Other than the reasons above (attrition) todays floorboards (AX8/Helix etc) are designed by companies which have shown that they will bring everything on the market just to stop the support for these things a few years later if it fits to their buisness interests..something Christoph never did and never will do.Actually this is the reason most guys here feel absolutely loyal to the product,no;
The Helix is not even 2 years old,the AX8 has just a few months since it has seen the light.Lets see how long these products are able to withstand all the "realities on stage"..or if they end up like all the other older floorboards which ended as trash just after 3-4 years. LiamThompson is by far not the only one with his experience ie floorboards..
Food for thought..what about if Kemper does a floorboard only for the customers which already have a Kemper Profiler;Just to "complement" the Toaster/Rack;So you need the toaster/RAck as "mothership" and the floorboard would just be the "live/rehearsal-drone";This would have many advantages.Most of all Kemper would not have to sell-out their products.People still would have to buy the KPA and if they have the real need for a floorboard-unit (like I have for some weekend micro-studentsbar-gigs and jams/rehearsals) they would have to buy it as "extension"..
By this the company could take a proven product (Remote) add "a few chips" and inputs/outputs;A simple smartphone app for minimum tweaking would then be enough.Another advantage would be that Kemper would not have to design a completely new product but does just a "minimum hardware upgrade" to a proven design.Price;Below the mach1 limit maybe even much lower.Just thinking..
Ofcourse I am no technician and I dont know if the remote as it is has some "reserves" in matter of size and dimensions to accept all these additional hardware.Most likely not and I am just dreaming out of my &%$ but anyway..