Aaron Smith
Envisage Audio
I own a Pod X3 Live and it has been nothing but amazing for me!
Every song on my band's profile was recorded with my Pod X3 and nothing else
http://www.myspace.com/sanctityinsilence
It sounds amazing and has a ton of amps to choose from so you can get just about any tone you want
Now
If you can afford it, there is nothing better then micing up an old Mesa Boogie Dual Rec or a Peavey 5150
you just can't beat it
but
For what it does do the Pod does amazingly well
and that is model other really expensive amps
hahaha
Welcome new Seattle dude!
I will say, those POD tracks lack a lot of the typical POD fizziness, so props for that...but, they still don't quite have the feel of a really ridiculously ballsy mic'd amp tone!