Kemper Profiling Amplifier PowerHead

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!

Outstanding

Probably the best bang for book piece of equipment you could invest in.

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.

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!

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.

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!

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.