Engl fireball 100 vs pod hd300

[laszlozsolt82]

I can't believe they don't let you switch off the cab simulation unless you buy the most expensive model. Total ripoff.

+1 totaly agree with that

 

[motomoto]

I can't believe they don't let you switch off the cab simulation unless you buy the most expensive model. Total ripoff.

+2 well said

 

[KillFrenzy]

I can't believe they don't let you switch off the cab simulation unless you buy the most expensive model. Total ripoff.

+ 100000000000000

an X-Vamp can do that

 

[Ascendant]

I can't believe they don't let you switch off the cab simulation unless you buy the most expensive model. Total ripoff.

Yepp, one of the reasons I decided to stop giving Line6 my money.

 

[Thumas]

This i time i gave it a couple minutes to sound similar, iknow you can probably dial the amp and pod better but thats not the main reason i did this test, was unhappy with my last comparison and i think this is more fair.
btw it's still the hd300 model so even if i have the preamp signal from pod the sound still changes when i change cab.

Eq is different, with the same settings, pod did't even sound near. (probably because "specially voiced live cab"
I have used the same impulse on both clips.
One guitar track and no post eq.



Here is the same clips but in mp3 and with guitarhack impulse.
Engl
http://www.mediafire.com/file/332fq0622c26vk2/Engl Guitarhack.mp3
Pod
http://www.mediafire.com/file/ndfydl561nefnfd/Pod Guitarhack.mp3

 

[Trevoire520]

Real amp still wins by a mile in my opinion. Could do with having a bit more highs in it though.

 

[XxXPete]

Real AMP in this case = EPIC WIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[iHate]

They are totally different from each other I don't get the point of even comparing them. The real amp recording has so much more low mids (its a good thing) than the pod recording, match them more similarly and then see what happens.

 

[Thumas]

They are totally different from each other I don't get the point of even comparing them. The real amp recording has so much more low mids (its a good thing) than the pod recording, match them more similarly and then see what happens.

well here is a post eq clip of pod
http://www.mediafire.com/file/ypcdcnpwb393loe/POD HD Fireball EQ tweak.mp3
compare it with
http://www.mediafire.com/file/332fq0622c26vk2/Engl Guitarhack.mp3

i think you could eq the pod a little better by it's own, but you still need post eq to sound alike, maybe with hd500 without live cab it's possible.

 

[Matt-Steele]

WOW! The POD HD sounds horrible in comparison. Thanks for this test.