How about some people get a sense of humor! stop creating drama by taking humorous remarks and blowing them up. If someone in a product forum states they like the product better than other products, why should anyone be offended.
If some kemper users want to Pat themselves in the back, in the Kemper forum and dismiss other products, why should anyone spin that into sinister tribalism. Aren't users allowed to be fans of a product or even a Genre of music, without being accused of sideswiping other products or music, by you.
I thought that you work in Internet Marketing of musical products for "HOSA", I would have expected that you would understand that some fans' excitement doesn't need to be explained rationally as all these products have some element of personal preference.
I'll let the guy who wrote it speak for himself, and he doesn't seem to mean it with humor:
My point was there are those who claim they can here the difference because they have decided they can hear the difference.Many guitar players claim solid state amps can't sound good. Hifi nerds claims very expensive cables makes difference etc.
As for the rest of the comment, I've never told people they couldn't enjoy anything if they chose to. Plenty of threads of people gushing over the KPA I don't try and hijack to convince anyone otherwise, nor am I the least preoccupied to. In fact, there are several threads even as of late where I've chimed in to help someone having trouble, or taken matter into the DM's to assist with dissatisfaction. Better to do DM's these days since the mere mention of certain things triggers a common theme. But since it's a forum, I do chime in when I feel there is intellectual dishonesty in certain matters. Others then chime in to share their thoughts as well, as they are free to do. Welcome to the internet.
As for NAMM, I expect Kemper to have picks & pins.