Even worse. My Mesa Mk IV sounded amazing at home but in the venues we play with varying power supplies and other factors (ie beer lights, etc), the tone varied so much it became hard to manage. That’s the whole reason I tried the fractal Ax II years ago and then played Ax8 for a few years. The Ax modelers simply work. They sound consistently good in any room with any power supply. It doesn’t much matter to me how close they get to the real tube sound. For anyone that plays in a band with drummers, keys, etc., you can seldom hear your own amp well enough to really tell the difference. So, for me, it came down to having a practical solution that sounds consistently great in any situation. When I tweak at home, it often doesn’t sound that great to me because I have to tweak to cut and sound good on stage. The only thing I really tweak after getting a good working tone is the levels of the effects so they don’t dilute the basic tone.
