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Id guess with the 'cab sim' turned off, you'd still be feeding the power amp emulation into another power amp. That's why people use flat response power amps.
The Laney felt like an amp in the room, even in FRFR mode, but not necessarily a particularly great amp. The Line6 was probably the best of the 3 in FRFR mode - turning the cab off in the Kemper and using the speaker modes on the Line6 didn't really change the feel of it at all though, it still felt like an FRFR speaker with a bit of EQ on it.
I ruled the headrush out straight away but not because it was a bad speaker - for my use the 12" speaker at the volumes I was playing was too bass heavy. I wouldn't want to pole mount it so it was quite bassy. The 8" version coming out might be worth a shot though. It also had that digital sizzle which I could have probably dialled out on the Kemper had I wanted to. Probably the most flat of the 3.
The Laney and Line6 felt similar but the Laney sounded better. I nearly bought it but then I realised why - There was much more midrange which sounded pleasing to my ear. I really enjoyed the tone but then I realised it wasn't my tone. There was a lot of colouration which did work well with my Marshall profiles but ultimately changed my tone far beyond what was acceptable to me and defeated the point of the Kemper. It made a lot of my profiles sound similar. The Line6 was more neutral but felt a little sterile. Good piece of kit though; had my ears not been fooled by the Laney I probably would have bought it but with the 3 sounding so drastically different from one another I couldn't make a good judgement so I left empty handed (well I bought some other stuff)
I think I was expecting to be blown off my feet compared to my studio monitors because I thought I was after that 'guitar amp' feel but I think I prefer my monitors to all 3. As I say the Line6 is worth considering but at £540 I was expecting more. Think I'll wait to see what the Kemper Kabinet is like.
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View my feedback at www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/comment/1201922
I think the Line6 was a decent full range speaker but didn't do what it sets out to do and give you an amp in the room feel. It's expensive what what it is given that the Alto TS312 and Headrush FRFR give you arguably better tone for less.
I might just save up, build an isolated soundproof room in my garage and just buy loads of valve amps instead... There has to be a YouTube tutorial for that
https://skladmuzyczny.pl/media/products/74a1f312a8004a30410d603366ffcf09/images/thumbnail/big_Monitor-studyjny-Lone-Pine-LP-6W-Kali-Audio-2-.JPG
Howard Moon love the name btw. Jazz Fusionista!
View my feedback at www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/comment/1201922
Small eyes like a crab and love the Jazz