Neural Quad Cortex

  • 176 (Kemper) compared to 142 (Quad Cortex) in blind tone and feel scores. Way to go, Kemper! I'm glad you introduced me to their channel. Seems like quality content.


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    Interesting, I must say that I consider myself like a rock/metal player but I really didn't like almost all those sounds !!!


    It's interesting to play that long and focus also on the "feel", in all those exemple while listening, i always prefered the one which they liked less, for me it had better definition and less harshness. They seems to like more Harsh sounds which i really don't but it's just a matter of taste !!

  • If all Christoph has to do is slap a nice big touchscreen, a small case with USB recording and some extra horsepower to offer dual amps, he's going to comfortably sit atop the modelling world in an Iron Throne for another decade ?

    He already owns the "Iron Throne", it's not there to take. Even if a better sounding/slicker unit comes out, he invented profiling, all the others can do is copy/iterate. His name will be there along with Marshall and Soldano.


    I still prefer BE-100 over a Marshall though. Even more knowing that Dave Friedman is "scared" of Kemper :) What a time to be alive.

  • If it's good enough for Tool and Joe Baressi, it's good enough for me!

  • Hearing somebody else's recording, maybe (but then again the same probably holds also for cleans and edge-of-breakup).

    But I've now had the QC for over 3 weeks and, I'm sorry, but the KPA wins hands down. It just sounds and feels much better. To be honest, so far the only thing I found to be better on the QC is the delays.

    My experience was 100% the exact opposite!


    I'm playing with the QC some more tomorrow. Gonna capture the rest of my amps. But the Kemper delays are amazing - much better than the QC imho!

  • 176 (Kemper) compared to 142 (Quad Cortex) in blind tone and feel scores. Way to go, Kemper! I'm glad you introduced me to their channel. Seems like quality content.


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    Two hours of listening to a ground loop?? Ugh... no thanks!


    Nobody should be using this video to demonstrate any differences or superiority between the two units. It's abysmal.

  • Considering that there are no videos on the internet that will give to the listeners the real feel and tone of an amp or a digital box I found this video as very interesting because of its ''non-bias'' and ''no paid for'' context blind test of both units.

  • My experience was 100% the exact opposite!


    I'm playing with the QC some more tomorrow. Gonna capture the rest of my amps. But the Kemper delays are amazing - much better than the QC imho!

    Well, lucky you, in a way :P

    Honestly the amp tone of the Kemper is still unparalleled to my ears.

  • Eh, they just sounds better. They've got a better sonic dough, if you will.

    Oh, and also the wahs sound better IMO.

    On the other hand, I don't like its reverbs AT ALL, modulations are inferior and the compressors...eh, maybe I can't use them cause no matter how I tried everything came out absurdly squeezed.

    And of course when I plug in my Strymon stuff it crushes both of them without breaking a sweat ^^

    if you could tell ckemper what feature to improve with the delay. What would you ask for? Maybe even he is listening. :)

  • andreio23 None of the clips are clipping. Download them and throw them into a daw to a/b. I can even provide WAV files if you like.


    dB Cooper Thanks man. I'll post more later, got a few other amps here to profile and capture.


    In either case, I've been using my Kemper a lot the past week or so, and I do still love it. When my QC arrives no doubt there will be great things about it and not so great things, as with any piece of gear. I may even get an Axe III one day too!

  • Nice to see an *actual* blind test. I wonder how people here would choose?


    I don't play with these kinds of tones, ever, so it's very difficult for me to decide which one(s) I think sound best. They are all so similar to me, not being a metal guy, that honestly I can't tell what's what. I can hear differences between them but that's about it. I cannot judge them.


    Thanks for putting this out there.