I had the Tonex before the Player and the Nano Cortex goes exactly in that direction. Also with the limited FX.
Sound wise the Tonex is fantastic, I don't know if the Nano Cortex can be that much better for that price. For sure, it's not a Player competitor especially when the paid update is coming out. It would have been cool to be a small, bit limited Quad Cortex unit like Headrush with its MX5