I have just bought a kemper and a Hughes & Ketner switchblade 100 combo to work together as a total package as the switchblade has a full midi floor board that you can use to switch the KPA and by running the KPA into the amp loop and running the guitar straight into the KPA then you have the ultimate rig. So as I see it KPA's will not reduce amp sales they will only enhance the way we use our amps at home on stage and in the studio. The KPA is the gel that can bind a lot of gear together to work in a more dynamic way.
Hi!
This is quite interesting.
I also have a H&K switchblade 100 (the very first version of the Head, I know there are new models) which I use with various cabinets, such as a Mesa Boogie 2x12 Black Shadow, a 2xV30 Framus, a Thiele Small cabinet with 1 EV EVM 12L, or a very large cabinet with a 40 years old 15' Pacific loudspeaker, and I find that it is a very fine amplifier by itself. However, I would have thought that it would have too much gain for using with the KPA the way you use it. So I'd be very interested to know what are your impressions with it.
Also, can you easily program the floor board to work with the KPA ? Mine is a FSM-432, with A B C D Up Down and Tap switches, and a 7pins midi. I'm not sure that with it you can easily send consistent program changes to both the H&K and the KPA. May be yours is different ? Or maybe you use only the H&K as a power amplifier, and the program changes have no effects on the amplifier section (but only the preamp section) when you switch programs ? Let me know your configuration and your findings (may be in a different thread!).
Best regards.
Jean-Jacques.