Thanks guys, I can't believe I'm actually getting one of these. Long story short. "USE" to have Line 6 Crap. I say "CRAP" and "USE" to. I've had every single device they ever put out except for the helix, so I can't comment on that. I do have an amplifi 150 for vacations and stuff, or whenever I feel like giving my ears a good solid beating.
A year or so ago, or whenever the initial buzz started, I saw the "Amplifire" and thought it was dumb. I said "who would buy that?" Thinking small = crap. Well a month ago I bought one, and a CLR (which I sold) and was astounded how good the thing sounded. So much so, that I got bit by the new technology. So much so that I now have the Kemper on order. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.
I have a friend that has 8 tube amps and he keeps telling me that the Kemper is all he needs and the rest just collects dust. I heard it at his house, but through a passive 15" PA speaker and his guitars are not setup like mine really, so I didn't get a good feel for it. So after I got the amplifire, I started drooling over the AX-8 and got on the list.
I have no idea how long that will be and while searching the net, I came across a kemper video and sort of forgot I ever wanted one. Sort of like a light bulb going off in my head. Now my wife does this weird spiritual stuff. You basically write on a piece of paper what you want, visualize it for 10 minutes and imagine yourself having it. Then you put the paper in the box and forget you ever asked. Well I had completely forgot that about a year ago this time, I put a piece of paper in that box that said "Kemper" on it. In my mind at first I'm like "I'll never have 2k for one of those" but went along with it and visualized what it would feel like walking in my studio and seeing it. I did the last step of the process which is a "thank you" and put it in the box and considered it finished.
Now one can come up with all sorts of theories and this and that whether that reality creation stuff is BS or not. But when I had that light bulb moment, it sort of hit me and I had a "holy f*****g sh*t" moment.
So I'm pretty stoked about this. I have come to the conclusion that I've got to stop buying and selling stuff, so this is sort of my last big purchase in a while. I am a pretty fussy dude. I like the amplifire, but sometimes it seems like it's got a little too much high end or a little too digital. But not buzz saw like, like the Line 6 stuff I've had in the past.