I haven’t tried any of those so I can’t speak to them at all.
I have the Lion and Ruby. My take is they both each sound better than the Iridium equivalents. I really wanted to love the Iridium. It’s a beautiful piece of gear. Three things essentially kept it not for me. I bought it three times each thinking I just needed to adapt. 1) Not enough gain. A built in booster would really help and seems like a secondary function that could be added via firmware. 2) A TRS effects loop like the NUX Amp Academy. 3) Proper pounding for the headphone jack.
Yes, I knew the UAFX units did not have #2 or #3 going in. Call me a hypocrite if you wish.
I know it works beautifully for others. It is gorgeous in form factor/control panel.
Regarding my limited use of the UAFX Pedals, the Lion is definitely a keeper. I’m a Plexi Nerd (
@Whizzinby heh) and this thing is rich. Ruby I am not certain of. I appreciate Vox amps and love Brian May’s and Edge’s work with them a great deal. The Ruby does wonderful high gain Vox tones but if I ‘m going for Jangle it doesn’t deliver as easily. Perhaps it is my settings, I’ll give it another go and see. I tried a cheap $25 pedal that really nails that stuff and at $349 the Ruby should deliver.
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