The Stadium in a heartbeat. It depends what you’re doing / what your use model is of course.
For me, I’m playing at home these days but ‘never say never’ about gigging again. When I was gigging, max crowd I played to was 175 or so - never played a stadium and I never will. I did those size gigs with a 7 watt valve amp and a 1x12 - still had to use an attenuator then mic the cab to the PA because the stage volume was too much (it’s an angry little sod). That was with a brass section, bass, keys, drummer and vocals. It was so much easier when I bought the Kemper - any tone I wanted at a controllable stage volume.
Sure, I like the romance of an actual amp. The little tick, tick, tick of the valves as they cool down at the end. The smell. The flapping of your trousers when you crank it. The window resonating. But having something that sounds great through studio monitors or phones so I can have fun without freaking out the cat? Digital. For having all the stomp boxes without a sea of cables, power supplies, batteries, hum? Digital. For the variety and convenience? Digital. The fact that I’ve got a Loudster power amp and can still put it through my cabinet if I want to flap the trousers? Digital….. For ease of recording at any time of day or night? Digital.
I absolutely cannot wait for the Stadium - it’s close enough now that I’ve just ordered a laptop stand to put it on.
