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Looks spot on. If there’s nothing outrageous in the spec and it’s not obscenely expensive then you’ll likely see my pedal collection on the forum classifieds very shortly...
Edit: would $600 put it at £550ish?? That is a lot...
It's no more expensive than a h9.
However... I don't think the effects are good enough personally. That could change in time though
Edit: and the H9 has never even crossed my consciousness as a possible purchase, solely because of the price!
Given the updates and additions to the HX firmware since I sold mine, I could quite happily go down to this unit plus an expression pedal and an amp, and be incredibly content.
*edit* If it's got power out/daisy-chaining then that would be even more amazing...
*edit2* Presumably we'll see an HX Amps unit at some point too, if not an actual Line 6 amp with HX modelling inside
I don’t think £550 is overly expansive when compared to single units like the timeline at £430, or the 1-effect-at-a-time H9, which costs more.
Also note new reverbs are due any time soon which could bring the overall average effect quality up a step also.
I bagged a M9 a couple of years back and thought the effects were a bit naff so sold it on quickly
I had several of the tone core series pedals and the echo park and verbzilla were great. The M9 delays and verbs were naff.
Is the Axe fx version a better option?
For me the delays are great on both.
Currently the reverbs are stronger on Fractal but the L6 stuff is usable.
I’m not much a user of modulation so I’m not your guy for answering that.
I prefer almost all distortion and overdrive from Fractal, the fuzzes seem ok on both though I don’t use them much. The only exception is bass sounds - better range on the L6 and it sounds good too.
The FX8 has some routing limitations compared to a Helix though it’s not clear what the routing capabilities of the new L6 effects unit will be.
All IMO YMMV etc
I just use delays and verbs really but need to be quality fx. I just use the other effects ever now and then for ideas