Just to give an update here. After many weeks of searching, reading and experimenting I finally decided last night after rehearsal to take my old Engl Raider and massive pedalboard back home.
Only the Kemper with the DXR 10 is used now for reheasals, recording and (hopefully) gigs (have not gigged with this band yet).
Why?
1) I love to tweak sounds and effects at home
I just take my Kemper back home (in the wonderful green fishermans bag ) and tweak sounds there. I am using a scond DXR at home...so I have an identical setup.
For rehearsal I just plug in the Kemper and all the sounds are just there. Maybe a little (10sec) tweaking to adjust effects to full band volume.
For just effects tweaking (when I already decided for the amp sound) even tweaking at night using good headphones works well.
2) We do record all rehearsals...so everybody can listen to it at home
Obviously this is where the Kemper shines. I run the main out into the mixer and we record all tracks separately. I even started to record the dry guitar signal using direct out. Wonderful!
3) Recordings
We started to record our songs for CD/Website/Demos etc.
I just take the Kemper to the studio. Minor tweaking only (mainly reducing/deleting effects that will be added during the final mix) and I have the exact same sound as always. No noise, hiss or other issues.
4) Amp in the room feeling
No. You do not get the same feeling playing it with the band compared to my previous setup (Engl Raider 100 + 2x12 cabinet = 3x12).
There is just less air moved. Does not feel as intense anymore.
But...I always had to play at very high volumes to make the Engl sound good. So...in reality it just felt intense but did not sound to good.
With the DXR the sound is excellent but when the band kicks in it does not sound as good I wished. But I can clearly hear myself from any position in the room and my band mates agree on that fact and do like the sound.
As this is just my personal monitor the main objective is that I can hear what I am playing. And this is the case!
Summary:
When I take all use scenarios and pros/cons into account....
....the Kemper clearly wins. It made my live much easier and is such a pleasure to play.
Do I sell my tube amps now? Mmhhh...not now....but I will profile them and then we'll see