School me on the Racktifier

[Whoopysnorp]

First of all, let me describe my current rig: I have a rackmount Mark III blue stripe head and a Studio Preamp filling up a six-space rack. I split my guitar signal into the inputs of the two amps, then take the output of each preamp (for the Mark III that's the effects send, of course) into an A/B box, the output of which goes into the effects return of the Mark III. The idea is to get on-the-fly switching between the Studio Pre, which I use for basic sounds, and the Mark III preamp, which gives me some additional variations, and have everything go through the simul-class power section.

So this has been working great. However, I've started to wonder what it would be like to have a Racktifier in place of the Mark III just to get some different sounds available. One thing I wonder is how the Studio Pre might sound into the effects return of the Racktifier: will the Recto power instead of the simul-class power make it sound wrong? Are there any issues with using the effects loop in this way I should know about?

With the economy being what it is, I've been seeing some fine deals on Racktifiers lately. I've heard (almost) nothing but good things about them. I have never owned any amp in the Rectifier lineage before.

 

[jaquetapus]

I used to run a TriAxis into the effects return of a Racktifier. It sounded like kindof a mix between the two...a TriAxis with more balls and grit. I liked it. Didn't have any issues, except that the rack was really heavy.

-dave

 

[Whoopysnorp]

Are they noticeably distinct in tone from the regular 2-channel Dual Rectifiers?

 

[siggy14]

I have owned many ractifiers and can tell you same mesa tone, some say they sound better but i disagree, like with any amp tubes, guitar and player make them sound different.

If you can find one cheap enough go for it, my last two i sold for about $1250.

Are they noticeably distinct in tone from the regular 2-channel Dual Rectifiers?