Bought a powered Kemper head about a year ago, using it through my Marshall 1960 4x12 and just can't get this to sound good. I am playing mostly Metal ( 5150 III, Mesa Dual rec profiles, etc ) Have tried hundred of different profiles all from Merged to DI through the rig manager, messed with the Main Output settings, made sure Kemper Kone was off, made sure Monitor Cab is off, tweaked EQ settings in the profiles themselves, etc. Everything sounds bright, somewhat fizzy and just doesn't have the sound of a real tube head into a 4x12. I know the speakers on the 1960 cab are a bit bright ( G-12-75) but something seems off. I read on a Kemper forum where another use was having similar issues and after going back and forth with Tech Support and trying to tweak things, he sent it back and got a replacement and said problem solved. Turned out to be a funky unit. I don't have that luxury since I bought mine used about a year ago.
If anyone has any other ideas or suggestions, I'd really appreciate it. If anyone is in the Philly / South Jersey area as well that could help me in person or let me try their powered to head to see if I got a lemon or not, would be great. Thanks for reading!