Excelent post Wm... seriously! Thank you.

But what do you see wrong about Tube Dude's null test for getting timing/coherence & the live feel?

My problem (and maybe it is really a problem of mine) is that I can see no other way of getting it from an amp... do you?

Is there any other way of getting the live feel without accuracy?

It's like taking a picture from a scenario you don't like and painting it your way... where is the live feel?

Even for music you need time accuracy... look what happened to me, I wanted to be a drummer...