tim1953 wrote:

 

Angled ends if designed properly when pushed all the way in fit tightly against the pedal board and allows very little chance of breakage as the plug sticking straight out does.

Secondly I've played on many concert stages around the US over the past 30 years and in that setting you don't have to worry about drunks, preachers and other unauthorized strays wandering about the stage.

In that setting I use 3 amps with a Ground Control relay switching unit.

The only pedal board is the Midi controlled board that recieves it's power through commercial grade midi cable - all my effects pedals are stored safely in a rack next to my guitar amps.

The HD 500 is for the small duo gigs where no one wants to carry anything more than is needed.

I carry my HD 500 in an Anvil case for protection - no stupid plastic pedal board - it raises the HD 500 off the ground and makes using the pedal arkward. The angle is just right by design with the HD 500 sitting flat on the floor.

 

So Octo in my opinion complaining about a design flaw is really the only way Line 6 on any other Manufacturer is going to make changes to a product.

Obviously some of us here feel that the piece of crap wall wart is ill designed so what's wrong with letting Line 6 (who views this forum every day) know about it.

If we don't speak up they will never make improvements or fix design flaws.

 

They built the HD 500 out of metal - like a tank but then they turn around and power it with a cheap, junkie wall wart.

That makes no damn sense to me at all regardless of what you might think.

I still maintain, while it might help slightly, an angled jack is not going to do much in the grand scale of things to save it getting broken should it get stood on.

It's just not, and I think folks are being overly optimistic that an angled jack will save them in that instance.

And again, take into account the actual chances of it happening and it makes the matter even less significant.

And regardless, none of these scenarios leaves the overall quality of the PSU in question here. The PSU does the job it's designed to do perfectly and since no PSU is ever meant to be stood on, let alone withstand someone standing directly on the jack socket when it's in use, leaves any further arguments about it's overall quality in this situation a tad pointless.

And who said anything about stupid plastic pedal boards????

I'm talking about high quality Flight Case grade pedal boards. So what, it raises the HD up off the ground an inch or two......boo hoo, you have to raise your foot a whole inch or two higher?........small price to pay for keeping your board safe.......