Brian Coonan
Power User
I had a GM36 before I got into Fractal - loved that amp - but - love the flexibility and sound of the III even more. I'd get a H&K amp again if I were going to get back into amps.Had a triamp. Loved it. Sounded great and had plenty of comments on how cool it looked.
But it was like an anvil with tubes to carry around.
To the original question: I had many other preamps that had a tube in it, they never sounded 1/2 as good as the Axe even in its first iteration. It was a cool marketing thing...and I bit too.