^ yeah, i never really got why you have to pay so much more for high gain. IMO once you get past a point, commonly referred to as "mid-gain", all tone goes to shitee anyways!
high gain means more gain stages, which costs money, also you have to be careful of the extra noise, so it takes more designing, i think. just more complex circuits with more components which costs more money, basically. I think. :D
i'd rather have a roland cube for high gain than a vox, though there is a newer higher gain valvetronix out, and the more expensive valvetronixes (the blue ones) are meant to be nice (haven't tried those)...
