Should I sell my MXR M82 for a 3Leaf Proton?

If you love your MXR pedal why not just paint it?. I have a Proton and I like it....never tried the MXR. If only we could temp trade....

 

Yes, you should. (IMHO of course.) To me the M82 is too "pew pew" lasery sounding, but the Proton sounds nice and funky.

Personal tastes will differ, of course.

 

Proton... YES!

Although, the Xero D trumps them all.*







*Disclosure: I have both on my board.

 

Yes on the I.E. Xerograph Deluxe, I agree with what Matt said, Xero trumps all.

FWIW I never tried a Proton, only had a Groove Regulator and several other filters.

 

I would keep the MXR M82; I tried the Proton and did not like it at all.

 

So do I, I know that the Xero Deluxe is more versatile, but there's something so warm and natural about the Proton, I just don't know if I can let it go!

 

My feelings exactly.

 

I sold a couple of other filters then tried both a GR2 and Proton - very impressed with both. I ended up with the GR2 only because its a bit more versatile.

I'd go for the Proton over the MXR which, IMO, is a bit sterile sounding.

 

I had a GR1 and a M82. I didn't care for either one. I couldn't get them to quack/open up enough. I now have a EHX Qballs and a Pigtronix EP-2. I love them both.

 

I had the M82, sold it, bought a proton.

I like the proton a lot better. It sounds more natural and less like lazer beams. The Proton sound more analong if that makes sense. Like a record vs an MP3. It has a warm quality to it, where I found the M82 kind of cold, sterile, and harsh.

My only complaint about the proton is no battery. My 1spot would not work with it because the plug was too fat. If I ran the 1 spot to my tuner, and then did the daisy chain thing, that worked as the plug on the daisy chain thing is smaller than the one on the 1 spot. But that's not that big of a deal. I'm more of a tune once kind of guy, and I don't run the tuner in line, let alone any effects... unless I'm feeling saucy that particular gig. I got an Electro-Harmonix power supply that works great.

Bottom line, I think it's a good upgrade.

 

I know exactly what you mean... that's why they both have a home on my board. I use the proton for Bill Laswell style burbley filtering bop style bass lines and the Xero D for more classic quack, synthy goodness and dubification.

Edit: here's my board with both the Xero and Proton... my two favorite filters.

 

I think the power supply hole is a bit bigger now. I think I'm using the stock cable with my OneSpot and it works on both the Proton and the PWNZOR.

 

I haven't tried the Proton, but I've had the M82 and I didn't ike it. It wasn't juicy or funky enough. Couldn't find more than one setting I liked. I sold it after getting a GR2 which is awesome, way more versatile, from wet funk to quackiness. It also reacts much better to other effects. The only thing the GR2 is lacking is an expression out. The Xerograph DLX is also a great choice, lots of options on that filter and the expression control looks sweet.

All in all , I'd swap the MXR if I was you.

 

I owned both and they are completely different types of filters. Both are good at what they're designed for. Neither can do what each other does. Check out Spencer's video...if you like the way it sounds, do it.

Instead, have both. Be a filter addict like me.

 

+1... this is how I feel about the Xero and Proton.

 

A few people have had issues with this - plugs with short barrels won't fit very securely. I'm having a bigger hole drilled the next time I order enclosures.