I currently use a Sunrise soundhole pickup (passive) running into my Kemper, using one of the excellent acoustic preamp profiles. Sounds okay, could be better. Sunrise recommends using their proprietary Preamp Buffer (from their website: "The Sunrise Preamp Buffer Box is a line matching device designed specifically to access the coupling feature built into Sunrise Pickups. The output of a Sunrise Pickup should be sent first to this preamp.")
My question is if I can - or should - use this box and the Kemper. That is, plug the pickup into the buffer box first, then send that signal to the front input of the Kemper. Will this even work, let alone sound better? Or, does the Kemper have enough EQ options to make this an unneeded extra?
If it helps, I play in a couple bands, one with other electric instruments and drums, the other an all acoustic group. We can get loud at times, but not excessively so.