POD 2.0 alternatives for late-night practice?

[PFDarkside]

Re: POD 2.0 alternatives for late-night practice?

The $40 Irig that uses the headphone jack is garbage, don’t get it. I assume the lighting one is better, but I just went back to an AmpPlug or a POD.

 

[Gtrjunior]

Re: POD 2.0 alternatives for late-night practice?

The $40 Irig that uses the headphone jack is garbage, don’t get it. I assume the lighting one is better, but I just went back to an AmpPlug or a POD.

Agreed....I bought one for the same purpose of the OP. It was junk right out of the box.

 

[B2D]

Re: POD 2.0 alternatives for late-night practice?

So what about it made it junk? Build quality? Sound quality?

 

[Gtrjunior]

Re: POD 2.0 alternatives for late-night practice?

Build quality.
It kept cutting in and out. I was using an operational set of headphones so I know they were good.
The sound quality, when it worked was good enough for a practice amp. If it had worked correctly I would have been content with that. Some days it seemed to work better than others.

 

[PFDarkside]

Re: POD 2.0 alternatives for late-night practice?

In addition I’d get feedback/squealing with gain. Sound quality was pretty poor. The Vox Amplug sounds like you are plugging into a Boss pedal with a little EQ, but at least it’s usable. The POD is miles better.

I assume the $100 Lightning/USB one is better.

 

[Nightburst]

Re: POD 2.0 alternatives for late-night practice?

Since the helix is so populair now the amplifi 100TT and FX are out there 2nd hand cheap.