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Jan Depner wrote:
>>To be honest, I think the PODxt sounds much better than the V-Amp... I

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>>use a PODxt Live (through a Mesa/Boogie 50/50 power amp and a 2x12

>>cabinet), and my rhythm guitarist plays the V-Amp... and maybe it's due

>>to his native guitar tone also, but the V-Amp sounds rather plasticy to

>>my ears. It sounds a bit better going into a 4x12 cabinet (a huge

>>improvement over the single 1x12), but it still doesn't sound as clean

>>as the PODxt.

>>

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>     Uh, you don't think the Mesa Boogie has anything to do with the

> sound???

To some degree, perhaps. I am using the PODxt as a pre-amp, though, so

most of the tone is coming is from that.
We are going to experiment with using the V-Amp just as a pre-amp and

going into a Marshall head for the power section (bypassing the Marshall

pre-amp) and into a 4x12... that should give it some more umph.:-)
    Seriously though, I have a V-Amp Pro and I have friends who

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> use the POD XT.  I don't here all that big a difference when they're

> played through the same gear.  Even if there was a large difference is

> it worth the 0 difference in price?

The difference between what I paid for the PODxt Live and what he paid

for the V-Amp was about $100. At any rate, though, he got an entire amp

plus a big foot pedal with two built-in expression pedals... so overall,

he got more for the money, I think.
I should have indicated the recordings I have done direct (no

amplifiers) with the two sound different, the V-Amp stuff sounds thinner

and more plastic-y, to my ears.
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