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Love the Princeton Reverb in this unit. Getting the best tones I've ever had from the FM3.
Will be onto a monitoring solution next, after i sell sell more stuff. The Fender fr10/12 fits the bill if the build quality is ok. Wanting lightweight 12-13kg max, loud and something that doesn’t sound spikey.
@welshboyo agree the FM3 is less fiddling than the Helix. At least for my needs. I also love the onboard Helix UI.
Have got a cheap Alto TX308 that's decent for home and rehearsals. It's got an 8 inch speaker and it's 5kg. It's feather light. The Headrush looks similar to it. I read the Headrush is a rebadged/tweaked Alto?
One thing about the Alto speaker is it's super bassy when you put it on the floor. It's ok up on a stand tho.
I've updated pricing and added pics to my FM9 For Sale listing should anyone reading be interested in one. Link above.
https://forum.fractalaudio.com/threads/axe-fx-iii-firmware-25-00-public-beta-cygnus-x-3.202659/
There are some reports of the early ones having a bit of hiss and Fender have done a bit of a stealth update with some different opamps. Search for Fender FR-12 preamp mod: the hissterectomy on the Fractal forum for the full story...
For what it's worth, mine doesn't have the mod and the hiss is hardly noticeable and is quite a bit less than most of my valve amps.
I was strongly considering a Redsound MF10 but not anymore- I'm really happy with the sound and form-factor of the Fender.
Haven't tried it yet - but looking forward to taking it for a spin!
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I think the effects and utility updates are of more use - gapless switching was a great addition.
I'm don't really buy into the night and day tone differences many people on the Fractal forum claim to hear with these updates. I think the modelling has sounded brilliant for years, yet the way some react you'd think they were going from a 1st generation Pod to the AxeFx 3. Maybe my ageing ears just can't hear it!
However, in general, I agree about diminishing returns. I’ve just watched Leon Todd’s video about firmware 25, and he doesn’t have much to say. I’m tempted to upgrade now just to see if I notice any difference, but I think I’ll hang on for a week to see whether any bugs crawl out.
I tend to leave it a year or so, unless there is some major new feature that everyone thinks is ace
I recently moved up to an FM9 (thanks Wazmeister!) from an FM3 and have been setting it up ready for a band audition tomorrow night so will hang fire on updating to the latest firmware until after that. It already sounds ace as it is anyway.
Whilst I appreciate these are not cheap units, almost every update brings additional amps and effects which I think represents pretty good value over the long term - I can't remember the last time I bought a pedal since getting the Fractals