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braintheory
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Got this IIC HRGX a little over 2 weeks ago. I’d been looking for a while to to get a iic (no +). Unlike the iic+ this amp is very rough around the edges/gritty. My C+ HRG and Rev C are at my tech now, so can’t AB yet, but from what I can tell it seems like the c+ still was better in that special feel and liquid lead tone with probably more note density and more of the overall Metallica sound, but overall I think I’m enjoying this amp more and will be able to say for sure when I can AB. This seems like it’s way more raw/rough, jagged, open, bright, cutting and aggressive. The iic+ though had also this silky quality about it with a certain clarity from it that I don’t get with this c. Both amazing amps in their own ways that I hope to compare soon. Different flavors
I do though have to dial it in less bright than other marks (lower presence mainly) or it gets harsh and loses clarity and balance. I really hope we don’t see more c’s get converted to c+’s. I’d love for there to be as many of these as can be. It’s too good to lose more of them. It basically sounds like how I fantasized mark iii’s would sound from all these online descriptions of them being more aggressive than iic+’s, but the IIC seems to actually deliver on that in the way I hoped for in my head
I do though have to dial it in less bright than other marks (lower presence mainly) or it gets harsh and loses clarity and balance. I really hope we don’t see more c’s get converted to c+’s. I’d love for there to be as many of these as can be. It’s too good to lose more of them. It basically sounds like how I fantasized mark iii’s would sound from all these online descriptions of them being more aggressive than iic+’s, but the IIC seems to actually deliver on that in the way I hoped for in my head
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