how do you know

I was reading my email and the digi design newsletter was there. The new amp emulation plug in sounds exactly like this and that. How will anyone know? How do you know what a fender jazz bass through a bassman amp really sounds like unless you spent all kinds of time doing that. This emulation stuff is starting to get on my nerves. I have tried some of that and it just is, well ok. I'm always thinking that's ok. This pod thing is ok. This sans thing is ok. Ok is not good or great. Something gets lost and it is very hard to quantify. I think back to high school in the funk band Tragedy A.D. Winston-Salem. Fender Bassman with 2 15's and an Epiphone 1 15 ported stacked. Shit that sounded great. I think I had the first peavy head ever made or something. Just power. Giant transformer. 66 Jazz and hell yeah it sounded good. Those boxes don't sound like that. I couldn't carry all that stuff around now anyway.