Hello !
Could you help me to think?
I’m really decided to purchase my kemper, and very excited by the announced Kabinet, and I’d like not to wait too much, and I don’t have an infinite budget. The problem is the following. How do I get a cab waiting for the kabinet release without wasting my money too much? (given that there’s a chance that the kemper kab will just be out of my budget, who knows?)
I hesitate between two options :
Option1 : powered head + controller pedal + F12X200 into a palmer cab : 2811€ at thomann, then wait the Kabinet and see if it’s worth spending what it costs at this time.
Option 2 : same but non-powered head (and in white, I prefer it) + either Presonus Eris8 or KRK rockit8 monitors or Laney FR112 cab (all in the 400€ range) : apprx. 2540€ at thomann, then wait the Active version of the Kabinet an see if it’s worth spending what it costs. I tested once the kemper with these KRK’s at home and the axeFX3 on the Laney and the Presonus monitors, and they were all very nice already (for home usage at reasonable volume at least)
In option 1 , my 260€ palmer+F12X200 becomes a bit useless if I take the kabinet, and I’m not even sure the F12X200 into a palmer is a so good idea (not a closed cab, but I could always play to build it if needed : celestion give instructions for this)
In option 2 : this time it’s easier to find another use of the monitors or FRFR cab if I switch to the Kabinet. I risk to wait more, maybe another year, for an active version of the Kabinet. I’ll probably pay a bit more in the end (monitors are a bit more expensive than in option1, and what will be the difference between the passive and active cabinet versions, only the same 400€ than between the powered and non-powered heads?)
I know it's maybe lots of questions in one, but what would you do in my case?