Overall Rating
(35)
Trusted Customer
/ Aug 15th 2021
Really wonderful bit of kit. The Fender model takes Overdrive pedals really well and the Vox and Marshsl channels sound incredible just as they are. Perfect for headphone use.
Mr Sam Bosanquet
/ Jul 18th 2021
Absolutely blown away buy this, from the moment I plugged it in it was like I was playing in a different room with loads of amps at my disposal.
Mr Joseph McKenna
/ Jun 9th 2021
A little tinkering and you can get this unit to sound great without getting option paralysis. It takes pedals well and each amp type has a noticeable flavour. The plexi amp setting sounds amazing with the volume cranked although I find it can get a little fizzy above 2o'clock.
Mr Surdeep Singh
/ May 17th 2021
Mr Nigel Mccluskey
/ Apr 20th 2021
Mr Sam Morton
/ Apr 17th 2021
Trusted Customer
/ Mar 20th 2021
This is a fantastic piece of engineering, the variety and accuracy of amp tones is staggering. Some would call it expensive but getting the sound of 3 iconic amps and the nuanced related cousins is a bargain.
Mr Lee Broster
/ Mar 19th 2021
David Gray
/ Mar 9th 2021
One of those products that improves with experience. No issues but had to rethink the layout of my current gear. Work in progress
Trusted Customer
/ Feb 25th 2021
Very good sounding, wide range of tones. More convincing than the Boss Waza Air. Would like it to have an fx loop but can understand why it doesn’t. Great bit of kit, well made, excellent tech.
Mr Greg Bone
/ Feb 20th 2021
Steven Rogers
/ Feb 18th 2021
Got me the sound I’ve been after.
Mr Richard Clancy
/ Feb 12th 2021
Great product. Superb for home recording.
Trusted Customer
/ Dec 31st 2020
This is a game changer, great pedal and sounds brilliant.
Mr Daniel McLachlan
/ Oct 6th 2020
Mr Ross Gill
/ Sep 24th 2020
Trusted Customer
/ Sep 22nd 2020
Embodies a whole host of stunningly accurate sounds and is easy to operate and even more fun to experiment with.
Trusted Customer
/ Jul 6th 2020
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Mr Pete Turner
/ Jul 3rd 2020
Brilliant product, very happy indeed. And so is my Les Paul on the Punch setting of the pedal. I've yet to try it with a Strat and a P90 equipped Godin buy I'm sure thre results will be equally steller.
Adrian Pryke
/ Jul 3rd 2020
Fantastic sound and very simple to use
Mr Iain McMeechan
/ May 11th 2020
The pedal is great in my recording set up. I use it for dual amping, mixing with a tube amp and the results are great. The ability to find the right amp and cab by quickly flicking switches is brilliant and the EQ knobs are powerful for sound sculpting.
Mr Chris Hayter
/ May 11th 2020
I've been using a Fractal AX8 for 3 years. Great bit of kit but I found I was only using 3 amps and a few effects. Got the Iridium out of curiosity but found I prefer the amp tones and ease of use. The 3 amps are the same as I was using on the AX8!
Really easy to set up your tones, especially edge of breakup which are always the hardest on modellers. Overall dynamics, note clarity, separation and detail in the low-mids is most notable over the AX8. Plays well with overdrives without digital clipping and the output signal is also pedal friendly.
A few people find the Punch (Marshall Super Lead) dark. I got the Own Hammer IR Bundle (£25) which gives more options to find your perfect Cabs and there are plenty of options for brighter 4x12s.
I don't gig, but if I did I would have one set of cab IRs for home practice and another for live use. Easy to change over with the Strymon cab management software.
Some people have complained that their is no balanced XLR outs. Form factor is limited and anyway, if the Iridium between your drive and delay/mod/verb pedals you could not use the balanced outs anyway. Iridium outs are buffered.
Now building a pedal board around the Iridium with a Sunset and SA Ventris reverb pedals (both from Andertons). Really, really hear the difference in quality with separate pedals. These cover
Mr stephen hinsley
/ May 10th 2020
Brilliant piece of kit. to get a good tone from my cox ac15 it had to be turned up loud which is impossible nowadays. the iridium solves this for me. The sound quality is really good at low sound levels. Just put it through an active speaker. Also very easy to transport as to the weight of the ac15. All good.
Trusted Customer
/ May 8th 2020
It’s really good gear for amp simulation, recording and home practice. Pricey but worth it
Paul Beardow
/ May 8th 2020
It does exactly what I want, no options that aren't needed and a focus on quality of amp modelling.
Mr. Thomas Jennings
/ Mar 2nd 2020
quite noisy but that might well be because of the electrics in my house, i bought an ojai power supply which fixed the problem. Would have been nice if the included power supply provided isolated power, but i guess the ojai is expensive for a reason
Trusted Customer
/ Mar 1st 2020
Easy to figure out, sounds good, needs a higher gain amp option and better quality IRs but to have great valve tone without a valve head and cabs is something I’ve waired 45 years for!
Mr John Ashburn
/ Feb 21st 2020
I had followed a number of reviews before ordering - were they really as good as they were saying? I normally play through a Vox AC30CH and a 2x12 Vox cab - weight about 40kgs in total -uggg. Too old for all this lugging! This unit goes on my pedalboard into my mixer and into my PA. The Chime amp (AC30) thru their 2.x12 Alnico Blue cab sounds better than my amp which I paid over £1000 for. Also the Round (Fender) amp and the Punch (Marshall Plexi) are as good as the real thing. A choice of 3 cabs for each amp - what more can you want? Well some do! and its all there if you want to download your choice via the software.
Trusted Customer
/ Dec 27th 2019
Xmas present but son highly delighted with performance up to now
Mr Paul Cook
/ Dec 26th 2019
Until I saw the Anderton's video for this product, I had never heard of it. After watching, my mind was made up. I needed convincing amp and cab simulation, but felt that the Line6 Helix had too many bells and whistles. In my head there are only two amps - Fender Deluxe Reverb and the Marshall SL-1959. So this was a no brainer. The addition of the Vox AC30 in the package was a bonus. In use, the unit is fantastic, direct to interface and into logic it is the stuff of dreams. I am yet to hook it up to PA in a live situation, but I am confident it will be perfect. There is a slight hum when using the Iridium alone with headphones but that is not an issue, it records great direct and that is what I wanted. This is a bold statement, but - this is the best single music gear purchase I have ever made. Any guitar players wanting great fender/vox/marshall sounds, look no further, your search is over.
Mr Van Buxton
/ Dec 26th 2019
Sounds just like an amp (or a few of them). Easy to use and adjust on the fly
max waterton
/ Nov 20th 2019
Trusted Customer
/ Nov 12th 2019
Mr Philip Camp
/ Nov 12th 2019
Very good sounding amp sim pedal.
Tim O'Connor
/ Nov 8th 2019
Great sounds straight out of the box. Feels and responds like an amp! Harmonic overtones are very good. The stereo image (Room ambience) is fantastic. I’m running the Strymon Sunset and Riverside into the Iridium, both of which sound as though they are driving a real valve amp. I’m now confident my ears will still be fit for purpose for another 40 years of playing! Chin chin. X
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