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'Takes pedals well' is a sliding scale and I'd put my TMDR near the top end of that. Zero issues, really clear and distinct sounds and plenty of headroom.
Worst amp I've ever owned for pedal taking was actually a valve amp - an Orange AD15. It just couldn't do anything but be loader and gainier, all subtly went out the window!
Pedal-wise, the only complaint I’ve ever heard about the TMs is that they don’t take fuzz particularly well. I’ve only got one fuzz pedal, the Muff-based Ibanez 850 Mini, and it sounds great to my ears. Something simpler like a Fuzz Face might be more problematic, perhaps?
A better idea would be XLR out into Behringer MA400 or similar and then plug cans in
Cheers
EDIT - I don't mean to complain. I'm actually itching to buy one of these. It seems like the ultimate home amp for those who want the fendery sound, but I absolutely need to be able to play silently via headphones, and as I've got other ways to do that I just can't see it being worth trading up my existing gear.
How hard would it be for fender to change the input to be stereo, and have mono output via the speaker but maintain stereo via the dual xlr/headphone output? To me that is the pinnacle of a home amp solution.
Any DI socket (unless designed by an idiot) is fine with pin 3 shorted to 1 as that's exactly what happens when you plug an XLR into a mono line input using a standard XRL to TR. Generally when converting it's best to not leave anything floating so a lot of cables are wired that way.
I don't have a schematic for the DSP part of the amp but I am very familiar with the SMPS / D amp module as I've repaired a couple and also use them in my designs