Do you even know what true bypass means? Why are you clamouring for something you don't really understand? I don't mean to be rude, I just can't wrap my head around it. The FX8 supposedly has true bypass because it's meant to be more tailored to what you seem to be looking for; a effects only solution. The helix has way more going on with it so a/d converters are the way to go. Are you really going to run a state of the art 1500$ unit for a couple of stomp boxes? If you want to run past it, put it in a loop switcher and switch away when you want bypass. That's what the pros do.