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Why not?
Line 6 Helix Stadium
- Thread starter Lysander
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One reason would be they've invested God knows how much to bring stadium to market. To only then go "oh well here's this new massive project/genuinely new product a year later" would be such a bizarre use of resources.
Regarding ‘why not wait’, a new device like this isn’t just about the core tones. The stadium has lots of other benefits in other areas compared to the existing unit (backing tracks, auditioning, hype knob, focus view etc). As a company, they will have had lots of internal debates as to when to launch - with a platform that is easy to remotely update and has the historic evidence of ‘we will for sure keep making this thing better for free’ like they did with the original Helix, they can safely launch at the point where it’s attractive enough to make enough people want it ‘as it is now’ with the excitement of years of cool free extras. I’m a good example - what they’re showing so far has been enough for me to move from a platform I’ve been happy with and preorder an XL so their internal focus groups worked in my case!
Have you tried the Helix Amps since they updated the cabinets? My only Helix experience so far is using Native these past few days plus reading as much as possible to understand / evaluate if I wanted to move from my current platform to a Stadium. My expectation was that the ‘old’ amps might not be so good (as they’re launching a new platform) but there’s lots in here that makes me happy….. I’ve seen comments that the new cabinets made a night and day difference so if your opinion of the current amps is based on trying one several years ago then you haven’t experienced them at the level they will be in the Stadium. You can get a free trial of native and give the ecosystem a go to see what you think of it these days.
