Rising Farce
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SQUAREHEAD":29bowazn said:Hey Cujo,
So, you tried a 5153 and the powered Kemper felt and sounded the same through the same cabinet?
The only reason why am asking is because this is what I am struggling with… I bought the power to K PA and for live use, it is unbeatable, I am getting better tones live then when I was using real Bogner, Wizard, Marshall amplifier’s with real cabinets and microphones… Now I am talking about the tone coming out of the PA, it is tremendous- wonderful tones…
However, I am really struggling to get good tones directly from the powered K PA into a 4×12 cabinet… I was doubting myself until I tried the exact same amplifier that I had direct profiled through the same cabinet and it was night and day difference,
Then I went to YouTube and looked up the rigs that the well-known Kemper users have and I now realize none of them use the power section of the KPA, they all use a separate tube power amplifier for their monitor cabinets on stage…
Are you disabling the cabinet simulations for the output feeding the 4x12? I run my non-powered Kemper rack unit that way, using an external solid-state power amp, and while it doesn't sound as "alive" as a quality FRFR setup, it still sounds quite good.
Also, it seems odd that someone would use a tube amp for auxiliary power, since the Kemper amp sims have virtual power sections built into them.