Forgive me because I'm sure this has been covered to death. What is the best passive FRFR for use with a powered Kemper? I've heard people say that powered FRFR cabs are better because of the DSP etc., etc. But it seems silly to spend the money when there is a perfectly good power amp in the Kemper. I particularly like the Yamaha DXR10. I've heard one of those with a modeler. Does Yamaha make a passive version of those? Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks.
Best Passive FRFR for Powered Kemper
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Yamaha CBR10. Great for nearly everything with the PowerHead !!
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I had the same dilemma and went to a PA shop and tried a load next to the DXR ( as a reference) with my Kemper.
I bought one of their own brands ( so possibly not much use to you unless you are in UK/Midlands) but definitely go and try a load.
OR try this - I think its excellent!
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You may wanna try red sound LG 12. Now on sale on thomann
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If you use the amp in the KPA to drive a single speaker you'll be in mono and lose all of the great stereo delay, reverb, and modulation/panning effects. The fact that the internal power amp is mono was an unpleasant surprise for me, since I was planning to drive a pair of guitar cabs. I would have bought the unpowered one if I'd known. I can't fathom why it was done this way.
So for this reason I recommend a pair of powered FRFR speakers unless you have a separate stereo power amp in your rig.
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Forgive me because I'm sure this has been covered to death. What is the best passive FRFR for use with a powered Kemper? I've heard people say that powered FRFR cabs are better because of the DSP etc., etc. But it seems silly to spend the money when there is a perfectly good power amp in the Kemper. I particularly like the Yamaha DXR10. I've heard one of those with a modeler. Does Yamaha make a passive version of those? Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks.
I highly recommend the XiTone 1x12 passive wedge -
If you use the amp in the KPA to drive a single speaker you'll be in mono and lose all of the great stereo delay, reverb, and modulation/panning effects. The fact that the internal power amp is mono was an unpleasant surprise for me, since I was planning to drive a pair of guitar cabs. I would have bought the unpowered one if I'd known. I can't fathom why it was done this way.
So for this reason I recommend a pair of powered FRFR speakers unless you have a separate stereo power amp in your rig.
This is very true and an important consideration. For me it wasn;t an issue as I don't rely on the stereo aspect of effects but some do.
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I'd better have a wet dry wet set up in that case with delay, reverb, modulation, panning etc. managed by FOH / desk guy so as to consider them at band levels. 2 guitars + bass managing reverb & delay independently can quickly be a deep sonic mess.
unless you want such feature at home, that's a luxury IMO. but would you play thourgh 2 passive cabs at home?
