Display MoreEvidently, it doesn't matter to a lot of people - but to some people, it might.
Also, say it was a bug in the firmware - and it was fixed. Maybe a lot of different rigs that were previously deemed to thin-sounding would all of a sudden be just the ticket. (Conversely, maybe some of the rigs that previously were considered great could become too thick - but see the following paragraph).
I see this as the "Low Frequency Correction" that Kemper introduced some time ago - there was an "inadequacy" in the profiling which meant that low frequencies weren't being represented faithfully. This was corrected (with an option to keep the old "setting". If the community is too eager to shut down threads such as this, that kind of stuff wouldn't be remedied. Ultimately, it's to the good of the product and hence the company (and us).
The reason to use a "scientific" method is to remove expectation bias - science don't lie, but our hearing does sometimes expecting a profile to sound nice and full will turn our attention to what "fullness" there is - and exaggerate it in our perception. Then after a time, we might notice something amiss, but at that time we might blame it on the monitor, the headphones, a bug in the firmware, whatever. Or just conclude that our tastes have changed
You are right in your view that "if it sounds good, it is good" - but guitarist1977 is ALSO right
Exactly this. Just to clarify - I am not trying to say that Kemper is bad at profiling. It is good. But what if we can make it even better? Maybe there is a bug in profiling? And if it is fixed then whatever sounded good for you will sound even better.
The whole point of this community I believe is to help people and make product better.