FM9 vs FM9 Turbo?

[shawnfitz1222]

Hi Guys,

Wondering if anyone has both the FM9 and the FM9 Turbo and compared the two? Or perhaps you upgraded from the FM9 to the Turbo unit. Is there a noticeable improvement with regard to CPU horsepower? I know it has 25% more power, but curious as to what that means and equates to.

 

[FullReverse]

@Tremonti did. He bought the turbo I had to sell when I bought one initially and he did a comparison.

 

[Greg Ferguson]

The Turbo has 11.11% more otherwise they're identical. It's enough to add a block or two but that's depending on the blocks.

 

[Voxguy76]

I sold my FM9 and upgraded to the FM9. Yes I found a noticeable increase in DSP for my patches, and the switches on the unit itself were alot smoother than the regular FM9. Previously I had added lithium grease to the switches on the FM9 to fix the friction felt when using. Regardless both units are fantastic. I sold my AxeFx3 because the F9 covered all my needs, and then some.

 

[JasonE]

On the flip side, I thought about putting my FM9 up for sale and buying the Turbo model when I could get one. They have made enough performance gains in the firmware that I no longer feel the need to do that. The preset that I built that was not exactly what I wanted due to running out of CPU now has all of the blocks in it that I originally wanted and the CPU usage is less than the lesser version was on firmware V1.

 

[jimmynorrisjr]

There really isn't that much of a difference. If you felt like you ran out of CPU too quickly, you likely need the Axe-Fx 3. I have the mkII turbo and I still run out of CPU for my kitchen sink preset.

 

[suhrmajesty]

I have had both, I prefer the Turbo. I don't run out of cpu like I did with the regular. 11.11% is 1 to 2 more blocks sometimes 3 depending on the block. That is all I needed. Now I have breathing room, my kitchen sink preset is 81% which is amazing.

There are some presets that my Turbo beats the axe fx III in cpu usage so there is that.

 

[unix-guy]

There really isn't that much of a difference. If you felt like you ran out of CPU too quickly, you likely need the Axe-Fx 3. I have the mkII turbo and I still run out of CPU for my kitchen sink preset.

That's a personal opinion... The extra 11.11% increase was significant for me.

 

[Rick]

Get the turbo. It goes to 11(.11). That’s one more.

Seriously, though, if you’re buying new there is no other option. If used, then opinions have varied on the benefit but the turbo version can’t be worse so it‘s always going to be the best option unless price is a deciding factor for you.

 

[suhrmajesty]

If you buy used you will not get a warranty so keep that in mind.

 

[DaveO]

That's a personal opinion... The extra 11.11% increase was significant for me.

+1

 

[blaggers]

If you buy used you will not get a warranty so keep that in mind.

You will if you are in Europe.

 

[suhrmajesty]

You will if you are in Europe.

Nice, yeah I live in the States.