POLL: What do you think will be released first: Helix Stadium Proxy or Kemper Profiling v2?

[molul]

Wait, they said summer 2025, it hasn't been released yet, and there's no official word on the delay or on a new date?

Wow, that smells quite bad.

 

[DrewJD82]

I voted for Kemper but only because I’m quite certain Kemper’s goal is to get it out before Proxy comes along and decimates it. They’ll have a window of time to hustle Players out, but once Line 6 does a Stadium Stomp I’d imagine it’ll be game over.

 

[laxu]

I voted for Kemper but only because I’m quite certain Kemper’s goal is to get it out before Proxy comes along and decimates it. They’ll have a window of time to hustle Players out, but once Line 6 does a Stadium Stomp I’d imagine it’ll be game over.

I don't think that's how Kemper operates. They seem to just ignore their competition completely.

 

[LP59]

I don't think that's how Kemper operates. They seem to just ignore their competition completely.

I know that's a common refrain, but I'm not certain it's true. The Player is a reaction to the popularity among competitors in the past few years of compact, pedalboard friendly modelers/profilers. The V2 profiling is a reaction to improved profiling accuracy among competitors. Look at the timing of V2 profiling last year. It was obviously nowhere near ready to be announced, but they must have gotten wind of the Stadium announcement and felt they had to announce something. They lifted the embargo on a couple of influencer videos today, even though they have nothing new to announce about the release date. Normally an embargo lift like that happens when the product is released. I'm pretty sure they see themselves in a race with Proxy right now.

 

[laxu]

I know that's a common refrain, but I'm not certain it's true. The Player is a reaction to the popularity among competitors in the past few years of compact, pedalboard friendly modelers/profilers. The V2 profiling is a reaction to improved profiling accuracy among competitors. Look at the timing of V2 profiling last year. It was obviously nowhere near ready to be announced, but they must have gotten wind of the Stadium announcement and felt they had to announce something. They lifted the embargo on a couple of influencer videos today, even though they have nothing new to announce about the release date. Normally an embargo lift like that happens when the product is released. I'm pretty sure they see themselves in a race with Proxy right now.

You'd think Tonex or QC captures V2 would be their main competition so it seems a bit weird for them to care about Proxy more than those.

 

[Chocol8]

so it seems a bit weird for them to care about Proxy more than those.

That's exactly what I would expect from an arrogant leader who still thinks they have one of the flagship brands. Kemper needs to compete with the middle and bottom of the market, the big three are now Line 6, Fractal, and NDSP, and Kemper is nowhere close to unseating any of them to get back into the top tier.

 

[bucephalus]

A third option should be before amp x is out

A fourth option, before Tim buys one

 

[TubeStack]

A fourth option, before Tim buys one