Read the full Kemper Profiler Stage review Best for expressionĭonner are known for offering quality goods on a tight budget, and the Arena 2000 amp modeller does exactly that. The Profiler Stage weighs just 10lb and yet it can hold all the rigs you could ever need.
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But that is part of the Kemper experience.Īt least Kemper’s OS7 software and Rig Manager makes accessing firmware updates, rigs and effects easy enough. It will take a bit of getting used to, some time to figure out which amps you’d like stored and where, and inevitably you will fall down the rabbit hole of experimentation and tweaking. With Kemper’s profiling power in one compact pressed-steel enclosure, the Profiler Stage comes loaded with some 287 amp profiles and has a suite of onboard effects. Or alternatively as the ultimate tool for the touring musician. Given that it is capable of profiling an innumerable amount of vintage amplifiers and making them digitally available, and it costs less than buying a Profiler Head and Remote, the Kemper Profiler Stage could be marketed as the best value amp on the market. Read the full Neural DSP Quad Cortex review Budget Line 6 option For extra expansion in the future, it does have Cortex Cloud, where you can download and share presets, but that's hardly a unique feature. This neatly sets up the only drawback of the Cortex - that, however good they are, it ships with a fraction of the amp models of its main competitors.
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This feature does, however, require you to own or have access to the amp or pedal in the first place. Again, like other products such as the BIAS amp suite, it's uncannily on the money. It's not the first modeller to sport a touch screen, but it is the first one to offer an experience comparable to other high-end consumer devices.Īnother killer feature on paper is the ability to capture amps and pedals that you own. Where it has the edge is form factor, portability and the ergonomics of its touch screen.
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In terms of sound, like the Axe-FX, it's impossible to tell it apart from a real amp. As Omar from the cult television series The Wire had it, "if you come at the King, you'd best not miss." The Quad Cortex is touted as an Axe-FX killer, and given that it's only about two-thirds the price of the flagship Axe-FX III, that's quite a claim.