Line 6 Helix Stadium

In preparation for some Stadium XL orders coming to fulfillment in the next couple weeks, both my Helix w/ backpack and HXFX were listed on FB marketplace today. In a way it kinda feels like the end of an era, except I’m not really giving anything up.

My only dumb gripe is that I REALLY want to order the new backpack but have to wait 45 days after the Stadium XL charge goes through before I can use the $150 in MF points. First world problems.

So pumped to start putting this next iteration to use. hopefully there’s some back patting going on at L6 HQ these days.
 
mikah912 said:
Really? Y'all didn't take a breath after the 1.1 firmware went gold and the hardware left whatever Asian manufacturing facility? You have until December to get 1.2 fully tested, and it sounds like the new amps are already done.
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I'm sure it's still stressful until customers get hands on the units and confirm they didn't miss someone whether it be firmware or hardware.
 
Sascha Franck said:
It actually is pretty logical. Very little people will likely use the HP out when the unit is sitting on the floor. So they may already have it up on their desks, a stand or whatever. And you will as well kinda naturally tilt the unit a bit, so it's sorta facing you similar to a rack unit. Now, where would you put the HP out on a rack unit? See?
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I do it all the time with my FM9. It's a floor unit, so I use it on the floor because them are foot switches, not finger switches. And I have two women living in my house, so they aren't agenerally keen on listening to me playing the same thing over and over when I'm practicing. So the headphones get used. With the floor unit. That is on the floor. Otherwise they would call it a desk unit.

:hmm
 
Frodebro said:
I do it all the time with my FM9. It's a floor unit, so I use it on the floor because them are foot switches, not finger switches. And I have two women living in my house, so they aren't agenerally keen on listening to me playing the same thing over and over when I'm practicing. So the headphones get used. With the floor unit. That is on the floor. Otherwise they would call it a desk unit.

:hmm
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Everyone is wants the gear to make sense in every configuration. Footswitches = on the floor. Like I can’t imagine practicing songs at home and needing an effect for a bridge or something and having to basically stop, press a button with my hand, then play again. Lame.
 
ian_dissonance said:
Everyone is wants the gear to make sense in every configuration. Footswitches = on the floor. Like I can’t imagine practicing songs at home and needing an effect for a bridge or something and having to basically stop, press a button with my hand, then play again. Lame.
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There always needs to be compromises when it comes to this stuff. You simply cannot make one product that universally checks every box for every person.

Add to that manufacturing considerations- with the FM9, the HP jack is clustered with the other jacks on one sub board. Move that single jack to a different location by itself and now you just added components and a bit of extra assembly work. Now if 70%+ wanted that jack relocated it might be a reasonable expenditure to accommodate the majority of your customers, but it isn't really worth it for a handful of requests.
 
Sascha Franck said:
I'd be fine if all my boxes were checked. Just sayin...
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Adjust your requirements to the correct boxes and they will.

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