paisleywookiee
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Only a complete fucking dumb bellend would take what I said here as “doctors, lawyers, and engineers are all stupid.” But hey, nothing amazes me anymore.
Only a complete fucking dumb bellend would take what I said here as “doctors, lawyers, and engineers are all stupid.” But hey, nothing amazes me anymore.
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[Nathan]
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I gotta admit this thread and the ekit thread are great sources of daily entertainment, keep it up lads. I’ll do my part and throw some wood on the fire.
Nothing about the mk2 seems to have done anything for the coolness of buying/owning a kemper. I’m in a bunch of discords, YouTuber chats, forums and have my ear to the ground with YouTube content… pretty much all crickets for the kemper besides the news about mk2 when it initially launched. I can’t say the same thing for any other unit.
They’re obviously functional units being used around the world but as an A tier priced unit, the market for people willingly buying one over a quad cortex, fractal, helix/stadium would be low.
It’s a shame they didn’t lean into neural networks and come up with some hybrid solution (maybe that’s on the cards down the line). But more of the same is a pretty big yikes. Even if the accuracy is a bit better the high level takeaway for consumers is “it’s the same kemper but like, a bit better accuracy”.
Again I know the kemper units are fine, I’m really talking about them losing public perception against the competition. When someone wants to buy a new brand name digital unit, the kemper seems like a tough sell compared to the rest. Sales of used units have gone down which makes second hand gear affordable, but that doesn’t help them get new RRP money in through the door
Nothing about the mk2 seems to have done anything for the coolness of buying/owning a kemper. I’m in a bunch of discords, YouTuber chats, forums and have my ear to the ground with YouTube content… pretty much all crickets for the kemper besides the news about mk2 when it initially launched. I can’t say the same thing for any other unit.
They’re obviously functional units being used around the world but as an A tier priced unit, the market for people willingly buying one over a quad cortex, fractal, helix/stadium would be low.
It’s a shame they didn’t lean into neural networks and come up with some hybrid solution (maybe that’s on the cards down the line). But more of the same is a pretty big yikes. Even if the accuracy is a bit better the high level takeaway for consumers is “it’s the same kemper but like, a bit better accuracy”.
Again I know the kemper units are fine, I’m really talking about them losing public perception against the competition. When someone wants to buy a new brand name digital unit, the kemper seems like a tough sell compared to the rest. Sales of used units have gone down which makes second hand gear affordable, but that doesn’t help them get new RRP money in through the door
[Nathan]
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Even more than Fractal, I think Kemper is a one-man shop, and I doubt Christoph has expertise in that area. Add to that their weird hardware platform that will never change, and I doubt we'll see much innovation coming from Kemper. Even liquid profiles was more of an accidental side-effect of their existing technology rather than a push into a new area.
Kemper is pretty damn good, but it is what it is and doesn't have much headroom for enhancements. That's what makes their announcement of new profiling so curious.
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