MonsieurFlimFlam

My HX Stomp sounded great into a bass power amp and cab, but sounds too hot/distorted/muffled going into a Headrush FRFR112-mk2. I've set up as per the 'HX Stomp with Powered Speakers' section of the manual, and followed all the directions (in fact, tried all available options) under 'Setting Proper Levels '. I've also tried reducing the main output volume. I've tried both active and passive basses, both of which sounds fabulously clean DI into the Headrush, but overcooked with any preset on the HX Stomp. Is this just a case of rebuilding every preset and adding IRs or Cabs? I'm really surprised that it went from sounds great into a power-amp/cab, to 'so bad' into the headrush, rather than being something that was OK but could be easily improved upon with amps/cabs/IR. If you're getting great results from going into a powered FRFR, what are you setting the volume knob on the HXS to? Does it need to be really low?

Perfect, thanks so much :)

Has anyone tried powering an HXStomp from a small PD powerbank? I was playing an open mic night the other night and getting power to where I wanted it was more of a time soak than I'd prefer. It would be great to power the HX from something completely standalone. Let me know if you've had some success with a similar setup. Would be handy when travelling too.