This link seems to be describing my experience exactly. I travel home from too many gigs just thinking about new pickups, new bass, new strings, IEMs, when really all I want to do is ditch the amp and play acoustically.
I can report that although my new amp stand is an improvement in being able to hear myself, in an ironic twist I can now hear my pickup really well, and can hear that is actually sounds a bit crappy. When I had the amp on the floor facing upwards I was probably hearing a more indirect sound blended with the room. Not ideal but at least I wasn't hearing my pickup sound clearly. When I play quietly I can get a great sound, but the higher the volume, the worse the sound. The Shadow sounds worse than the Rev Solo, but they both sound a bit plasticky/fake.
Am I missing something or is this pickup described in the link, just a magnetic pickup with a blender for your existing piezo?
I have tried blending a piezo with a realist before, I found it to be bit too much faff for not a lot of improvement. However I have never contemplated a magnetic pickup as I assume it would just sound too much like an EUB. I would like to try it though