Although skeptical at first about the authenticity of digital modelling, after first purchasing the Line6 MM4 Modulator, I started to see the light. I then decided to take a risk and buy the new PODxt. Line6's new PODxt is a dream come true for the gigging, recording, and bedroom musicians alike. It's got so many features, yet it only took me about 30 mins "out-of-the-box" time to start customizing and saving my own dream rigs. I can only rave about how useful this thing truly is and how accurately it reproduces all of the coveted sounds a guitarist could want. It goes from breathy ClassA to roaring JCM800 to swirly Hendrix octave-fuzz in the click of a switch or the twist of a knob. Plus with amp and cabinet modelling, leave your amp at home when recording. Line6 set's up the perfect recording environment inside the POD: cabs, mics, mic placement...just plug it into the board and crank it up...nuff said. In all, the new Line6 PODxt is the most useful, hardworking, stunningly accurate tool available for the working guitarist...don't wait, buy it today!

Feature:
It comes with power supply and usb cable. You can never have enough USB cables these days. I wish the basic foot switches are either included or sold at cheaper than what;s available.

Quality:
It is very sturdy.

Value:
I paid $399 + tax for it. And it is worth it. I just cannot get enough of it.

Desirability:
I cannot afford all of the amplifier to acheieve what tiny POD can do. I can get Fender Twin Reverve and Marshall stack side by side with touch of button! Yes, definitely sexy!

Sound:
Many of (even factory preset) modeled sounds are right on! Factory preset can also be considered as a starting point for creating your own sound. I find myself enjoying/playing with knobs and experimenting what it does. There is one thing. You won't be able to select the output type (PA/Direct, Combo, Stack) if you have headphone plugged in. Be sure to unplug the head phone when changing output type.

Feature:
Very versatile.

Quality:
Tough and reliable.

Sound:
At first... The sound was impressive. It is truly amazing to have all these effects in one place and the versatility of being able to use the software for direct recording. But... You will grow tired of the sounds. The richness and depth of analog sound is missing. If you have a trained ear, you will hear a thinness and many gaps in the sound- this device "steals" sound. If you're in a good mood, practicing, or sketching recordings, it is definitely fun and useful. And you won't bother the neighbors at all if you are direct recording. And if you are playing gigs for drunk people, I guess it doesn't matter. But you will grow out of it. You need real analog sounds through a great tube amp, a great guitar or two, a few pedals, with sm57s or better for recording. But, it is actually very useful for certain situations, but not the last stop on the quest for tone.

Ease of Use:
Extremely easy. I recommend using the software- much more intuitive.

Support:
Great. You can download updates from the website, which they are always adding to, and buy new sounds as well.

Feature:
Hey, I want more than 128 slots man!

Quality:
rock solid.

Value:
Are you kidding me? The amp and effects manufacturers must be shaking in their boots. Thanks to line 6, their sails will go straight down the toilet.

Desirability:
I have the PODxt live, love the chrome dude!

Sound:
the only complaint I have is it buzzes a little for certain tones. I also question the capability of those who created the factory presets. Need to tweak everything. Other than that, this thing really kicks a$$. Not for those who aren't computer savvy. I love having access to every amp and effect at the touch of a button. Rock on line 6!

Support:
never had the need

Overall:
Ok, here's the deal. If you guys at line 6 aren't careful, some other company will come up with something a bit more organized, and steal your thunder. Watch out.

Feature:
The Cab A.I.R. feature was quite cool and would have worked quite well if the actual amps them selfs where good. I found myself hurtling through all the cab settings for my distortion sounds but when i used the nice clean sounds i found that they where best in there origional form. Also Gear box is great. (basically a visual of everything your doing in the pod) Line 6 tone port didnt work on my duel core intel mac so i couldnt download any custom tones.

Quality:
Looked great, everything was working ok (and yes sounding bad) until it just stoppd working. nice...

Value:
As far as value goes, if you like all the presets on this then its very good value. However i don't and the price I payed isnt justified in 4 or 5 great sounding clean tones as i will not use them often and as said before, i got this peice of equiptment to record metal guitar distortion.

Desirability:
It looks great, the nobs and layout is great, the red colour looks realy nice. Basically its a nice peice of kit to have on your work desk, but thats if its for show only.

Sound:
Like most digital amp replicators ive found that they have great clean and chorus effects but realy bad distortion. Unfourtunatly, the PODxt is no different, (that being said it is deffinatly the best i have encountered), which is a shame as most of the gear i use is Line 6 and there all great. All of the distortion pre-sets are pretty dam bad. As another review said; At first they all sound great, however, once you get familiar with them, they do just sound crap :( HOWEVER... the reason ive been so leaniant towards the distortion end of the pod is its clean sounds. They are simply amazing, both when recording and when playing live. But thats not why i got the pod, it boasts the mesa boogie dual rectifer recreation, (practically the main reason i got it) but as far as sound goes, it just inst there. It sounds digital, and theres no two ways around it. I wanted "studio standard" distortion recording, but didnt get it.

Ease of Use:
I couldn't fault the Pod for ease of use. The LED window is INCREDIBLY easy (another reason i dont want to see the pod go) takes two minutes to

Support:
Havent dealt with them, im just taking it back to the shop.

Overall:
I am just not satisfied with this product. It's given me nothing but frustration for the past 2 months. Ive spent countless hours upon hours fiddling and tweaking but never coming out with anything to be proud off. The best thing i could get was using a clean amp and cab and using my distortion pedal for the effect, (which hands down beat all of the distortion amps in the pod!) I am taking it back to the shop tomorow! If you want the clean effects and the free DAW then this is for you, (if you have the money for just those effects) but realy, if you have a trained ear, youl hear how thin and digital the sounds are in this unit.

