I owned.

BTW i'm literally 4000 times better at guitar than he is.