I've had my Kemper powerhead for about a year now. I've purchased profiles from Tone Junky, Tonecrate, LiveReadySound, and a few others. IRs from Celestion, a bunch of free packs, and the Ownhammer Heavy Hitters V1. Running it through a Headrush FRFR112. 99% is high gain material.
I feel like I get one of three sounds no matter what I try:
1. Boxy/honky - like it's coming through a Radio
2. Ragged - like the IR speakers are being shredded
3. Fizzy/Sizzle/icepick - hurts the ears.
I can't just get a nice smooth sound out of this amp - everything sounds brittle, and the profiles sound nothing like the sample videos (I realize there's post processing going on, along with a different guitar, but what I hear on the video and what I hear in person sound nothing alike).
I've tweaked and tweaked. Even did a factory reset today. I've run it through the 2x12 for my Mesa Roadster, tried headphones, etc. Everything just sounds like it's clipping like crazy. I've tuned the input sensitivity, not using Pure cabinet. Running out of ideas on this.
I'm reaching out because I don't believe I'm just a super-picky guitarist who wants some kind of Holy Grail. There has to be something I'm missing that's boogering everything up because the sounds I'm getting are truthfully on par with an old Line 6 amp I had.
Hoping you all can help. thanks.