QC or AM4?

[OldGtrGuy]

Anyone own both of these?

Gassing for a quad cortex. Mostly for convenience so I dont have to carry my heavy amp around. Considering the price tag of course I'm also looking at the AM4 (back in stock btw)

The downsides are that ill need a great powered FRFR and even then I'll probably still miss the feel of the tubes. Bringing a 4x12 and power amp would defeat the purpose entirely for me. Purely want this for a portable rig.

I don't need any fancy FX either. I will definitely play around with it for fun but at the end of the day ill be finding the best single tone I can get and leave it alone.

I like the crazy metal tones fwiw and use the Uber Ultra, my favorite amp to date so im looking for the best sound.

Willing to bet the QC sounds 1% better but does it sound $1,000 better than the AM4?

Not looking at any other units.

 

[Metalhex]

I don't have either but I'd like to say, because you and I sound like we like more simple setups, that I'd get the AM4 based on my inexperienced personal bias which means absolutely nothing!

 

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Anyone own both of these?

Gassing for a quad cortex. Mostly for convenience so I dont have to carry my heavy amp around. Considering the price tag of course I'm also looking at the AM4 (back in stock btw)

The downsides are that ill need a great powered FRFR and even then I'll probably still miss the feel of the tubes. Bringing a 4x12 and power amp would defeat the purpose entirely for me. Purely want this for a portable rig.

I don't need any fancy FX either. I will definitely play around with it for fun but at the end of the day ill be finding the best single tone I can get and leave it alone.

I like the crazy metal tones fwiw and use the Uber Ultra, my favorite amp to date so im looking for the best sound.

Willing to bet the QC sounds 1% better but does it sound $1,000 better than the AM4?

Not looking at any other units.

I was hard flirting with qc when it came out, but I heard it couldn't switch between presets on the fly

 

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If i went floor, it would be fm3

 

[cardinal]

If you have an amp you love already and just want to keep it simple: get the QC and capture your amp. That's what I did and am completely happy.

I had an AFXIII and it sounded fine but I couldn't help but fuck with the endless controls. The QC capture just works and I'm done.

 

[OldGtrGuy]

If you have an amp you love already and just want to keep it simple: get the QC and capture your amp. That's what I did and am completely happy.

I had an AFXIII and it sounded fine but I couldn't help but fuck with the endless controls. The QC capture just works and I'm done.

How do you run your QC? FRFR? Power amp and cab? IEM?

 

[stratjacket]

I don’t own either, but do have an AxeFx 3 and have weighed these type options before (Fractal or QuadCortex) so I’ll give you my take for what it’s worth.

I would go with the QC if I played a lot of covers and want to download different captures. The AM4 if I enjoyed creating things myself. Although there are plenty of downloadable patches for the Fractal I still enjoy building myself.