I want to get a kab to bring to jam sessions, and I'm looking for the most streamlined solution. I currently have an unpowered head, so I would need to either get a powered kab (tough to get at guitar center, etc), or use a separate solid state poweramp (worst case, clunkier, then i'm carrying around 3 things).
Or, i can sell my head and buy a powered head, and use that with a normal kabinet. This is what my gut is telling me to do. I don't mind being out a few hundred bucks (vs the powered kab option).
With the powered head I can use other cabinets in the future, I can get a used kemper kab for like 300 bucks, and I shouldn't have any issues with my current setup.
Am I missing anything here? are there any downsides to option 3 that I'm not seeing? Are there any specific advatages to the powered kab/unpowered head option?