This unit hovers somewhere between the two. I'd look for another one if it were lost or stolen. The only way I'd replace it is with an LXP-15, which, in my experience with it, has similar features and sound quality, but is way more user friendly. It has no lit display and a hard to read front panel. This unit requires sit down time to diverge from the presets.
Some effects are great and mind blowing, but they have to be tweaked just right.
There are a wide range of sounds available, but many of the presets are ridiculous. It now freaks out and jumps patches without my having sent a MIDI program change message. Patches are not stored in the proper locations. I think Lexicon actually screwed up the unit when I returned it. But this happened a few days after the 90 days you get after a repair, so I was out of luck.