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They definitely need to sort the european/UK pricing out.
https://www.musicstore.de/en_GB/GBP/Line-6-Helix-LT/art-GIT0041836-000?campaign=GShopping/UK&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIh8azypWH2QIVw7XtCh2uJQJ7EAQYBiABEgJhjPD_BwE
Just over £100 more for an LT at the moment.
That's because the HX is new. Give it 8 months and it will be £50 cheaper. Give it a year and it will be £80 cheaper.
Anyone on here do that?
I was tempted but I kind of assumed that would be the street price generally rather than a one-off blip. Bummer.
Here's my target state:
(unless L6 have added a decent POG-alike to the firmware?!)
https://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/57776/handsomerik/p1
I play guitar and take photos of stuff. I also like beans on toast.
You would generally buy strymon for the quality of their sound (if you like it).
I still think it's too expensive. I got my helix lt for 550.
its a different beast to the LT though,
removing amp modelling really wouldn't save that much money, similarly having 1 less DSP chip isn't a huge saving.
Granted the screen is a likely quite an expensive aspect of the device. but the use of scribble strips will be bumping the price on a unit that doesn't seem to have much less functionality than the LT.
And @sgosden I think @meltedbuzzbox has a point - you can use that purely as a pedalboard, have more footswitches, a bigger edit screen and an expression pedal built in at the expense of the scribble strips and the addition of all the amp stuff for very little extra.
I still think the £450 is the price it will be at. I think £550 is the RRP, and with it being new, the price isn't settling.
Retailers are clever and some people must have the best new item right away, despite the higher price.
Me? Well I'm patient and I don't have time anyway, so I'll wait.
Just picked up a b stock from Thomann for about £490.
Will post an update when it arrives...
I'd still like to see the pricing come down. Also, this might be useful for people who were thinking of running it off their pedalboard supply and it came off the Line 6 Forum:-
Can I power HX Effects from my DC pedalboard supply?
Line 6 only officially supports operation with the included DC-3G. However, we have tried HX Effects with a number of third-party pedalboard power supplies and it can work, with the caveats mentioned below:
IMPORTANT NOTE #1: HX Effects has a lot of stuff going on under the hood and its six scribble strips and initial boot process pull more than your average pedal. Hence, we used a DC IN jack with a larger center pin to sort of disincentivize people from throwing whatever at it. The stock DC cables that come with the power supplies listed below will NOT fit. Note that Eventide does the exact same thing with their H9.
IMPORTANT NOTE #2: YOU ARE ON YOUR OWN. Feel free to use this FAQ as a starting point, but Line 6 is not responsible for any damage incurred when using HX Effects with any third-party power supplies. That is, if someone writes "B-b-but Line 6 said I could use [power supply X!]," someone will hopefully refer them to this post where I make it perfectly clear that we only *officially* support our DC-3G.
That said, here's the far-from-comprehensive list and their tested noise specs: