daferalo wrote:

Hi Karl,

 

Have you tried the stagescape solutions with pod HD products? How do you describe the experience, specially with the new pod hd update? Could you please tell us the reason behind your thought?

Nope, I haven't tried them.  What I was trying to say was that, while there has been a lot of clamor in the past for Line6 to come out with FRFR amplification for the POD, the StageScape speakers were probably not Line6's answer to that request, but instead, they mostly represent a whole different product line aimed at a different market segment.

I don't know.  For me to spend $900-$1000 on an FRFR solution rather than spend $500-$800 on what's already out there on the market for a monitoring solution, it had better offer distinct advantages.  L6 Link is cool.  Not sure it warrants the additional cost or the need for proprietary hardware when any number of companies are selling any number of FRFR monitors.  Plus...34" wide?  Seems a little unwieldy to me.

Still, I'm willing to give them a shot and see how they do.  But I can't imagine them being leaps and bounds better than smaller, less complex, and less expensive options.

I have found a good patch for this - will post later.  I use Treadplate/57 on aixs + Greenbacks/121.  I put an FX Loop on the channel with the Greenbacks/121, and just run a patch cable between send receive.  This syncs up the two channels, so the sound is tight and has a full frequency response.

For effects, I have a Noise Gate, Line 6 Drive, Digital Delay, and Mid-Focus EQ.  To simulate Reverb, I use 20% E.R. on the Greenbacks/121 and 15% E.R. on the Tread/57 on axis.

Karl_Houseknecht wrote:

 

RipperShred wrote:

 

I'll still keep hoping for my 5 band parametric with fully adjustable bandwidth and frequency selection

 

Me too!  Give me that and get rid of the rest of the EQ models.

Count me in too.  I'd crawl a thousand miles over broken glass for such an EQ (with freq in Hz and gain in db) and allow the range to go up to at least 10kHz for acoustic guitar and vocal timbre.

Cheers,

Crusty

if its two different markets, why waste time on update stuff for StageSource integration when the users obviously were more interested in functional EQ fixes and better DSP management? Seems to me more like the Apple approach.....We'll give you lots of stuff that works with other stuff, but if you want all the features, you have to buy in-house. I don't personally know any guitar players running FRFR even though most use some sort of digital modeler, and even less that would spend that kind of scratch when there are road-tested items for less from manufacturers with reputations in this kind of thing. Maybe there should be some consideration for the middle of the road/low-end market with smaller speakers, a smaller format mixer, or something designed specifically for the FRFR needs of guitarists that would be at a reasonable price.

But hey....at least we got our SLO!

phil_m wrote:

 

I'm sure the average POD user is not the target audience for the StageSource speakers. They are offering something in the way of integration for people who want to use both, but I really see the StageSource stuff and the guitar-oriented products as two almost completely separate markets. It's cool there's some amount of integration. There are guitarists who buy PA systems, and this might give them some extra incentive to look at the Line 6 PA stuff. It could be a way to kill two birds with one stone, so to speak.

Id rather save for another Variax, perhaps a 59 this time...

When Roland/ Boss rolls a guitar processor off the line they feel it's perfect and do not care about improvements-updates for the end user.They don't offer them. My HD 300 is so much better than anything I have had peviously(VG-8-GT-8-RP2000 etc...) it isn't even funny. Currently I am using Rolands GR55 and Line 6 POD HD300 units together and it's amazing. Go back to pedals and a tube amp for a while and what Line 6 is doing for us will be more appreciated. Updates and firmware etc... are just gravy to me. Of course I tend to practice and play out more than worry about this stuff. I for one am very grateful for everything that is available these days from all these companies.