I am getting the Kemper Profiler Power Rack with Remote soon, next few weeks, maybe as soon as next week, and am trying to figure out how to use it in my band. Everyone uses their own amp (lead guitar, rhythm guitar, and bass) and only vocals go through the PA. So I will be using the Kemper like an amp head it won't be going through the PA. I don't know yet if the band will be amenable to sending my guitar through the PA or if that would even sound right if I'm the only one going through the PA. So for now I intend to use the Kemper like a guitar amp head with a cabinet on stage. The Kemper itself will be a very large investment and to add a DXR10 or CLR or other new FRFR would absolutely be too much for me right now.
So here is what I have available.
- QSC K10 (2)
- JBL One (10" sub with speaker array)
- 2x12 cabinet that is loaded right now with Celestion Cream Alnico and Celestion Gold Alnico. I have other speakers I can put in there if other speakers might be better.
Which would you choose?
I am assuming an FRFR would always be the preference over a guitar cabinet.
In looking at FRFR for the specific purpose of using with the Kemper I have read about these, there are likely more it's just that these keep coming up.
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Yamaha DXR10 $599.99
http://usa.yamaha.com/products/live_sound/speakers/active_speakers/dxr/dxr10 -
Mission Engineering Gemini 1-PGemini 2-P KM-212P $679 $525/$695/$679
https://missionengineering.com/shop-2/product…?v=7516fd43adaa -
XiTone Passive 1x12 Wedge $499 + $39 USA Shipping
http://www.xitonecabs.com/models/passive…edge/index.html -
Atomic CLR Neo MKii $999.95
http://shop.atomicamps.com/product_p/clr-neo-mkii.htm -
Matrix FR10 or FR12 $729 / $799
http://usa.matrixamplification.com/fr10.html
http://usa.matrixamplification.com/fr12.html -
EV ZLX-12P $349
http://www.electrovoice.com/product.php?id=2583
From what I've read people really like the CLR because it sounds the same whether at low volumes or high volumes. The DXR10 has been described as good but perhaps more boomy and not the same sound from low to high. There is a lot to consider. I don't want to buy something I don't need (she laughs out loud) and I don't want to buy something I'm eventually going to replace. So I'm trying to do my due diligence before spending more money. I'm also selling gear to finance my addiction gear.
I'm also a bit self-conscious about how weird it is going to look, but I'm trying not to think about that part, telling myself as long as it sounds good, I'm good.
I use a VoiceLive 3 Extreme (VL3x) for harmonies and connect my IEMs from the headphone out of the VL3x so I can hear my vocals good, cause right now, at least in our rehearsal space I can't hear myself clear enough. Plus the IEMs will help protect my ears as everyone tends to keep turning up as the night progresses. I have the ambient monitors from Westone so hoping I won't need more than vocals coming through them. Tomorrow will be my first time using the IEMs in the rehearsal space.