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What I would recommend... (and I did play through both of these today extensively... cube 60 and Vox 50advt). In fact I had a friend by the vox50 and spent an hour tonight testing it.
When you are at a music store, have someone else play the guitar through the amp and you should just listen to see how it sounds on the cleanest sound setting at fairly loud levels with you being at least 10 to 15 ft away. That's ther real test. How good does is sound clean? Have them play a couple of styles... easy strum, aggressive attack strumming, single note riffs etc... all clean with the same guitar (also try single coil and humbucker guitars) on both amps. It will also make a difference whether the amp is on the ground or setting higher off the ground (try to be consistent when comparing amps). Sometimes if it is setting up higher and you are right next to it, and it is direct to your ear it can be overly bright or piercing.... but at the same amp settings if you set the amp on the ground it may sound okay because your ears are not in the direct path of the speaker (just some things to consider when comparing).
If it is a tie in the clean sound department... then use the effects to evaluate as the time breaker. I don't think either the vox or the roland have stellar effects (I have played both). Sometimes they bug me enough that I want to turn them off! Look for a good clean sound first that is not tiring or fatiguing to the ears. That way you can add pedals or a mini pedal board to add to the clean sound that will be superior to the built in effects. I struggle with the solid state sound as I have been spoiled with tubes but it is practical and cost effective. I would lean towards the cube (even though the vox has more flexability). If you don't need to be real loud then the cube 30. If you think you will be playing with people (loud drummers etc.) then get the 60.
Good luck, take this with a grain of salt and do lots of listening!
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