That's exactly why I bought the Gibson GA-5T. Dimed it and played sitting about 3-4 feet away with the rest of the family in the same room.
Especially with those Marshalls... they require the power tubes to be pushed for the amp to sound right. They literally don't sound the same at a 2 as they do a 6. I never understood why people liked them until I heard it properly cranked.
FWIW the closest you'll come with a reactive load attenuator like the Weber Mass III, but even then it's not the same. That's what I use to tame the Budda SD80. I'd love to try one of the Tone King Ironman II attenuators with the Budda, but they're hardwired into my Sky King amp they came with.
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Honestly, it sounds pretty good at tolerable volumes. The bigger issue is a cramped apartment with a girlfriend who's LOA from work, so even Pignose volume of me playing the same scales and grunty music jam alongs would be too much
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But wearing headphones through a VST sitting in an obscure corner just ain't doing it for me.