No. I think you're not being honest, or clear enough.
Rest assured: I am absolutely honest. Some of the best gigs I ever played were under lousy conditions. So I'm terrifically happy with all the stuff I have access to these days. And as said: That doesn't mean I don't welcome improvements. Because I most certainly do. Just not to the point to grow more grey hair over it shouldn't it happen.
There we go. You do allow for the possibilty that you care. At least a tiny bit.
Do yourself a favour and replace "I don't care" with "I'm fine either way" - but I thought that was clear.
If accuracy really isn't important, and capturing a real amp really isn't important, then there are loads of other devices that have great sounds, better user experience, and are cheaper than the Kemper.
And this is where I respectfully disagree. Let's take the lack of accuracy aside for a moment. For me, the Kemper has some very strong other points as well. And before we start arguing about these, whether you or anyone else agrees is totally irrelevant for my personal opinion.
- I happen to just like the UI (especially on the heads). I also even happen to absolutely like the look. Accessibility is great as long as you've done your homework and prepared your patches and what's happening within the somewhat more hidden areas. I don't know of anything that could compete. The HX Floor/LT/Rack with its amp buttons isn't too bad, though, the QC isn't, either. Still, having the most relevant things available straight after loading a patch is just what my (<-!) doctor ordered.
- Visibility is great on the Stage. Yeah, anyone may feel free to come up with another round of all kinda lame jokes about me being anal about that kinda thing, but I happen to prefer always being able to see the selected patch and status of whatever switches. More power to you if you don't need that, but I do. If it wasn't for the visibility aspect, I'd possibly still be rocking the HX Floor, which I absolutely loved for a whole lot of reasons (no, it wasn't the only aspect, but still, it's been some kinda tipping point).
- The KPA offers that "parameter lock" function, which is something I would make constant use of in case I'd be using it live. No others have that functionality. The Axe FX and Boss GT-1000 have global blocks, but from all I know from
@laxu, the function is implemented quite badly on the Axe FX when controlled via external MIDI sources and the GT-1000 in general is a victim of the Boss UI approach. The Kemper seems to have the parameter lock function realized in a very excellent way (unfortunately I didn't check it out the last time I had one at home, so I can't tell about possible shortcomings).
For me, being a live player mainly, the latter two things are deal-breakers/makers. There's a reason my current main board is what it is. Because those two aspects are covered just great and I enjoy gigging with that board more than ever before, even if soundwise, things could at least partially be improved.
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