You need to get the IR-2 to make this video. You can’t say Boss isn’t good without comparing it. I enjoy the show, sorry to be critical.

I like the simplicity of the Boss. Give me some good tones in an easy to use package that doesn’t require lots of fiddling or connecting to my computer and I’m happy.

the tone x one has the multitude of sounds but the IR-2 wins for simplicity, the tone x sucks for navigating on the fly (i have both)

Ir-2 does have an FX loop. I go TONEX but honestly, the IR-2 is still a good pedal.

Having to memorize the tonex one presets because there is no screen is kinda silly. The ir2 user experience is better and more straight forward then the tonex one. I would still pick the tonex in a heartbeat. But i can see newer players or boomers getting into modeling picking the ir2.

1:10 You mean how they fundamentally change the sound?? Is that guy kidding? Load in the same IRs into the Boss thing and some other unit, pick similar amp models and you get a near identical sound.

I'll give you a hint, the I R2, and it's two challengers are more than capable of 'intruding' into sending some suppliers out of business, simply because there is obviously less mark-up or profit margin on them being sold as opposed to a conventional guitar amp/pedal rig....this is why the shops themselves keep making bs excuses that they are in demand and the stock availability is not their fault etc, they blame the manufacturer every time....if the 3 manufacturers had any sense they'd avail them direct only for a while instead, the shops are only telling pork stories about no stock avail yet crap etc....

Here is why I have ordered Boss IR-2: 1. Effects loop 2. Headphones jack 3. Simplicity. I don't want to spend time playing with the pedal instead of my guitar and want to be able to hear my other pedals when listening on Headphones. The only thing I am missing is to be able to save your multiple settings. Not just 2 that dont really save...

Sure in a bedroom practice or recording environment the ToneX minipedal nevermind any minipedal is a great choice, but in a gigging environment where kicking the pedal over or where the pedal puts stress on the cable connections the Boss IR, Helix pod, the smaller Kemper or any other other non-minipedals are simply superior from a reliability standpoint.

I haven't tried either of them but I would go with the Boss as it looks more straight forward.

Why I have an IR-2 on order but I’m not a buying a Tonex: I hate those mini-pedal enclosures. I hate the kind of overloading a few controls with too many features like the Tonex. I don’t want captures; I want good digital models. I really enjoy the Boss MDP models, and I love that they’re the only ones I know of that are trying to take modeling beyond simply modeling analog amps. I want the simplicity of having an effects loop and a headphone jack on my amp modeler. (My biggest complaint about the IR-2 is that it doesn’t have integrated DI like my Simplifier.) Oh, and I haven’t had a good experience with IK with multiple products in the past. And, yeah, the POD Express to me is a completely different market. I’m probably going to eventually get one to be my “sofa amp”.

The Tonex one can't run on a battery. Totally different use cases.

$179 or $399. I'd spend the $399. I'm seeing lots of used Tonex One's on Reverb. Roland/Boss rarely misses. But I keep looking at the Jazz Chorus just so you know.

Tonex is for beginners/dabblers and has plastic RGB mini pots that wont last if you actually end up using it. IR-2 is for legit musicians.

Tonex get "better" if you paid for unlock all the features on his app, then is easy to handle with a computer and a "screen" otherwise is a nightmare.

How do I know? because I replaced several conventional guitar amps and pedals for a much better in every way method of obtaining live and recording tones to die for...that's how I know!...most conventional guitar amps can't go beyond their usual party tricks and end up restrictive because of such, a multi or modeller wins hands down every time! BUT!!!!!! only if being used by a professional who know the capable ones from the not capable units.....cheaper on upkeep, better on your back AND your pocket...and also sweeter on your ears to match!

The price difference is negligible. The Tonex one is too trimmed down to be useful. I would never buy a direct amp solution that lacks a headphone output. Also I like running my delays and verbs after the amp (at least after gain) so no effects loops is second deal killer. Now that said, were I to pair either with a Helix Stomp, those would be moot points.

The guys at the Chairman podcast interviewed one of the IK guys, he kinda hinted the fact that the the Tone X One is capable to do midi via USB C. I think what you guys say about product differentiation is true, they’re just castrating it so they don’t make the bigger unit irrelevant.

Yeah. I had enough. This title and not a single real IR-2 unit being tested in this video. I'm out.

I feel like that elote dog smelt like feet, and it makes me mad.

I recently picked up the Tonex One on a demo deal. I definitely like it but the user interface is a little tricky. They packed a bunch of things into 4 knobs and 2 buttons. The problem is you have to remember a bunch of colors and other steps to use it without the manual. Like most people, I'll probably just set up 2 amps and never touch the settings again.

I’ve wanted one of the Boss IR-2 for months now. Still not available anywhere. So I’m just going to get a ToneX One and hope it’s as good as people say.

I would have bought one had they been available before the TONEX came out 😂

Dude, you cant knock the Boss IR-2 since you dont own one and have never tried one ----- COME ON, UNFAIR DUDE....

I love my Helix but just bought a Tonex One as a backup rig and to dip my toes into the Tonex ecosystem. For me, the Tonex One is a two channel amp (clean and drive). Between the two channels, the volume knob on my guitar, and playing dynamics, I can get enough variety in my sound.

You can use a midi foot controller to control the ToneX one with my app Midi Chief.

The one benefit to modelers, is that you can create new amp models, some that would not even be possible in the real world. That is the cool thing Helix has been doing lately. That said, I am loving my Tonex One. Also not sure why I watched this since I already watched the whole podcast 🤣

I found a open box deal, $150 on a TONEX ONE. When it arrives, I will have a place for it between these 2 pedals Duke of Tone & Line 6 POD Express

To much bad ir stuff unusable crap. Who needs more than 4 or 5 excellent tones. More is not better

When you said, " and that makes me feel like it's my amp", you nailed it... for me, gigging with someone else's third-party kemper profile that I downloaded from the internet feels like wearing someone else's underwear

They are available at zzounds if you want to do a comparison video. I didn’t like it myself, especially with managing presets. And hi gain tone was not worth the $200 price of admission imho

Interestingly about 2 years ago after trying and buying numerous IR packages and loading them into my HX Stomp, I ended up back to using the stock cabs within the Stomp and they are just fine. I just ordered the ToneX1. With the goal in mind that the captures will add to the number of amp models I am able to use acquire.

Had - and immediately returned (!) - the IR-2, despite all the YT hype on it, with fanboys running rampant for a great long while. It sounded flat and squashed and metallic and ugh. And it alters one‘s sound even when bypassed. Why does nobody else test pedals by removing them from the chain, playing, and then adding them to the chain in (true) bypass? Man, that reveals sooo much about whether a pedal is going to color your sound in unwanted ways! Anyhow, the IR-2 did something weird to the actual sound of my guitar, making it sound like, well, not my guitar (a Fender Jazzmaster MiJ). The ACS1 was better than that, as was the Opus. Even my Katana Go knocks the socks off of the IR-2. Enter ToneX One: For saving pedalboard real estate and getting the job done, it’s a true winner! Makes my combined acoustic/electric board more compact. P.S.: Some folks are even using the ToneX One in the effects loop of their Fender Tonemaster Pros, just for a few extra flavors of amps or drives. That makes the TMP (which already has tons of great amps and drives on tap) user-expandable.

Correction : it is okay to finance any amount the buyer chooses to finance. To state there is a minimum amount, amounts to discrimination.

I miss the podcasts from the porch, watching the birds and talking about Starbucks. Now it's all about guitar stuff.....