Thanks! I was on HC in 1996, so, yeah, it has been awhile! I am around all the time, I just dont say very much anymore. I think it has all been said, lol.
I have some M-Audio 8" monitors, headphones, etc.. and have tried a computer surround-sound system. I can get them to all sound "OK", but still always have that FRFR sound that kind of annoys me. No cab thump, and the mids are super fuzzy and smooth. As I said, I use a Matrix and cab sometimes also. Sometimes I use the poweramp section of a Triple Rectifer also. I can get any of them to sound decent, but I think one issue is I switch around a lot, and of course when it is dialed in for one, it doesn't sound great in the other. I think I would get much more use out of the Axe-FX II if I could use the cab sims, but also have that "amp in the room" type of feel, thump, and sound. I can't deal with that flat, fizzy, smooth FRFR type sound. I have played in front of actual amps for too many years, lol.