Posts by viabcroce

Hey Ed,
welcome here

I think you might find something interesting here.

Enjoy your new machine!

Mhhh... mba seems to share Cromwell's motto here... "Trust God, but keep your powder dry".

Now that's funny

Thanks Lippi!

As for your doubts, would you mind opening a new thread? So that this one is left clean... Thanks for your comprehension!

djayart: glad you find it useful, thanks for your appreciation

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I was hopin to here a review in a band situation. I'm a little hesitant about the weight, but if it sounds great and can be used with a band at a gig, I'll deal with the weight. I almost bought a Mackie DLM12 (coax) but decided to hols off for the CLR. thanks for the review ( and for adding to my financial demise )

As the users report (see for example the posts at TGP and Fractal forums) they work great on stage. He sound coherence with large dispersion pattern, the wide amplitude response and the DSP presets make them very versatile, and the bandmates will hear you better and at a lower (if needed) stage volume.

I believe you should evaluate how transparent your monitors (and your room) are. Provided that Davide's right about the "amp in the room" issue, the most linear cab gifted with a high dinamics at the right volume gets really close to an "amp in the room".

If you need to check this fact, if you have time try and take your KPA to a pro audio store, and have it play through a couple of 6,000 bucks monitors. This will give you the right reference point in terms of what the KPA can do for you.
If you (and your studio room) can afford that, a couple of CLRs as a mid-field monitoring system would probably change your life.

Yes, the participation of Jay Mitchell to the project has taken it to a different level. I've been following the CLRs since their announcement and IMO every comparison with previous Atomic products falls short... by a long shot.

As for the opportunity to tweak own sound through something which is going to sound different from the PAs, I agree this is an issue... to a point. I believe there are several reasons to choose a great sounding cab anyway.

Most listeners, unless they are musicians themselves, can't tell a Les Paul from a Tele anyway. At the same time, if you treat yourself with a great sound and feeling, you'll be happy and will play better. I believe the CLRs can offer this experience, provided the KPA outputs great sounds. OTOH, a worse cab to make the sounds on will not ensure better results statistically anyway.

Also consider that, if you own a great cab, you'll use it in all the situations, included when there's no PA, and it's great to always have the best possible sound.

Slightly OT, I don't buy the "I can't see how X can sound better than my Y" attitude. Not referring to anyone of the forumites specifically, but I really believe that things need to be experienced first hand!

Rod, with due respect and in good spirit, I believe you should read the manuals. You can't expect to master use such a unit by just trials & errors

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Welcome Sean

Hey Rod,

Honored you quotw thw wiKPA, but reading the KPA manuals would definitely be good

wiKPA'ed

Gosh, they aren't cheap for sure

Thanks Rob, I teally must be missing something here: what would the use be for a "wedge" preset for the cab?

I believe (and having had access to the manual you could confirm this or correct me) that what they share is a "Ground" preset, which would mean for the wedge to be set as a wedge, and for the cab to be simply put on the ground.

Enlight me!

LOL

No, seriusly: do you really think a lot of firms would compete for a pedalboard for the KPA?

It appears that the CLR are more transparent and linear than the RCF, and that the sonic experience is overall better. Mr. Mitchell also stated that they are more linear than many studio monitors, and I blindly trust him, even tho I don't like his character and behaviour the least.

This would be an example pf a PA cab being... well, linear

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Oh do you know how many profiles one can have on their Kemper?

Hey Keano,

From your questions it seems you might benefit quite a good bit from downloading the wiKPA from here: Tips & Tricks for the KPA (wiKPA) - For those who want to get to know their KPA far above what's in the manuals :)

HTH