After selling my inital KPA and going through an Axe-Fx II detour, I'm back with a profiler rack. Thought I wanted a powered version, but I think I've found the place for this unit in my herd as a studio tool and occasional direct to FOH unit when I don't want to carry an amp to rehearsals. I'm working on some profiles of my MarkV and they are just freakin excellent so far. Don't know why I'm having better results this time around, but I probably never should have sold in the first place. Using the Axe as a gigging rig was a giant mistake with the updates changing everything. Now I get the same sound from my MarkV gigging rig but at whisper quiet volumes. And the same FEEL. Even turning down the volume knob on the guitar feels right, which is way more than I could say for the Axe where it got brittle and thin.
It's all in finding the right profiles. And having a nice amp to fall back on. (and create profiles of)