Anybody heard of these or checked 'em out?
http://www.redwirez.com/
That looks interesting. I'm just off to bed now, but tomorrow I think I will submit some raw guitar (no cab) tracks to http://www.redwirez.com/convo-sr.jsp and see what the results are like.
the axefx users love them. in case you didn't know you can load your own impulses in (10 of your own). supposedly they sound fantastic