randyman
Experienced
The Axe-FX II's life will – in all likelihood – outlast most of our own. They'll have to pry mine out of my cold, dead hands.
Really, though, there's no planned obsolescence built into the Axe-FX, like there is with many technologies; Cliff and the Fractal folk are going to keep pushing the limits of the existing box for a long time to come. And if/when they decide to update the hardware by moving on to a new platform, our current boxes will still retain a huge resale value. When I sold my Ultra, it brought me close to 70% of what I needed to pay for the new Axe.
Very, very few of us can say we're actually making full use of what the Axe makes available to us already. We're on the eve of a very significant update in the amp algorithms; it's safe to say we're a long, long way from seeing the end of what this box can do.
One of the only things on my fantasy wish list that I really can't see happening in a new model – because I don't think all that many users would be interested – would be fully native surround capabilities. Since I don't expect that, I plan to keep the Axe II and use it for the rear channels, with the Axe III up front.
But it will be quite a while before that happens. Mercy!
Really, though, there's no planned obsolescence built into the Axe-FX, like there is with many technologies; Cliff and the Fractal folk are going to keep pushing the limits of the existing box for a long time to come. And if/when they decide to update the hardware by moving on to a new platform, our current boxes will still retain a huge resale value. When I sold my Ultra, it brought me close to 70% of what I needed to pay for the new Axe.
Very, very few of us can say we're actually making full use of what the Axe makes available to us already. We're on the eve of a very significant update in the amp algorithms; it's safe to say we're a long, long way from seeing the end of what this box can do.
One of the only things on my fantasy wish list that I really can't see happening in a new model – because I don't think all that many users would be interested – would be fully native surround capabilities. Since I don't expect that, I plan to keep the Axe II and use it for the rear channels, with the Axe III up front.
But it will be quite a while before that happens. Mercy!