Line 6 HX Stomp vs Fractal Audio Axe-Fx II vs REAL vintage Marshall JMP 2203

Here's my quick comparison video between Line 6 HX Stomp, Fractal Axe-FX II and a real vintage Marshall JMP tube amp from 1979. Can modelers hold against this iconic amp?

All clips are played with Gibson Les Paul Signature (BKP Riff Raff-pickup)
Amp settings are identical, no post production or post EQ.
I'm using the same Two Notes IR for all clips.

Music is made by me.

[andremessias]

Before modelers... people spent their days discussing 6L6 vs EL34, cold bias vs hot bias, ECC83 vs whatever....
Now it seems that nothing like matters anymore and they expect that a modeler out of the box sounds exactly like a real amp.
Fractal doesnt even has a JMP model...

[johnnyh]

Interesting comparison. I almost thought the Axe Fx sounded closer than the Stomp which I’ve heard come really close in other comparisons. The Axe was just a tad thinner sounding though.

[Vallguittarx]

I have a cruel doubt! I have an ax8 fractal and because of the weight and size I'm thinking of switching to an Hx stomp, I know that in terms of footswitches I'll lose more in timbre, what do you say? for now I'm using a hotone amp100 mp100 until I decide on it, thanks in advance stay with God 🙌

[kevincochran]

The real thing...all sound good, but the amp has an aliveness that is noticeable.

[kenmasters]

2204 was the 50w version... so missing some EQ is expected

[ssslayer]

Line 6 has too much 800hz midrange. Axe fx has too much 1200 hz midrange. Need to fix those and increase presence in both to bring it close to real amp

[craigharrison]

The Helix sounded closer to the actual amp than the Fractal IMO.

[davida.burgess]

The JMP sounds far superior to both of them. Would sound even better ran through a real cab. IR's are cool and all but they still add a synthetic/digital processed sound to the tone.