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Ampeg plugins by Brainworx/Plugin Alliance on sale for a limited time.

Ampeg SVT-VR

In my own personal experience, this is probably the best sounding "SVT + fridge" plugin I've tried so far. What's (IMO) good is that unlike other offerings it's very lightweight, CPU-efficient and has a fail-safe list of IRs captured and blended by engineers, as opposed to virtual mic placements and so on... Amplitube is fun to play with, but way heavier on CPUs and it can take longer to get a good tone with balanced levels on the signal chain and no phase issues.

I think I bought it in a $30-sale last year. $20 is a great deal if you are in need of a top-quality tube amp emulation of theirs. All of them are on sale as well: B15, SVT3, GK 800RB, guitar amps... I tried most of them as trials and the SVT-VR was my favourite and (IMO) most versatile of their bunch.
 
I already had the SVT-VR Classic and use it all the time for headphone practice and recording. I've now added the B-15N - I love the preset 3 - B15 563 -EQ. The default preset 1 breaks up just like a real one when you play a little harder.

I got the "Classic" version for free when it launched and it was great, but the added channels and IRs of the complete version were worth paying a bit while on sale: I went through the other ones and I still liked the VR the most, especially with channel 1 and the midrange. TBT, I didn't try the V4B and I guess it can get rather similar when mic'd/recorded. The B15 is a nice one too.
What's funny is that now both the VR-Classic and the full VR are $19.99... that'd be quite a mistake to do if you're not paying attention to the version, lol