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I got not much free time today, so sorry for this short reply, I will write a longer one to all of your answers,
thanks a lot to you all for your replies!
Maybe I'm indeed crazy: Today it occured to me, that my problem may be indeed this:
The tone itself is not too bass heavy, which is quite good to hear when I play open chords, so my theory of overamplified bass frequencies is obsolete.
But when I do some palm mutes, frequencies between 80-160-200 hz get exagerated and this is the point that makes my puke, because the balance between lows and highs( or the volume between pm and open notes) goes all over the place.
Maybe the kemper is doing this in another way then I'm used to it (, my other amps have spoiled me up until now?).
If we combine these things with a bad PM technique, you all coud -to my shame- indeed be right.
I talked with my local gear-dealer and I will perform a side by side test with another unit tomorrow.
To get that little evil whispering voice out of my head that says something is wrong with my kemper
I honestly think you are suffering from over analysis/ paranoia. You have a sound in your head and that is what you are chasing.
I spent the first 18 months doubting my sound, convinced that the KPA was not quite right. So what changed? A couple of things:
1) I ran my KPA direct rather than through a guitar cab and found all the profiles had been masked by my cab. I relooked at my profiles and it suddenly came "awake"
2) You get very used to a sound. I loved my ENGL and Laney amps and built this "rosey" view of how good they were. When the KPA didn't sound the same I became disappointed. Ironically when I go back to those sounds, they weren't as good as I remember....
3) Other people told me how good it sounded - which is so important to me! I trust their ears more than mine!
4) There is no "magical" answer to great sound. So many things matter in your signal chain including your own technique and playing. Good amps expose bad technique. They also expose duff cabs etc. Whilst the KPA can do it all, its can't solve monitoring issues, interfaces etc. Put it this way, there are too many blind tests and top guitarists getting great sounds that prove the unit is top notch, so it is all in the set up. Majority of it is plug and play, that remaining 5% magic can take time....but I think you are focusing on that 5%...most of your samples sounded pretty good to me!
I stopped chasing "that sound", took the pressure off myself and boom...happy camper!