Hello all this is my first post here. I haven't used line 6 products (amps that is) in years outside of a spider v 15 I tried out that I felt was atrocious but I do not judge line 6 as a whole by that amp as I know there is some great stuff, actually using a couple of m5's with my other amps. I am interested in these two amps (jam and mii60) for medium size practice amp mainly to avoid the 8" speaker and as someone who does not enjoy using a computer, smartphone, or tablet with a guitar in my hands and it's just me as a passionate hobby player really tired of my boring click#click#click metronome so the beats and loops on these two amps are right up my alley. I like the fact it's in the amp and nothing else required. I have an S-drum pedal and ditto for my larger amplifiers but I would like the all in one for travel and simplicity.
Now we're talking about technology here digital which nowadays means constant advancement or fall way behind. The Spider V mkii and the previous version you can download the newer software and have up to date modeling along with having a few metronome sounds and drum loops sounds perfect. I guess I am answering my own question but this leads me to what I am baffled by and I say this with all due respect and curiosity. Outside of the recording options on the Jam how is a digital amp ten or slightly more years old still relevant? The knobs and appearance of the amp looks like the last Spider amp I owned around 2003? Are the sounds anywhere near as good as the modern Spider series?
I know newer is not always best believe me I am the original Mr. back in my day... but I believe I read that it is analog and not digital but correct me if I am wrong. I barely use high gain and play with overdrive, clean, or voxish type clean or clean with a little rust. Very curious on the guitar sounds of each especially on the jam with it's much older tech. Videos online tell me nothing except what's there not how it sounds, sound is always filtered regardless plus I have hearing loss from the years I was active in bands but anyways. Is the Jam priced more or less for a performer that uses loops etc or more involved in recording over just having a guitar amp? To me it seems other than not having the recording option that these both do the same thing but one is much more advanced in the guitar sound dept. If i have no interest in recording it seems the spider V is the way to go but the rhythm pieces on the Jam seem like they would be fun to play along with and are much more advanced over basic loops of the Spider. If anyone could enlighten me on anything else I'm missing or aim towards the model for me; not worried about amount of sounds but quality, loud volume not a concern, no eight inch speaker, don't need high gain but I know this is Line 6, having something internal to play to or along with. Thank you in advance ~Kevin