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Line 6 POD HD500
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Published on 01/31/12 at 04:05
I would not stay on prior reviews, I'll just give my point of view compared to my pedal (boss gt5 and zoom g2) but it exudes quality in manufacture!

UTILIZATION

Manual (on Web) is a bit complicated and tiny lcd does not help matters.
on the pc, what bothers me is that you can not do copy / paste the preset if you want to move it (or I have not found).
The setting of amp simulator is too complicated for me so I will not judge the ergonomics.

SOUND QUALITY

at her: connected to a transistor amplifier is for me the best.
Sounds convincing st by bcp against blast, the noise gate is low in my ears, the wah wah I was impressed.
Slight disappointment at the grave, I can not get sound to garry moore eg. or I do not have enough mastery + equalizer amplifier part.

On an amp lamp, I am less convinced, sound drool, but I did not look long to redo the settings.

Not tested on a sound system, but it sounds awful headphone (headphone I thought that it sounds like the lamp but tt is far from being the case, TFW on the speakers is better?)

OVERALL OPINION

I have not for a month too soon to tt dig.
in ergonomics is really well done once you understand how it works.
The sounds are better than on my boss and my zoom (zoom in on the cons, I very easily got a convincing distortion while I gallery on the hd).
I play mostly u2 so clean / crunch and distortion + delay (modulés!) are great for that.
As against the boss which is better is the change of preset:
no split in our sound, and effects gradually fade from one preset to another while it cuts the hd net, and it's embarrassing when there are delay and reverb.
The expression pedal is also annoying: to have the maximum effect of a set at the foot, we must put the weight on the tip of the pedal (concretemùent, if I make the whammy, leaving just the toes on the pedal I'd be at a height equivalent to +11.5 semitone;
for the true octave, I have to press the pedal)