Ok, I promise not to make a habit of this, but I have (probably) a stupid question. When I was younger I was in a band but I was that guy that just showed up, plugged in my guitar to my amp and started playing. So, because of that, my experience in how the guitar sound is mixed and produced is limited. As long as my on stage amp sounded good in my cabinet, I was content. The sound going out of the Perkins Boxes was the sound guy's job. Now, I would be the guy in the way all the time trying to learn everything about mixing, etc.
So anyway, here goes:
When I load a profile that does not have a cab and I play through my homemade 2X12" cabinet, I normally lose a lot of low end and gain a lot of distortion/fizz. Shouldn't it sound like the amp profiled is connected directly to my cabinet and sound good? If so, is this telling me my cabinet sucks? If I add a cabinet in the KPA from another profile it sounds more like I would expect it to sound but isn't that like using 2 cabinets now? And doesn't that also apply to profiles that include a cab in the profile. Playing it through my cabinet is redundant isn't it?
Thanks,
Dennis