Cheap and good: the new Boss Metalcore.
If you're into this kind of 'Metaller than thou' sounds, this is the best out there.
It does NOT do subtlety in that it has an absolutely INSANE amount of gain. It should be illegal.
But it sounds thick, not buzzy like the MT2 at all. And the note seperation is strangely good. So it won't make your great axe sound like...bees.