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The Helix Floor/Rack and LT are still using 2023 in two ADSP-21469 SHARCs at 450MHz. The current DSP from the same brand with similar pricing to 2015 is the ADSP-21569 SHARC+ running @ 1Ghz and much more efficient even at the same Mhz. It would be very simple to update to the same brand current DSP and make a minor software update to go to other brands DSP. Very likely the current PSU would be more than enough, if not an easy spec upgrade and a modern heatsink on the DSP chips plus some memory. Other companies have upgraded their hardware but Line 6 wants to charge us the same price for 8 year old hardware when we are in the market for a new unit in 2023. https://www.mouser.com/new/analog-devices/adi-adsp-2156x-sharc-dsps/

I am looking at buying another Helix Floor but it doesn't make sense in 2023 on hardware. (3 generations on) an updated DSP and some additional memory are needed at least. R&D costs of the hardware were made back 7 years ago. DSP chips are cheaper and 4 times more powerful in 2023. An extra 8gb of memory costs what $100? no hardware dev needed.... install newer DSPs, a modern heatsink and some extra memory DONE!

What are the charging light meanings... even with a new battery and the correct PSU it's red flashing after 8 hours charging. This charger doesn't go green?

Again your "expert" opinions are useless. You haven't done many professional gigs it seems and you AssUme a lot and make an lollipop (out of) U (&) Me... but many out of you. Over the years I have see a guy in a pub decide to give the laptop that was running backing tracks a beer. That was fixed by flipping it upside down ASAP and a hairdryer job saved it. So a guy accidently spilling beer on a Helix can happen in a club just as easily as busking and these days you can make more busking than many gigs as small business people are ripped off something severe. All the opinions on using something else , including stomp wouldn't give me Variax connection and power to the Variax hence I asked for Helix LT. Suggestions of using power convertors and wasting 85% of power or getting power cabs etc are just silly when clearly pro buskers already have 12 quality PAs sorted. All we need is Line Six to tell us whats inside or give us an LT with 12v input.

How did you check this? Behind the transformer it would be the same internal voltage and draw but externally mA is double @ 120V compared to 240V I believe. Are you running on a battery system using an invertor sometimes?

All make sense except for the snide, erroneous and uncalled for judgement at the end. Accidents and sh1t happens in people's life and priorities change and re-emerge when emergencies and rehab are handled. Thanks for the tip however.

All you guys suggesting an invertor have undermined McFingers thread when 90% chance the internal voltage inside a Helix LT is 12 or 18v DC anyway so saving 8%%of power from running a rug on a battery and a solar cell makes reasonable sense. It's beyond pathetic that no one in Line 6 has gotten back to us. This is 22 years into the 21st century, we should be going green and sustainable. I have a 12V stereo PA, a Variax and a Kemper.... I would but a Helix LT again if someone told me what the voltage is behind the stepdown transformer?

I assure ou if we doubled the processing power... easy to do.. put twice as many sharc processors in or support an intel CPU we would need double the ram. Have you no idea that THE BIGGEST COST of production something like Guitar modeller is teh research and development costs They would cost about USD $500 to produce man but had to be sold for $1500 in teh early days to recover R&D plus manufactured cost plus some profit to move forward. If you don't understand my points why try an act like you have dismissed and debunked them? I don't care who owns TC just license their reverbs and chorus then like Digitech licensed Lexicon reverbs... I dont care if they get a lexicon license but learn to model TC Analg stern chorus like Fractal did... it owns any chorus that the Helix has.... Really if the aim of the game is world domination it's very easy to do some simple updates stay with or blow away the competition at a certain price point

OK good luck with that... while we are waiting how about hassling Yamaha for a + model with double the DSP and double the ram? Since your R&D costs have been recovered years ago by now you should easily be able to deliver that as the same price as Helix standard 5 years ago. Everything else can remain teh same so just faster DSP and added ram easy. Then ask Yamaha to buy a majority share in TC Electronics get them to do new Reverbs, Chorus etc so you can compete with Fractal on the quality of those staple effects..... THEN it's draw dropping without years of waiting....

I would be willing to buy a Helix LT and break the warranty to tap into 12V DC if a Line ^ person could confirm that the internal voltage is 12V DC for busking use. People saying overkill... well why not be pro on the street also? Being able to tweak a great guit sound EQ'd for you busking PA would be great! Could also use a Variax on the street with it! Any Line 6 people or service agents willing to tell us? You will get another sale out of it? :-)

Yo I have a JTV-89F and I rolled it back to 1.71 since it sounded better to me. I am getting a Helix will this not work? The Helix wont be able to change my patches??? OMG Why does V2 suck so hard? They spent $$$$ to make it worse?

I think there should be a name change to... Felix! (Seems TC has the rights to the name Helix on a box)

So I reckon Line 8 should hire 8 people to work on models and they can then release two new models every week and own the competition! :P las I think you are being kinda mean and imbalanced, not a lot of due respect there. Pretty much everyone agrees that the Felix really is a breakthrough UI from what we have seen and it's entirely possible we all mostly just use the comp program for backups and extra bank storage. Also to put it in perspective if I were you I would use Felix the Cat as my foot controller to your beloved Axe ... Just the displays by the switches is insanely good. The only comparable controller is the RJM Mastermind and that costs MORE than Felix and have zero models, effects and amps!. The am getting all warm and fuzzy about this Cat! (^_-)

Mayfield and Eric Blackmon win for showing how to harmonise it correctly whilst using a Helix! Legendary! :P

^^ That is a 1 11/16 nut so I calculate say if you were putting in a toneful pickup like a DiMarzio 36th Anniversary PAF you should order the wider F spacing for BOTH the neck and bridge positions. For versatility I think this is the go... easy to change eq to a shred tone if you already have definition and with electronics it's easy to boost output if you want to overdrive a tube amp even more ... hot output on a magnetic non active pickup usually means lo fidelity in terms of full tone.