You are correct about one thing.  You aren't a troll.  You are a troll living in denial.

Now if you feel the need to notify the admins please feel free and let them sort it out.

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I think they can figure things out for themselves.  It seems you are eager to get them involved in this, so I would suggest contacting them yourself since you have lots of time on your hands - time which would suit you well to pursue such things.  As for me, sorry, but I dont have the time.   But please do tell me how that goes.

I believe you were the original one to bring them up.  But ok, you don't have time so I'll save you the trouble.

And btw, I have returned the unit already and have told  the people at the front counter at the store to immediately return it to  Line 6 for false HD advertising.  They said sorry and they did not even  charge me a restocking fee.  And they agreed that this was a letdown.

I told them if they can't  get it back to the distributor then they can throw it in the sewer and  try to write it off somehow - since in North America - scams are the  bread and butter of the continent.

Seriously fellas, I can't believe this thread has gone so far and so badly off the original topic started by Karl who was simply saying he'd sold HIS Axe FX because HE was able to get what HE wanted out of the HD500.  HE was simply reporting HIS experiences anecdotally and HE has maintained all the way through this thread that HE thinks the Axe FX is still a great piece of kit.  Quite how we have ended up with a situation where we have descended into petty name calling and 'my dad's bigger than yours and he can kick his a**' type jibes is beyond reasonable comprehension.  I have kept out of this one for a while because to me this thread is going nowhere and has passed it's useful 'sell-by date' by a good margin.

Farbeyond: you are entitled to your opinions and you seem to have provoked plenty of reaction to them, but for me I understood your points loud and clear from several pages ago, so in common with most people who have watched and participated in this thread, I think we get that you don't like the HD500.  You've made your decision to return your HD500 because it didn't deliver what you wanted from it,  Fair enough. You've done exactly what I would have done if I wasn't satisfied with it - except perhaps I wouldn't have wasted so much time on this forum after the event.  Like most people I would have gone and bought something else - Axe FX or whatever, been happy with my decisions and moved on.  Life's too short.  That's all you need to do too IMO.

Flame wars are just plain stupid in my humble opinion and do nothing to promote good music, which, is presumably why we all bother to buy decent equipment in the first place.  Quite what most of the stuff I've seen in this thread lately has to do with music I haven't got a clue and all I can see happening here is that this thread which was started in good spirit, will get closed by the moderators.

I have never owned an Axe FX - primarily because of the cost, so I only have the word of those that have had an Axe FX to go on and in Karl's case in particular because he does have a very good ear for tone, I trust what he says, and he says it's a good piece of kit.  I was surprised that he sold it as I said in the very first reply to this thread back on page 1, but that decision on his part supported what I already knew in that the HD500 is a more than decent sounding piece of equipment and that there is always room for decent equipment in anyone's arsenal.

In my opinion, the best course of action here is not to rise to any further baiting or to respond to any further inflamatory posts and just move on with whatever makes each of us happy.  when I see threads like this one which were started with great intent and integrity descend into what this one has become I have to say that I find it very disappointing.

I'll shut up now

Nick

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PS - I am not pointing this reply specifically at the person I responded to - that was just the last post in the thread and it was easier to just click Reply.  It was intended as a response to the thread in general.

I dont own the unit yet, I was just checking the forums for some insight...beyond anything else I find sad that someone would need to make a point so much so that they need to still post over and over again in the forum of a manufacturer even after returning the product..pretty pathetic.

I wish I had that much time...dude, you made your point, move on, go see a movie or something

...and then they laughed when you left the store.  Trust me, I've worked in retail before.  They may have pretended to believe you simply because you're a customer, and they were hoping to sell you something else.  But, seriously, you need to get over your little big-headed self.

Far Beyond...please...come in off the ledge...theres no need for all this!