Who's coming to Stadium after Helix and then using another device brand(s) in between?

[glideman]

I had Helix for a LONG time, even after I purchased and Axe FX III.  After I added an FM9T, I finally sold my Helix.

 

Back for another new round with Line 6!!!  (and yes, I tried Quad Cortex and did not like it so much).

[JimBenson]

I bought my Helix in November of 2015.  I sold it a few years ago because the sound of amp breakup always sounded off to me.  I bought an FM9 and I do prefer its sound to the original Helix.  
 

I just traded in the FM9 for a Helix Stadium XL because the Helix user interface is so much easier than the Fractal.  On the FM9 I would make a patch at home using my computer, but it wouldn’t should great at rehearsal and making changes on the unit itself is quite a challenge.  
 

I’m hoping the Agora modeling lives up to the hype.

[Motto85]

Definitely am upgrading to the Stadium XL, I'm just going to wait a little while to jump onboard. My og Helix is so well dialed-in that I'm not even that concerned with Agoura...my primary reason for getting the Stadium is for processing power in regards to using Snapshots. And then of course, there's Showcase.

 

In fact, I can honestly, genuinely say that there is nothing--NOTHING--Fractal, QC, Kemper, etc have anything to offer that's genuinely better than what I've got dialed into my Helix. Trust that I've tried several times: I had an Axe Fx III and returned it. I've spent all kinds of money buying and a/b'ing tube heads against the Helix, and my Helix patches have gotten to a point now that everything else out there has stopped mattering in terms of feel, sound, etc....including the Stadium even. So all I care about is having more processing power to get Snapshots to be useable in my case. My FM9t sold earlier today, so I'm setting those funds aside for my Stadium XL and I'll sell the og Helix this summer when I'm ready to switch over. I'm still having mad fun with my og Helix and still feel like it's hiding a lot more things I've yet to discover.

 

 

[WickedFinger]

I had an original Helix and while I liked the programming and setup, the effects loops pass through were a deal kill for me. I went on to try a bunch of modeler units, except for full on Fractal. Maybe had I gone Fractal that might have done it for me. Instead I tried many, a thousand different variations. Just never happy w the tones and feel.

Then I came to Universal Audio's amp pedal modelers, 4 of those in a bypass switcher were just amazing, not just real amp sounds but maybe better as tube amps are moody and degrade w time.

Reading on the features and improvements of the Stadium XL I decided to bite the apple once again and sold off tons of stuff for the hope Line 6 would bring the torch. I would have stayed w my UAFX rig and been happy but I wanted the promise of greater integration, more amps and cab IR abilities. So far just baby steps trying to find my way around the Stadium. NO printable file manual yet (come on guys and include the models list in a printable file!) Some of us like to attend flight school before taking the plane up. That being said the features on the Stadium are indeed workable and usable merely by using the on-board info stuff and bumbling around. So far the amps are floating my boat in sound and feel, very happy w the new Agoura stuff.

Std effects are still the hit and miss of Line 6 stuff, some good some unusable, typical. I've never been a fan of most digital pedal mimics outside of delays/reverbs and some modulation. Stadium has the best of what you would expect from modeled effects. I mainly was after high end delays and reverbs. I wanted to be able to pipe in my hand picked unmatched pedals and later on, hopefully see if Proxy can create a close mimic.

I wanted the unit for amps and anything else is just icing, a lot of icing on this cake. Possibilities are yet to be imagined, a supreme Star Trek level technical ecstasy. Looking forward to learning the unit more and upcoming additions and upgrades. My search for the best amp modeling capability has reached a mountain top. I cannot imagine anything "better" nor ease of use. Did I mention how much fun it is messing with this unit? The mere aspect of having fun playing is over looked, while there are certainly tons of options and params everywhere one does not seem to fall into the typical black hole of option paralysis I usually fall into.