Do I still need my Strymon Iridium?

[Digiplay]

Hello to all!

 

 

I have a Pedaltrain Classic 2 Pedalboard/Recording Rig (powered by a Truetone CS-12) consisting of, and in order:

 

Radial J48>TC Polytune>Dunlop Cry Baby> Keeley Compressor Plus>Tumnus Deluxe>MXR Phase 90>Source Audio Gemini>Fender MTG Tremolo>SD Vapor Trail>EXH Oceans 11>TC Sentry>Strymon Iridium>UAD Apollo.

 

Please note that the JV48 is also sending a dry signal to my Apollo as well.

 

 

Without a doubt it's a fine pedalboard, but I saw so many great videos of the Pod Go that I told myself "Hell, that's all I would EVER need!!", so I ordered one today.

 

 

FWIW, something about it reminded me of my pedalboard :)

 

 

The (6) switches that correspond to the pedals shown in the large display made sense to me, the (5) knobs below the display reminded me of the knobs on my pedals that edit the various parameters, it seems easy to navigate and edit, it has a switchable expression/wah pedal, it just seems like a GREAT device!

 

 

I'm betting that I will LOVE the Pod Go, and if so, I will sell all the components of the pedalboard, and I'll have about $1,200 back in my pocket as soon as they all sell.

 

 

So my question is if the Pod Go Amps and Cabinets are as "good" as the Iridium's (3) Amps and (3) Cabinets?

 

 

If so, bye bye Iridium, and if not, "Say hello to my little friend!" :)

 

 

Thanks in advance,

Jerry

[voxman55]

The Pod Go amp models are very good, but based on vids I've watched, I think the Strymon models and IR's are particularly good and are arguably a tad more organic, airier and more 'amp in the room' sounding rather than conveying a mic'd amp as per Helix/Pod Go. YMMV but I'd personally keep the Strymon as it's a top quality bit of kit. 

 

Good vid comparison here:

 

 

[Digiplay]

So do I simply disable the amp and cabinet on each preset of the Pod Go, and go directly to the input on the Iridium from the amp out on the Pod Go?