Had the HD500X for a few months, and still end up using the XT LIVE because it just sounds better. I researched the 500x for 6 months before I bought it, watched YouTube videos constantly so I could program it out of the box, have used amp simulators for 25 years and enjoy tweaking, but nothing I do makes the 500x sound good through my live PA. I`ve read many posts, tried various outputs, changed the guitar input structure, tweaked patches, started patches from scratch, built patches from watching videos, and none of them sound ANY thing as good as the video. I have hope because I built ONE early on that sounds good: a clean 80s sounding chorused/compressed tone. But I can`t get a clean Dire Straits tone that sustains (using every clean amp and most of the speakers and a blue compressor up front and a tube compressor in back.) And I can`t find anything that sounds bright and midrangey like the Plexi in the XT. Nothing I do or tweak gets me in the realm of the XTLive, and sadly it`s broken (plays fine, can`t edit anymore). I know I`m doing SOMETHING wrong, but after 2 months I`m pretty frustrated. AND 500 bucks poorer.m Yes, I`ve tried different guitars and different cables. HELP!
