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The 'Galaxy' looks to be just a voicing switch. I don't know why they couldn't have just called it that and avoided any ambiguity or confusion.
The SLO30 was my dream amp for a long time, but I played it last year and just didn't gel with it. The Friedman Runt sitting next to it sounded much better to me. So I'd definitely try it first.
Hint: probably not the valve part.
For clarity - I love modern digital kit. But mixing the two technologies in the same box is a bad idea.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
I agree, and yes I was the one making comparisons to the X99 but I would be being disingenuous if I didn't recognise the difference.
Forcing that type of tech into a device which typically lasts much longer is unnecessary.
If they've gone for something completely proprietary, then...yeah, that functionality lives for as long as the company maintains support.
With that said, even if the app is killed tomorrow and the associated in-amp functionality stopped working immediately, it would still have more functionality than any other Soldano amp out there. The rest of it - the digital control and MIDI storage - works independently of that and is no different to any other digitally-controlled analogue gear.
Fun fact: Mike Soldano was working on a Jet City amp with MIDI and full digital control about 10 years ago, the JCA20H FLEX, but they only made two prototypes despite everyone screaming for it. Gotta wonder if any of that DNA ended up in the Astro.