Later addition of poweramp?

t3tra-johnny · Nov 17th 2016

Hi guys

I'm a bedroom producer who nevertheless sometimes likes to just play for the sake of it, so I value ease of use in a (tiny) studio setting as well as being able to plug in to an amp

I've had the tube vs digital argument with myself for a good long time and I've accepted that the sheer versatility of the kemper and ease of use far outweighs the "real tubes maaaan" factor.

Couple of potentially boneheaded questions, bearing in mind i'd like to be able to kemper->audio interface and also kemper->cab

1) If I bought the unpowered version, can the poweramp be added later? Or is it fitted at the factory and that's it?

2) if I bought the unpowered version, can a third party poweramp easily be used? And are there any pitfalls to this?

3) cosmetic question only, is there any talk of the white version having a powered option?

There is an unpowered head kicking about at roughly the right price, you see...

Thanks all

Johnny

paults · Nov 17th 2016

The original plan was to offer a retrofit poweramp for the toasters, but, there was a problem with EU certification for a fully integrated user-installable poweramp. Non-powered KPAs cannot have a Kemper poweramp added later.

There are some available third party poweramps, though.

t3tra-johnny · Nov 17th 2016

Thank you that's very helpful. I suppose then, that for the purposes I stated above, I am best saving a bit longer and getting the powered head?

Thanks again

Johnny

paults · Nov 18th 2016

Or, use a separate poweramp with it, or powered speakers.

Robman · Nov 18th 2016

I put the Ambrosi ATM 70 into mine and it works great. Company are gone now though as far as I know

Robman · Nov 18th 2016

https://www.gearslutz.com/boar…kemper-profiling-amp.html

Ingolf · Nov 18th 2016

Another 3rd party option would be the Camplifier.
http://www.kpa-solutions.com/

Dirtstyler · Nov 23rd 2016

Often, I'm using the return of a combo amp, which works well. Now I'm using my EHX .44 Magnum most of the time with an oversized 112 loaded with a V30 and it sounds impressive, that little box is surprisingly loud.

If you have the chance to try a Roland JC-120 with your Kemper, I'm pretty sure you'll like what comes out of it. Personally, I didn't want to spend 1000$ for another combo amp but the sound is there for sure. Trust your ears not other users, if it's sounds good, it's good.

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