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

[Faded Abyss]

Is it just me, or that clip do nothing else for anyone else as well? I mean, it sounds great, but it sounds kind of flat and 2D to me, pointing to a recording issue rather than something wrong with the build.

Wondering if the only way to capture something like the Wizard is one of those 3D audio audio recorders from Zoom and stuff.

yeah… hasn’t that always been par for the course? Headfirst makes really good quality amplifiers but I’ve never heard them sound good on their own channel. Wizard is similar in that there is the other thread saying they can’t find any good sounding examples (not counting records they were actually used on)

The difference now days is that I trust Jason from Headfirst in that he did a good job. I know that people think Ceriatone amps are best to do if you upgrade the transformers and I’m sure a Wizard will sound way better due to so many different reasons even if the circuit is identical