Interesting aside.
Thanks Kemper Team! Now ..... where did I put my FCB1010 upgrade chip? Damn! That's the issue with not immediately installing something when you get it in the mail
I agree that startup time is important. My gut feeling is that the architecture of the KPA is never going to allow an 8 sec boot. For ME, that is OK. I can live with it, and I vastly prefer the KPA to either Line 6 or Fractal.
It is what it is. A great tool for gigging and recording. IMO the best guitar product to come along in decades. I can live with a wort here and there. The rest of the device is simply a dream.