I’m a little torn here - I own the U530, the Spark and the SS-11X. All three are spectacular. Spark is exceptional in it’s Marshall-ness. I saw the demo of Euphoria, and it sounds like the other Amps that they offer. But I also know that they throw sales up where they usually give a 30%-50% discount on their prices. At the moment, it’s about $10 off the list price. So I’m going to hold off knowing that they’ll have this on a better sale in a little while.
While you’re on their website, do yourselves a favour and grab their Tubes Creamer 808 (it’s in their Free Stuff section). Genuinely the best TS808 plugin I’ve used. I actually had TS808 re-issue and did a A/B test with it and the plugin. Damn that plugin is close!
@madpsychot I got the same ones as you as well as Reaxis. They are the best plugins out in my opinion because they absolutely nail tube sounds. I too thought the Euphoria sounded like the other amps. Reaxis is a beast too if you haven’t tried it. I of course prefer my AxeFx stuff over the plugs, but whew, no other plug company has moved me like these guys. I like their stuff better than UAD, IK Multimedia and Revalver combined.
So the Bogner Ecstasy is at the top of my “bucket list” of amps, and there’s never really been a good emulation of one. Tonehub has lots of Ecstasy presets, but those are profiled like a Kemper so there’s only so much tweaking you can do.
Got excited when I saw the Euphoria so I bought it when it was released. I must say, it’s pretty great. Having played through an Ecstasy a number of times, I thought it does a great job with the feel and character of the amp. It can certainly sound like the other Mercuriall amps but I think it’s still got that bit of a Bogner vibe that sets it apart.