Kemper SPDIF and Main Outs sound different (worse) than headphone out

Quote from lightbox

Stick with whatever sample rate you have been using before. No matter if it's 44.1kHz or 48kHz. A gazillion of productions/recordings have been (and continue to be) made over the past decades using these sample rates and they're absolutely fine.

Sigh...

I wasn't talking about music production or recording. He said the headphone out of his Kemper sounds better than his sound card so I suggested trying a higher sample rate into the sound card. That's all this has been about. And Monkey_Man even wrote...

Quote from Monkey_Man

It's possible that the interface produces a slightly-better result due to an intentional sweet spot.

...before suggesting to not try it. If this was about recording only, I wouldn't have suggested the 96k sample rate. All that being said, it all points at the fact that Caste75 had SPACE on through his Kemper headphone out but not into his interface and that seems to have solved his problem anyway.

Quote from lightbox

And it actually IS nonsense as long as it isn't put into context.

Sorry but the one missing the context here is you so please stop trying to lecture me.

Quote from Kaschko

He wants you to not even try what I suggested since he is sure I was talking nonsense.

No, not correct mate.

Perhaps you missed my first post on this? The OP noticed a "drastic" difference in sound quality, so I think my first response was spot-on:

Quote from Monkey_Man

The bitrate should make no perceptible difference whatsoever, but the Space setting, yes.

The 96kHz option is simply the standard 44.1kHz output upsampled, the point being one of convenience when running one's DAW at 96kHz.

As you can see, I made the judgement that if there was an obvious difference it couldn't have been due to the SR.

The OP for reference:

Quote from Caste75

If I listen to my sounds using headphones in the kemper it sounds stellar. If I listen to them going via spdif to my audio card (Motu 828 mk3) in Logic pro x the quality of the sounds decreases drastically (using the same pair of headphones). They are not as round and three-dimensional as listening to them with the headphones directly in the kemper. I matched the volumes but there is a clear difference. Any thoughts?

Headphone out is the only output I use. Live or recording, that jack is sore.

Quote from bobbyodell

Headphone out is the only output I use. Live or recording, that jack is sore.

Have you tried using the other outs with Space enabled?

no, the headphone is the only one I use.

Main Outs with Space enabled should be the same sound.