I've never been impressed by the raw mode on my Dual Recto. At "polite" volume it sounds a bit thin and weak to my ears so I've never really given it a chance. However at tonight's ROUGH JUSTICE gig I felt like a change and went with the orange channel in raw mode with a tube screamer in front - all cranked up nice and loud. Wow! What a great sound! Very flexible and controllable but with a great amount of bite and tasty distortion. We played everything from Zep, Skynyrd and ZZ Top to Nirvana, Metallica and Motorhead. It all sounded great! I am a convert and if you've never made much use of the raw mode I suggest cranking up the volume and find out what you've been missing!