A powered Kabinet is in the works.
All three proposed ways are feasible.
This was from January 2020, earlier in this very thread....
So, it’s either almost here, or not coming.... or somewhere in between. 
Posts by SoManyGuitars
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It’s been forever since they said anything...
It was definately announced by Kemper, but then, “crickets”....
I bought the Kab and 2 amp options.... a powered Kab would have been nice too...
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Ply is stiffer than MDF. I've said my peace on the MDF vs ply debate in this thread so I won't rehash it. But if you must use MDF for the cab, at the very least, use a quality ply for the baffle.
What does the Kabinet use for the baffle?
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Crown has the inputs on the back - and is dead silent. Weighs just a few lbs, sells for $349 on up, depending on how many watts you need. If you want rack mount, stereo, inputs on back - and a quality unit - you should take a look. It actually overcomes every item you listed as a con of the Powerstage 700.... power switch is on the front too.
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And the Crown XLS series is Class D, stereo and affordable if you like rack gear....
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A Crown XLS series is a good clean low cost option if you are okay w rack gear....
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Cool if the OP and others like the BAM Bass Amp.
https://www.tcelectronic.com/product.html?modelCode=P0DI5
Ultra-Compact 200 Watt Bass Head with Class-D Amp Technology
BAM has a preamp optimised for bass with a Class D power amp. That is the only practical way to achieve such high power in such a compact design. No need for big power transformers etc.
Is there a way to bypass the bass preamp (the separate tone stack and gain (distortion/drive) stage), to avoid the coloration it introduces?
I understand how Class D works, and why it’s desirable for an application like the Kemper... but why throw a bass preamp and the extra coloration and circuitry into the signal chain?
Why not just buy a good clean Class D amp? Like the ICE amps that Kemper uses? (They are readily available as power amps or modules)
Serious question, not putting the BAM down.
(I never used one, preferring a clean Class D power amp solution)
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Maybe, but my experience with class D is that it stays pretty clean even at the top
Understood, but the BAM is a bass amp at heart - not a Class D designed for this application or clean, neutral linear power. That said, if the OP likes it - it works.
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I'd be surprised if it were a problem with 16ohm.
Would just have to work a lot harder for the same SPL’s (db’s).
Might cause the amp to go into additional distortion to achieve similar volumes.
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Here’s a tip that might wrk for you...
Prior to getting a Kabinet and an ISP Ultra and Crown XLS1502 (for my Marshall cab or stereo cabs), I used my old Mustang III (v1).... plugged straight into the effects return.
Sounded great - was 100w loud, has a very neutral 12” Celestion speaker (designed for modelers), and you can get them CHEAP....
Not sure this is any help to you, but wanted to make you aware of other options that work well too.
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The original poster said he turned off the Cab, not the whole stack:
“However, when I turned the cabinet section of the stack off, the difference was stark...”
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Good to hear...
What was the issue? Battery replacement?
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or a straight Kab for stacking....
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Would be neat if they sold “Powered Kemper Backs”, w/ the power amp mounted on a Kabinet back panel as an optional upgrade for people without powered Kemper, that don’t feel like DIY... I mean, they sell the Kones...
Of course this all happens after I buy a different solution(s).
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Anyone else tried the Carvin MACH100 with an unpowered toasters into a Kemper Kab? Just purchased the cab and looking for a descent power amp. Thanks!
Should be plenty loud enough for home use... Plus, you can also run 2 cabs in stereo (runs at 4ohms), and the best thing.... it’s green!
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I'm shooting fast with my rating: Kone is 10, HR FRFR is 6, Atomic CLR is 8, Yamaha DXR 10 is 7.
Hey now.... I remember you extolling the HeadRush 8” model as being better than your prior fave, the Yamaha DXR10.
What happened? I told you the Yamaha was superior to the HeadRush.
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I bought a $5000 Gibson Custom Shop Les Paul.... and it didn’t come with a cable.
So I sent it back.
(No, I didn’t.. but there’s a point there.. Cables are subjective.... and cheap.... buy a cable that fits your needs.)
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I contemplated buying a Kone for a 1x12 cab I have. I just can't get to feel like an amp. No sustain, dead notes, weird high E string sounds, lot of stuff. It sounds great on many things, really weird on others. Tired of wrestling with it,
No sustain, dead notes, weird sounds from you high E?
Sounds like the Kemper is showing you the sound of your actual guitar, and your prior rigs may have masked it, especially if you play with gobs of distortion.
The symptoms you describe are guitar issues, not amp issue traditionally.
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Display MoreI just got my Kemper set up yesterday and this was the thread I was looking for... I THINK?
I was originally searching for how you folks store the rigs/packs on your physical hard drive or Dropbox which I'd still like to know. DB would be great and I searched for that here in the Forum but all I found was the zip files had to be extracted first, which is fine. I'd think for drive storage of rigs, I'd use Author as the folder name bare minimum.
My Kemper came with 287 from the factory and I just added three TJ freebies as a test so now I'm at 290.
All Rigs: 1587My Profiler: 290
Local Library: 3 (the ones I just did a test import of)Rig Packs: 1294
British Audio sent me the "full" MBritt library and I have not even unzipped those yet so I don't know how many are in there.
After reading through this thread, I logically will need or want end up with probably a dozen or so rigs I like to use or use regularly. Am I thinking right about this? I guess the daunting task will be at some point to start removing some of the 290 rigs from the Profiler itself and be juidicious about what I add going forward, right? I'm not a fan of clutter at all.
I have an iMac here at my desk with RM but I'll almost certainly want to add RM to my MacBook Pro for portability and I assume that is possible or I can just load what I need from DropBox.
All questions, comments or suggestions would be appreciated. The sooner I get the housekeeping part of this figured out, the sooner I'll have more time to play. If there's a must read thread or threads, let me know.Thanks! ~Robert
“British Audio sent me the "full" MBritt library and I have not even unzipped those yet so I don't know how many are in there.“
That was nice of them.... I hope Mr. Britt gets compensated somehow... He does great work for the Kemper Kommunity.... He’s a regular on this forum as well, lots of good advice in addition to some of the best profiles you can get.
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Chris4189 .... I can’t help with the question at hand, other than are you sure you have the profile’s cabinet disabled in the global setting (in OUTPUT)?
But... I’m curious if there’s something ‘special/different’ with the batch(es) Sweetwater got from Kemper.
Does yours have the piping around the grill? (See thread: New Kemper Kabinet - Odd Question (Grill Piping?))
