New external power amp options for Kemper Owners -- Seymour Duncan PowerStage

Just came across this product from Seymour Duncan. Looks like it might be just the ticket for those of you who have non-powered KPA units, and are interested in a high efficiency, lightweight, transparent Class D external power amp to power a guitar cabinet or passive FRFR monitor.

There are two models. A small, 100W unit that can fit on a pedal board:
Seymour Duncan PowerStage 170

and a 700W model that fits in a single rack space:
Seymour Duncan PowerStage 700

Really?

It seems like ever other day I was seeing threads inquiring about external power amps for the KPA. Now, all of a sudden...crickets.

just kidding.

Anyways, I thought these looked cool (especially the PowerStage 170), and I am glad there are more options available. The ISP Stealth is another small form factor power amp.

Cheers,
John

Quote from drog

This is very cool indeed. The rack unit is only 7lbs. Really interested in the small pedal board size, could make for a good back up.

It is great that there are some serious options out there, for a small footprint transparent (neutral) power amp that puts out a lot of power. Glad to see that companies are bringing products to the market that focus on linear amplification needs for the Kemper profiler and alternative digital modelers.

Quote from paults

Their website doesn't include the frequency response specifications. How linear is it?

I am hoping they publish tech specifications when they upload the user manual. Nevertheless, fair question.