I finally decided to see what my PODxt sounds like through my Valveking. First off, my PODxt has v3.0 firmware, the metal amp add-on pack, and the bass expansion pack. My Valveking 112 has JJ preamp tubes, Ruby power amp tubes, and an Eminence Wizard speaker.

I have 3 main patches that I use on the XT. My clean patch uses the Plexi 45 model, my crunch/vintage distortion uses the Plexi 100 model, and my high gain patch uses the Moder Hi-Gain model. When playing the XT through an amp, I've always had a big problem with recreating what I hear in the studio. Not the case anymore. Somehow, I was able to match my recording tones almost perfectly. I set the POD to "Combo Pwr Amp", and turned off the cabinet emulation, and tweaked the post EQ a touch, and I was there!

Anyway, just thought I'd pass on my new tone discovery.