a well tweaked pod can give good sounds, but when u compare it to a well tweaked gt8, a lot of people who play through them would agree that the pod lacks something.
i'm still sticking to stompboxes because it allows me to sequence my pedal chain differently which gives me different results esp with multi od/dist/drive pedals..
if i'm to get a multi efx, it would be the gt8 cuz of this feature.
i know the pod also allows u to shift the efx before and after amp models, but i'm not sure if it allows u to place everything in the sequence u want. any pod user can enlighten me?
the good thing about pod is that it has a computer interface which comes in handy when recording though usb or when importing preset patches found online. for the gt8, u have to do stuff manually which can as painful as tweaking more than 10 real stompboxes...