6L6C
Power User
Budget:
You know that better than the rest of us.
Does the AX8 sound better and offer more than the GT-1: Yes (But have heard decent stuff from the GT-1)
As pointed out by others the AX8 is NOT gapless switching, but this never bothered me that much.
Updates I might piss off a few people but— (Not meant to BTW)
(Rant begins)
Who cares??? The unit has had many updates addressing problems and seeing new features. It’s like a cake, it’s baked, it’s done. I sold mine a few years ago and never had any issues that held me back from doing something on the unit. I’m not saying there are none, just nothing that held me back, worked as expected.
On certain updates in the past of the different units, people have complained about their precious update. It changed my sound; I must redo all my presets. I lost functionality and so on.
So maybe having a fully baked unit is not such a bad thing. I don’t know, what do you think?
I know one of the biggest appeals of having a Fractal unit is the updates this is true. Just because it's not getting any more updates doesn't mean it's falling apart.
(Rant done)
Does the AX8 sound good? Yes
Does it sound as authentic as the current production? No And if the Axe FX IV came out tomorrow, then the III would be behind the eight ball.
The FM3 and FM9 are out of the budget that the OP is willing to spend. Would it be nice if he or she could? Of course. But it's not part of the criteria at this point. The AX8 is still a great unit. My only concern would be if there was some sort of hardware failure in the future, getting repairs parts and so on.
My two cents if you can get one and a decent price, why not?
You know that better than the rest of us.
Does the AX8 sound better and offer more than the GT-1: Yes (But have heard decent stuff from the GT-1)
As pointed out by others the AX8 is NOT gapless switching, but this never bothered me that much.
Updates I might piss off a few people but— (Not meant to BTW)
(Rant begins)
Who cares??? The unit has had many updates addressing problems and seeing new features. It’s like a cake, it’s baked, it’s done. I sold mine a few years ago and never had any issues that held me back from doing something on the unit. I’m not saying there are none, just nothing that held me back, worked as expected.
On certain updates in the past of the different units, people have complained about their precious update. It changed my sound; I must redo all my presets. I lost functionality and so on.
So maybe having a fully baked unit is not such a bad thing. I don’t know, what do you think?
I know one of the biggest appeals of having a Fractal unit is the updates this is true. Just because it's not getting any more updates doesn't mean it's falling apart.
(Rant done)
Does the AX8 sound good? Yes
Does it sound as authentic as the current production? No And if the Axe FX IV came out tomorrow, then the III would be behind the eight ball.
The FM3 and FM9 are out of the budget that the OP is willing to spend. Would it be nice if he or she could? Of course. But it's not part of the criteria at this point. The AX8 is still a great unit. My only concern would be if there was some sort of hardware failure in the future, getting repairs parts and so on.
My two cents if you can get one and a decent price, why not?