hi,i never come to the line6 forum but eard you are talking about IR, so i give you my opinion as a recreational player.i bought a pod hd pro x new around january 2014 and i have hard time finding MY sound so im starting (like a lot a people these days) to investigate IR with my daw.i would like to load IR in my pro x for sure; and im little upset i cant but an old unit like digitech gsp1101(285euros new) can; as i bought my unit new in 2014(735euros).its true that IR was not that important till now but it will be the big thing for late 2014 as everybody is talking about it in forums(1101,epsi,amplifire) and if you make free 3rd party IR possible in the pro x you will see a lot of youtube videos about pro x +IR vs axefx or kemper which is good for your future sells i think.no IR means an outdated product late 2014. i see some people starting using old multifx like your old pod with external IR(epsi) with great result( no good for current hd sellings)
i wish i can remove all things i dont use in the hd (effects like chorus and noisegate looper and some amps),i dont know if it will make more space for IR.and i think having IR will make people stop using dual amp (lot of dsp) to single amp+IR.for sound quality i wish something like epsi but i will take anything you gave me (even as low as digitech1101).thanks