Jeez!!!
Why on earth are Axe owners so defensive and sensitive?!???!!
A forum is about discussing music, gear, and advances in technology (not to do the ostrich thing, or "look the other way" to pretend nothing else is moving in this world). The OP posted what, 4 or maybe 5 posts in this thread? All of them quite civilized... Sure, the thread's title may have been a little excessive, but many people on this forum have been using excessive language to describe the Axe, for years, and that went over quite well!!! The Axe presumably could not be improved upon, and that was at V4 of the standard... since then, how many f/w revisions have been "game changers" or "totally redefined" the whole thing? And we made it all the way to V11, and then the Axe 2 came out, making all of that "antiquated" somehow... if that's not excessive commentary all along the way, then I don't know what is...
I don't know the OP, and I don't think he needs the likes of me to come to his defense... but to call him passive-aggressive because he dared post a thread on a piece of gear that may partially compete with your Axe, that's a little excessive too. I did not sense anything incorrect in the OP's various posts in this thread, and I still don't understand why everyone is so insecure that they absolutely must shut down any mention of any product other than Fractal's.
It's just gear. And more gear means we're evolving, which in my book is a good thing. Otherwise we'd all be using whatever amp Elvis used in the 50's and we'd all sound the same.
If this thread offends your insecurity about your Axe-FX, just don't read it. And if someone has interesting things to say about other gear (at whatever state of maturity that new gear may be), then let them.
Sheesh!