HX One - Noisy

[James Freeman]

Adds a whopping +20dB of raised noise floor, unusable in-front of drive pedals or amps with even the slightest amount of gain, I can hear hiss with clean effects like delay/reverb into a clean amp.
I wanted to like it because it fills a very useful spot but I cannot recommend it, the hardware design is flawed, unacceptable by any standard.
I really regret buying this one.



I don't think this pedal was made by the same people who are responsible for the HX/Helix line, this unit does NOT deserve the HX logo on it.


EDIT:
Using a super clean linear power supply to power the HX1.
HX One has +20dB of noise above the AxeFx3 noise floor, and a big 50Hz mains hum.
The case seems to be made of plastic, so not much shielding if at all.

EDIT:
HX Stomp XL noise floor compared to HX1 noise floor.
Same as the AxeFx3, HX1 raises the noise floor by +20dB of the HX Sotmp XL.

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Sound Sample, this is how an additional +20dB of noise floor sounds like;
Turning the HX1 On/Off (true bypass, flat EQ preset) before the Stomp XL with a Brit 2203 model (Gain at 7) in the Stomp.



EDIT:
It seems L6 didn't apply the same hardware design principles they did on the previous HX releases, ie. they cheaped out on the AD/DA topology and/or testing it.

If I recall correctly Digital Igloo said he is not the product manager of the HX1, that may have something to do with the flawed design of this thing because Eric knows all about noise floor from the Helix and Stomp design which are excellent.

 

[norminal]

So it’s more of a HX 0.5?

 

[dk_ace]

Dang, that’s discouraging. I’ve still been considering picking one up. I had a similar issue with the loops on the helix floor, they’re much noisier than the main input and weee too noisy for me in front of gain if I could avoid it.

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[spawnofthesith]

Mine definitely doesn't add any noise to my rig(s)




Defective unit?

 

[James Freeman]

Mine definitely doesn't add any noise to my rig(s)
Defective unit?

Doubt it, there are far too many reports fot this to be a single unit.
I am really sorry I didn't do a thorough research before buying this junk.

HX One noise issue

I got my HX One yesterday and went to try it out last night. I have it set up in pre/post on my pedalboard. It all works as it should, but when I have the HX One in my signal chain it is adding terrible noise to some of my drive pedals - so much so that they are unusable. Using the noise gate on ...

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Line 6 HX One tech is a joke

What I can't wrap my head around is the fact that numerous people, including myself, have found the HX One to be noisy. Not just a little noisy but quite a bit of hiss. However, if you go over to the HX One thread, others are saying their units are dead quiet. I sometimes wonder how many of...

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[Stone]

I spy old school Boss pedals

Those things are timeless



currently using the CE-2

 

[Whizzinby]

Adds a whopping +12dB to the noise floor, unusable in-front of drive pedals or amps with even the slightest amount of gain, I can hear hiss with clean effects like delay/reverb into a clean amp.
I wanted to like it because it fills a very useful spot but I cannot recommend it, the hardware design is flawed, unacceptable by any standard.
I really regret buying this one.

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I don't think this pedal was made by the same people who are responsible for the HX/Helix line, this toy does NOT deserve the HX logo on it.

How you digging the El Cap v2? Thinking of trying that to replace the Volante.

 

[paisleywookiee]

How you digging the El Cap v2? Thinking of trying that to replace the Volante.

How many threads do I have to tell you to buy one?

 

[James Freeman]

How you digging the El Cap v2? Thinking of trying that to replace the Volante.

The best

 

[Whizzinby]

How many threads do I have to tell you to buy one?

 

[paisleywookiee]

It’s good stuff. You’ll dig it

 

[James Freeman]

First post updated.
I'm not done yet.

 

[holoholo]

You’ve just been Freeman’d!

 

[James Freeman]

First post updated. Compared to Stomp XL, noise floor sound samples.

 

[norminal]

Sound Sample, this is how an additional +20dB of noise floor sounds like;
Turning the HX1 On/Off (true bypass, flat EQ preset) before the Stomp XL with a Brit 2203 model (Gain at 7) in the Stomp.

A little noise usually doesn’t bother me, but yikes!

 

[Achilles]

A little noise usually doesn’t bother me, but yikes!

Answer: "What is things you never want to hear your wife say?"

 

[James Freeman]

It went back.
I am willing to buy the HX One again because it is the perfect chameleon pedal and fills a very useful spot on the board, but only if Line 6 confirm the new units are fixed and noise free.
Once bitten, twice shy.

 

[Orvillain]

The noise floor is why I didn't buy one as well, after reading a lot of the comments on it. A huge shame to be honest, because it really should be a killer device in all other respects.

 

[gonzoknife]

I had one for a minute but returned it. If it was after any gain pedal or if gain pedals were in the loop there was a lot of white noise. I tried it everywhere possible and with multiple pedals and it was consistent. It was a bummer because I thought it would be a great utility pedal. Limiting it to pre-dirt pedals made it not worth it to me.

 

[Jarick]

That's a bummer.

I have an HX Effects that adds noise to my rig, oddly the left output is noisier than the right. But it's noisy even if I add a noise gate in the chain.

Meanwhile my HX Stomp adds no noise and even if there's noise from the models, the noise gate makes it silent again.