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My mind is blown
I have had the Kemper Powerhead for just under a week and already I am selling my Engl Powerball, Diezel and TC Electronic G System.
I have profiled them, tweaked them within the Kemper itself, taken it to practice and simply amazed the rest of the band with the sound coming out of this beautiful little toaster.
I have good ears and a high end studio at home and have listened critically to the results of my profiling and it is stunning. This really is the best thing I have ever bought.
My flight rig is a Kemper and a midi-moose...that's it. Kemper in the Thon flightcase is about 11kg...so that's pretty much hand luggage, even with the budget airlines.
FOH will be straight out of the Kemper and use foldback to monitor or for smaller venues use the built in power amp to run a cab and mic as normal.
I had the volume on 7 running into 16 ohms and it was as loud as my Engl's on about 6...so no problems for volume. The noise gate is superb and there wasn't any difference in playing style needed to compensate, it was just perfect.
Truly magnificent...if you buy it you will not be disappointed.
I have profiled them, tweaked them within the Kemper itself, taken it to practice and simply amazed the rest of the band with the sound coming out of this beautiful little toaster.
I have good ears and a high end studio at home and have listened critically to the results of my profiling and it is stunning. This really is the best thing I have ever bought.
My flight rig is a Kemper and a midi-moose...that's it. Kemper in the Thon flightcase is about 11kg...so that's pretty much hand luggage, even with the budget airlines.
FOH will be straight out of the Kemper and use foldback to monitor or for smaller venues use the built in power amp to run a cab and mic as normal.
I had the volume on 7 running into 16 ohms and it was as loud as my Engl's on about 6...so no problems for volume. The noise gate is superb and there wasn't any difference in playing style needed to compensate, it was just perfect.
Truly magnificent...if you buy it you will not be disappointed.
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Great product!
An excellent product to use for playing live or at home or for recording. It does sound a bit digital if you apply changes to the tone a lot but still contains the original sound really well.
And the effects are excellent! I did not expect them to be this good.
However, tube amps will always be tube amps. There is something about them that cannot be digitally reproduced.
And the effects are excellent! I did not expect them to be this good.
However, tube amps will always be tube amps. There is something about them that cannot be digitally reproduced.
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Best amplifier you can buy today
At first, I wasn't sure what the Kemper would come out to be. I spent a good month researching and reading threads, watching videos, reading reviews, until I finally decided to pull the trigger.
1. Thomann took one week to deliver the Kemper (along with 6 other products) from Germany to Qatar, which is pretty fast for an international order. The product was very well packed.
2. Out of the box, the Kemper comes with tons of factory rigs, some of which are great and others not too bad. This is subjective to each one's ears.
3. The Kemper is an amazing piece of gear. You can spend hours tweaking a profile and you will never run out of options. The Rig Exchange is filled with free profiles and there are paid profiles which sound amazing.
4. The headphone out is the best option in the Kemper as you can practice at home without disturbing your neighbors.
5. You can easily record at home with a decent sound card. You can also do reamping which is the ability to modify your rig after you have already recorded through the DAW.
Highly recommended product for any level guitarist!
1. Thomann took one week to deliver the Kemper (along with 6 other products) from Germany to Qatar, which is pretty fast for an international order. The product was very well packed.
2. Out of the box, the Kemper comes with tons of factory rigs, some of which are great and others not too bad. This is subjective to each one's ears.
3. The Kemper is an amazing piece of gear. You can spend hours tweaking a profile and you will never run out of options. The Rig Exchange is filled with free profiles and there are paid profiles which sound amazing.
4. The headphone out is the best option in the Kemper as you can practice at home without disturbing your neighbors.
5. You can easily record at home with a decent sound card. You can also do reamping which is the ability to modify your rig after you have already recorded through the DAW.
Highly recommended product for any level guitarist!
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Best piece of gear I have owned
This is without a doubt the best piece of gear I have owned. It sounds like a tube amp (95% like a tube amp) and it's so smooth to use. The user interface is so easy to understand. I record my instrumentals with S/PDIF and the sound is top quaility. Just make sure that you find yourself some good profiles, there are plenty profiles out there to discover. It is a bit expensive but man it was worth every coin. A great product from Kemper!
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Outstanding
Probably the best bang for book piece of equipment you could invest in.
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Seriously Good!!!
First, I will start by saying that I bought this thing after about 2 years of research and a little bit of saving. I can without question say this is the best purchase next to my reference monitors that I've ever made for my studio. Besides the obvious that you hear about online and in the countless sound shootouts on Youtube, this thing is built like a rock! It's quite easy to use after you watch a few of their tutorials and the sounds quality of the even the rigs built into this head are unbelievable. Save your money and go get one of these!
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Must-have for a studio
The Kemper is probably one of the best investments I have ever made. I work out of my apartment so it's near impossible to crank up amps and this has opened up a whole new world for me. A side of the kemper was dented during delivery and nobody knew what or who caused it but Thomann was kind enough to offer me a partial refund for it!
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Worthy of the hype
I can't recommend this product highly enough. I purchased it mainly for recording purposes but went for the Powerhead to have the flexibility to take it live if needed.
I went back to some songs I recorded previously using a POD HD and re-recorded using the equivalent sounds on the Kemper and the difference is clear - tones have far more character and fit in the mix better and these are the just the factory rigs - looking forward to trying out some of the community's rigs too!
The manual isn't incredible so would recommend the Kemper WIKI which has user guides and tutorials to help you use it to it's best!
I went back to some songs I recorded previously using a POD HD and re-recorded using the equivalent sounds on the Kemper and the difference is clear - tones have far more character and fit in the mix better and these are the just the factory rigs - looking forward to trying out some of the community's rigs too!
The manual isn't incredible so would recommend the Kemper WIKI which has user guides and tutorials to help you use it to it's best!
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Kemper is an product from aliens
Being working with a lot of power amp before and so on, I got confused, they were heavy, time consuming to set it up, no chance to use them in my home studio, now with Kemper my life is complete, lovely thanks Thomann!!
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Fantastic solution
I decided a Kemper would be a good option, for me, as I generally don't have the means to crank up a tube head and I don't like being restricted to just one sound.
This achieves many different sounds, with the option to obtain more, and is super light. Has not only revolutionised my recording, but also my practises. Great for the home guitarist/studio guitarist/gigging guitarist.
This achieves many different sounds, with the option to obtain more, and is super light. Has not only revolutionised my recording, but also my practises. Great for the home guitarist/studio guitarist/gigging guitarist.
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