Feature:
Has a usb port which allows you to do some pretty cool stuff from your computer, 2 outputs so I can run it into 2 amps for stereo effects. 4 band post EQ can be useful sometimes in making your tones a lot better.

Quality:
It kind of looks like a toy. The XT Live looks much more professional. But it's very sturdy. I dropped it from about 4 feet up on to a concrete floor and it dented the floor and only scratched the XTs paint a little. It seems to get a little hot and it doesn't really have anything for ventilation but I've never had any problems.

Value:
Sometimes I think that I should have bought a decent tube amp instead but this is pretty versatile and I can combine it with the keyboard amp and use it for bass.

Desirability:
It looks like a toy when you first see it. I have grown to like it however.

Sound:
I think it sounds good. It took me a while to get some good heavily distorded rythm sounds I like but that might have something to do with the the crappy stratocaster copy with moldy pickups that I'm playing. Still, I was able to get a very acceptable metal sound. It's certainly a lot better than my old Cube-15 with a stompbox. Clean sounds are great. I downloaded a patch off Customtone that made my guitar sound like an acoustic. I usually use it live through a keyboard amp. When I record I just have to tweak the EQ a little. Make sure you update it to version 2 though. You can also download some model packs for 50 bucks each. This guy just uses Podxt with all the model packs for his guitar tracks and it sounds great: www.soundclick.com/bands/pagemusic.cfm?bandID=147108

Support:
Haven't dealt with them. They release release updates fairly frequently.

Overall:
When I'm a big star I'll need more power but for now it's great. My friend has a Spider II 112 and this sounds so much better for every type of sound. It helps me meet my musical goals. If it were lost, I would buy it again, otherwise my keyboard amp would go to waste.

Feature:
I bought mine new so all the parts came with it- Usb cable, power adapter. Too bad for those who dont get everything

Quality:
It seems like it will last me along time. I am just selling mine because the Xt live came out and I am going to sell my xt for the XTlive, and I dont want to have to pay another $399.99 just for the pedals and the switches when I can get the xtlive for that same price.

Desirability:
Its small and thats what I treasure probably the most about this.

Sound:
I would characterize this product as an amazing good machine. The sound quality is not as heavy as a stompbox especially the Heavier tones. The xt helped in my recording and my live shows, I play at weddings and the customtone website really rocked in giving me the tones I needed for almost every song I played. When comparing it with the GT6 the heavier sounds outweighed the gt6s heavier tones, but when you hear a stompbox like "The Weapon" by digitech or any heavy metal stompbox, the xt doesnt come quite as close in the heaviness of the tone. I thought the "DEST" feature was swell where you could change the xts settings to match your playing or recording that you are doing, Of course if I had the money to buy all the greatest stompboxes I would, and if I could own every amp and have the space and soundproof room to play them all I would buy them. But if you arent one of those people I would say this is great for recording, and its very easy to use with the Guitarport software. I wish it worked like a plugin though, that would really rock! I gave it a nine but if there were a middle between 9 and 8 I would give it that.

Support:
I live in Japan, maybe thats why they never replied. I dont know but none of my emails that I sent to line 6 was ever responded too. But the Forums on the line6 site have been my saviour and will still be I guess when I get my XTlive.

Overall:
I liked how it has so much in such a small package. I disliked how it just doesnt come up to a stompbox, but after all, stompboxes only have to create a couple specific sounds, and with so much more electronics compared to the amount of sounds that need to be produced ratio.

Feature:
all accessories (power and usb cable) came with it, but their is still some info missing concerning downloading from internet and how to transfer from say a pod 2.0 to the xt.

Quality:
I like my old pod color better, but whats in the color?

Value:
this product is well worth its cost.

Desirability:
it isn't a cute as the older pod.

Sound:
I upgraded from a POD-2.0, I am very impressed with the clean sound as well as the overdriven sounds. I am also very impressed with the stomp box modeled effects. This is the first all in one unit that blows away my old floor unit (Korg A-4) How-ever, I still run a mxr dyno-comp. in front of this unit to get the sound I like. This is a killer unit, but I would be in heaven if this unit has a tc-electronic's scf stereo chorus+flanger.

Support:
I am still waiting to get details on programing.

Overall:
I love this unit. I would repace it if lost,damaged or etc. I still would like to see xlr jacks, a tc-electronic's scf added to the modeled stomp collection. I love all the new sounds.

Feature:
Hey mon, do you want a hot apple pie with that? I mean really, what more can be demanded of a monumental unit of this caliber???? This cat gets a page in my book along with such fine classics as the '57 Chevy.

Quality:
Built like a 1949 Thompson boiler unit. The other evening, I tried my own non-scientific test. I began twisting the knobs relentlessly while listening to my entire Pink Floyd LP collection. I then proceeded to depress all the bottons like I was hooked up to a 540V transformer while trying to beat a PS2 Friday Night at the Fights boxing game. The next day, after losing a pint of blood from my fingertips, I coddled my POD XT like a down feather quill. Needless to say, it still rocked.

Value:
Enough change back from your half rock to buy a Big Muff Three Quarter Willy for your Hummer. Need I say more?

Desirability:
Having this is like taking roids and relaxing in a sea of tranquility. It supersedes my dreams of passing gas and drinking a cold Pabst on cloud 9 with Stevie Ray Vaughn.

Sound:
Bring on the lama baby, this thing is pure and sweet azure. The velvety resonance that emanates from this puppy swishes back and forth in my head like the quivering waters of the seven sacred pools.

Support:
This is superfluous since it just functions and continous to satisfy. To contact support is outlandish.

Overall:
See above.