This is weird. This thread is very informative in regard to those who are considering buying what people refer to as"top of the line modeler". I think it's gracious of Kemper to even host discussions about other gear that they made a specific category about other gear. I was in the same predicament a month ago deciding where to spend my hard earned dollars and my research lead me to choose the KPA. My research included reading this forum as well as other forums. Sure there's bickering, but most should have the intelligence to decipher real information from all the bickering. People might learn from my and others experiences.
What's wrong with people finding the truth about an overly hyped AXE FX II and the need to almost have the knowledge of an electrical engineer and studio engineer combined to be able to get good sounds after never ending editing of presets that will have to be updated and reworked almost on monthly basis if updating to the latest firmware? Just because many on this board see the clear Amp Modeling superiority of the KPA, it doesn't mean that others who only read this forum can see the obvious.
My conscious doesn't bother me one bit, sharing with others my great experience using the Kemper and recommending it over the AXE II and in the process help someone chose a better/Superior technology while saving dollars (almost over 25%). And to the topic of this thread, Yes it's weird that no one likes to mention how silly it is that that latest update to an extremely overpriced machine does nothing different that anyone can discern from the initial firmware almost half a decade ago. People need reminders not to get sucked into hype. What I love about the kemper is it sounds like the amp, not better or worse, the same.