Price friendly interface and monitors for the Kemper

I would suggest 8" speakers for guitar use.

Quote from guitarnet70

I would suggest 8" speakers for guitar use.

+1, but before thinking to the woofer dimensions I'd be sure that they aren't too big for the room where he's going to play.
For small rooms with no audio corrections I'd go for a 5".

The Behringer 3031A seem to be a great deal. For a decent guitar feeling i would not go under 8" woofers. Use the money you saved on a RME interface, you won´t regret it...

Check out Apogee (if you have a Mac), Presonus and Echo.

Everything I've recorded on the Kemper has been through a ESI MAYA 44 PCIe card which used to run around ~$100 USD (my card is discontinued and they have a couple newer cards out now). Go listen to all the Amp Factory Bundle 3 clips (except Soldano, 6505, and Orange some of my favs are the VVT , 1987 JMP, and Excelsior) and here's my latest using Armin's MkV. Monitors are a personal thing though. Again, I lean frugal as I don't do any serious mix work and use an affordable set of M-Audio monitors (I think the AV40s ~$150 USD). If I could go top shelf across the board, perhaps I would. But great results can be had without spending a ton of dough.

Quote from tylerhb

...For a decent guitar feeling i would not go under 8" woofers...

I've heard this advice a few times now - usually from guys that know what they're talking about. I was thinking about the Adam A7Xs but their 'mid-woofer' is quoted as 7''. I had even thought about the smaller Adam A5X as I don't need to monitor at high levels. The Genelec 8030s woofer looks small as well (5'' I think?).

In an ideal world I'd try them all side by side with the KPA but... my pokey little place in the world is... not ideal. Would this advice still stand for speakers in this price bracket - despite their smaller woofer size? If so I'll keep my old and beardy Alesis mk1s and save up for something more suitable. Those new campers look nice...

Cheers.

The consideration on the 8" is linked with the price. If you go Adam or Genelec you won't be wrong also with 5"

Thanks for this. My GAS remain can remain undiminished on these items then
BTW - how is the camper working out? I read your recent post and it sounds interesting, especially as you also list having the RCF NX12s - I take it they stack up well against these then?

Cheers.

It sound more like an amp and less like a monitor (and the RCF is excellent in that). With a bit of presence from the output eq is really awesome, definitely warmer then the RCF. I've tested the 1x12 but ordered a custom 2x12 stereo (should be here next week) and Marco is telling me that it sounds even rounder and fuller.

Were are you based?

Thanks - I appreciate the info. I'm out in the sticks in the UK - Lincoln. Was looking to see if they ship internationally... that 2x12 stereo looks very interesting. Been waiting to see what Atomic do with their upcoming CLR but a release date seems some way off. I'm a bit of a sawn off shotgun at present - looking at different monitoring solutions across the board. Can't help be drawn towards a 'real' looking cab though . You'll have to post a bit of a review when your 2x12 camper arrives. Very thread worthy....

I'll do. Obviously you know that the owner of Blue Amps is gitarrenschlumpf here in the forum, you can ask him directly for the shipment.

Ah yes, the blue smurf chap! I was going to ask him about how it works at low volumes as this is predominantly how I'll be using it. The 2x12 is perhaps overkill for domestic use but I like the stereo option very much...

Cheers for the feedback.

It depends what you mean with low volume..... If you want to play at TV volume then you'll honestly be better off with nearfield monitors, don't get me wrong: it sounds excellent well below rehearsal volume, but if you live in a flat is going to be a bit loud....