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Please elaborate what don't you agree with? Are you saying that you don't think the information that Line 6 put in the manual is correct, or that forum members are misreading what it means? I think you are failing to get your assumptions validated here and instead of reconsidering your assumptions of how the software works you just ignore any input that doesn't fit what you think might be going on. I think you may be experiencing confirmation bias http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confirmation_bias -Max

What I have seen so far with Windows 10 previews is that is seems to run everything faster than Windows 8 and it seems less bloated. I am still not sure why any IT manager would want all those damn social media aps and games on a business machine but I guess they can be configured away. What I have also seen is products that I test not working so well with Windows 10 when the same things work fine in Windows 8. Either Win 10 still needs a lot of work or some software companies are going to have to have new Windows 10 drivers and software versions. -Max

Fact, your post implies that you are claiming Line 6 cheated you, does it not (and your reason is that they won't give you proprietary information right?) And it comes down to you wanting proprietary information that if you had and disseminated you could be sued for. Do you request source code from Microsoft so you can figure out exactly what is different between Windows 7 and Windows 8? Do you think they would give it all to you? The problem you have run into is not being dissed by fanboys, it all comes down to a lollipop attitude and not being able to articulate a question. Can you take any amp in the POD and add EQ and make it sound like and react like the others? Not in my experience, it makes me wonder if you have even used the device. Since you posted here and claim not to be just a troll try an experiment. Load up the Blackface double with all defaults and then using only EQ and cab deps make it sound like a Marshall crunch tone. If there is just a base model and EQ applied for each flavor you should be able to get the same sound as one of the marshal models quickly without using a distortion pedal. -Max

Grandig, I love my dream rig system too. I have two JTV variax guitars, HD500, and L2m speaker. Switching from acoustic 12 string to a distorted rock sound is real cool! -Max

For me the HD500 with the JTV and L2 speaker are the perfect solution for my needs. I play in 60s and 70s cover band and this rig gets me everywhere I need to go and doesn't weigh a ton. -Max

Go and buy a speaker stand and put the L2 on the stand. That way it will always be at the same point in relation to your head. Read the speaker manual and understand that the speaker changes how it outputs sound depending on how it places (ie, floor monitor, upright on the floor, and on a pole). -Max

I have to agree with the rest I don't see the blackface double and the JC120 sounding the same at all. Tin ears? -Max

Unplug the Variax from the POD. Power up the POD. Connect the Variax to the POD. These steps fix a similar issue I and several others are having with the new firmware. Many of us are having a similar issue but Line 6 thinks it isn't a firmware issue. -Max

For me the L6 Link digital connection on the L2 speaker is something that the others just can't offer. Also some of the speaker modes the L2 offers are not available on those other speakers. If any of the features are important to you it won't be good comparison. -Max

I did notice something at a gig on Saturday. It seems that my tones that use the variax strat model and the fender twin model seemed louder. I thought I had those tones volume matched to the other tones I use but Saturday the two strat + twin patches sounded louder. -Max

Meambobbo's guide has a nice chart that shows what output modes enable what types of modeling. -Max

Sorry if you found that a little misleading. Now to keep your response from being misleading also: To be technically correct the output mode controls what is modeled. According to the diagram that I saw only studio/direct uses the cab and mic modeling. Also it is a fact that the pre models were developed specifically for using with the DT series amps because they have power amps and speaker in them and only need a preamp model. Think about the signal chain, for a real amp setup you have preamp -> power amp -> speakers -> mic. In the case you provided your signal path is preamp -> speaker model -> mic model -> power amp -> speaker -> mic. It just seems like this setup is going to put two stages into the path that will effect the tone. Why put models in when you are actually using the real thing? -Max

If I bought a guitar amp I don't think I would leave all the controls the way they came set out of the box, the same goes for a POD. Those presets have about .1% chance of being what any one of us is looking for. All the amps and effects have many settings that need to be adjusted to get your sound. I like to start with just the amp and get it sounding good before adding any effects. -Max

Are you using the pre version of the amp on he HD as recommended for the DT series? If so there is only preamp modeling, no power amp, no speaker and no mic modeling. Only the full versions have power amp, cab and mic modeling and I wouldn't expect it would sound right to send modeled power amps and speaker into real power amps and speakers. I know that full models sounded like crap when I tried them with a tube power amp and speaker cabinet, the pre versions sounded great in that system though. -Max

Kenmac, they also make the stagesource speakers to use with the HD500, so it appears that the fact that they make the DT may just as easily be because old guys won't buy amps that don't have tubes in them. I switched from using a tube power amp to using a L2 Speaker and I think the HD500 sounds better into the L2 than the Bogner designed tube power section of the spider valve amp I used. The other guitarist in our band is a tube and analog purist and he still can't get over how good my system sounds on stuff like the strat into a fender twin. I play in a band that plays rock music from the 60s and 70s so there is no high gain stuff going on at all. There is real psychological problem when you know what device is producing which sound (identical wine with a cheap looking label and expensive label will fool people into perceiving the cheap labeled wine tastes bad and the fancy wine is superb when they are in fact the same thing). When a blind test is performed the results might surprise you. Less than 20 people at a gig? Do you get paid for attracting that tiny audience? -Max

I am 52 and post mostly from my work computer. I spend all day at work in front of a computer, so after I get off I work I tend to avoid more computer time. -Max

Please submit a support ticket if you get it to reproduce. If this is indeed a firmware issue the only way we will get it fixed is to have multiple people file support tickets.

The issue that some of us are having with this new firmware is that the HD500 buttons do nothing if the HD500 is powered up with a JTV connected via the VDI connection. In some cases it takes some time before it fails, for me it takes using the PODs tuner before it fails. If you then disconnect the JTV and power up the HD500 it will work correctly. I also have the L6 Link connected so I may need to do a test to see if this connection is also required to duplicate this error. I find this interesting as I believe that 2.6.2 contains a fix related to the tuner that was an issue for the 2.6 firmware. Here is one of the threads about the issue: http://line6.com/support/topic/13653-hd500-with-jtv69-problem-after-update/ -Max

I bought them all and I have liked the few I tried, but I am thinking of rolling back the firmware because of issues with the new firmware and I will lose the new models when I do that. -Max

If it weren't for the new models I would just roll back to the previous firmware. I am still kicking myself for not waiting for 6 months before updating the damn firmware. -Max

Please submit a support ticket for this. You have reproduced my exact problem. Line 6 isn't going to fix it unless they get a bunch of support tickets.. -Max

I tried two different JTV guitars with my setup as I own both a JTV59 and a JTV69. It seems from the testing that I have done that the new 2.6.2 firmware is required for this error to occur for me, and I am not rushing to send them an out of warranty HD500 so that they can most likely find no hardware problems with the device. I am pretty sure now that the tuner triggers this fault on my device (it might work fine forever if I re-flash again and just never use the POD tuner again). -Max

The latest response is to send it in for service. I think it is unlikely to be fixed by sending it in, so I guess I just live with it until they release something new. Maybe look for a good deal on a used HD500X. -Max

Before I bought the L2 speaker I was running the HD500 into the power amp in jack on a Spyder Valve head it sounded real good to me. -Max