I love this thing but I recently bought a mesa dc-5 (for $320 so I kinda had to). Now, I do use the axe fx through a pair of studio monitors and the last time I used a frfr 12" was ages ago but it still seemed different. Maybe its a looseness or maybe it is just volumes of air being pushed but I dont remember missing my mark iv as much as I'm enjoying this dc5. Either way I feel super lucky to have a mesa and an axe fx sitting in the same room...I am just curious.