QC factory Power Amp & Combo amp captures details

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I’ve got a question about the power amp captures on the QC.
Obviously the “VHD, OMG, and ENG PA” capture series are stand-alone power amps. Neural has stated caps with PA in the name are power amp caps. I assume the Brit PA EL34 and CA PA-sim290 are power amp-only series too.

But, are the Brit 2210 PA, Bogna x100b PA, D-cell PA-6550, etc ONLY the power amp sections of amp heads, or are they the full amp including the pre-amp section? Some have a non-PA named series also, so I just don’t know.

There’s also the confusing US HRDLX pa 6v6 series, which according to the icon NDSP selected SHOULD be a combo amp, but sure sounds like there’s no speaker included. Maybe it’s just the power amp section? Just trying to sort out a few mysteries here- I’ll probably check with support too after the weekend. They may be the only ones with the real answers, or- maybe they don’t even remember!

I feel like the lack of info/descriptions of Factory Captures is still one of the QC’s biggest and most confounding mysteries.

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Official reply from NDSP Support says ALL factory captures with “PA” in the name are power amp only, not the entire head (pre+power).

Also, the combo amp captures (HR deluxe and Tone King) do NOT include cabinets, which is slightly confusing but I think we all could tell from earballing them that they were sans-cab