Receipt

“Headrush claims a maximum output of 125 decibels, and that is not bedroom practice loud.”

SpectreSoundStudios, at 11:55 of “Axe Fx, Kemper & Quad Cortex just got Obliterated!” on SpectreSoundStudios’ channel.

Around it

1. 11:42 Let's be clear here. Your speaker is a huge part of your guitar tone, and you don't get to pretend that it's not.
2. 11:48 So let's take this whole rig, plug it into that 750 watt Class D powered cabinet, and see just how stupidly loud this thing gets.
3. 11:55 Headrush claims a maximum output of 125 decibels, and that is not bedroom practice loud.
4. 12:01 That's, you should probably be thinking about getting some fucking hearing protection loud.
5. 12:04 So I'm dragging out my ancient RadioShack SPL meter and putting it one meter away, and we're going to find out how loud it actually does go.

In the paper

• The Creator Desk, week ending 16 October 2026