Hello fellow Kemper users,
I own a KPA for almost two weeks now, and I really love it. For the first two weeks I only played through headphones (an absolutely amazing sounding experience) but I got tired of always wearing headphones while playing.
So I bought a pair of studio monitors (JBL LSR305). I am running with XLR cables from the KPAs main output into the monitors. Now the problem I am facing is, that the sound really differs negatively from the headphone sound. All the high gain sounds are really raspy, tight and crystal clear through the headphones, but when I switch to the monitors, suddenly the sound becomes much more dull and that crisp high and is missing. I dont think there is a problem with the monitors, because when listening to music, they sound absolutely amazing and deliver a great listening experience.
I also tried out different audio systems, a very good 5.1 cinema system, and some other music speakers. Always the same problem when playing with the KPA... the sound isnt nearly as good and clear as through the headphones.
The settings are the exact same while playing through headphones and monitors. (Pure Cab at about 2.5, Cabinets switched on of course and no different settings in the profiles as well.)
Now to be clear, the sound through the monitors is not shitty at all, but compared to the headphone sound it really lacks that raspyness and high end clarity, the sound is too muffled in my opinion...
Is this just the way things are, or am I doing something wrong? I really like the sound of the headphones, but wearing headphones all the time is not that comfortable.
Thanks in advance for any tips!