Well there you go.  

I'm usually the guy that makes a decision and gets in there and just gets the job done.  But with this project it's been an absolute stuff up.

I say that because I've been wringing my hands and 'woeing is me' that this is going to be crap before I even got my amp.

But plugging it in as one should - using (no more at this stage) preamps and making sure the pod is set to live - it sounds amazing.  No digital sound at all.

Through my trace - definitely digital, but that's not using the link system (obviously)

Writing this I just switched to the studio mode on the pod - super digital even though its through the link.

I reckon this is what I hear a year ago when old mate set it up in the shop that turned me off.  Not my fault he didn't know his product.

I can't hear the different between amp and amp/pod.

Thanks to all that helped - Zap especially.  I had him pulling his hair out and turns out I was wrong.

Insert punch smiley face in the eyeball here.....