How will Kemper measure the accuracy of Profiling 2.0?

From the official web page:

• More than 100,000 individual frequency points meticulously analyzed for the most powerful amp recreation ever achieved.
• Next-Level Speaker & Dynamically adjustable Cabinet Resonance – Capturing the true dynamics of your setup with the longest impulse responses in an amp capturing device.

(notice the absence of the word "accuracy").

I'm sure they have several ways of evaluating the accuracy during development - both technical measurements and A/B/C tests.

I doubt you'll get any official answers

I would suggest you try it yourself, even DI only. Use your ears and then decide. It only REALLY matters what it sounds like.

The truth is - the people that throw the word accuracy around all the time aren’t Kemper employees.

They almost never use it.

It’s everyone else.

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Kemper has mentioned that Profiling 2.0 will offer higher accuracy,

Really? Where did you see that?

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I remember the old website used to say “the most precise amp recreation ever achieved,” so I assumed accuracy was an important focus. I didn’t realize it has since changed to “the most powerful amp recreation.”

Both "precise" and "powerful" are meaningless in this context. They've been very careful to avoid the word "accurate".

I guarantee it will never be 100% accurate. I think it was originally at 95% at most, so maybe it goes to 97%.

Can I tell a difference? NO.

Can the audience tell a difference? NO.

Will I save money by not upgrading? YES!

The other thing is, the definition of accurate seems to be pliable for a lot of people. Accurate according to whom?

I think avoiding that debate altogether is smart.

You either like the product. Or you don’t. At least for me, accuracy doesn’t enter into it. Do I like the way things sound or don’t I? Do I like the way things feel or don’t I? Beyond that, I really don’t care.

For me, a key feature of the KPA has been the ability to massage the amp sound toward the sound you want after capture with all the parameters in the amp block. With the Liquid Profiles you can even modify the tone stack settings. A profile is not necessarily the endpoint of the process whereas with most of the alternatives the capture is exactly that.

Given what an enormous contribution the speaker and cabinet make to a guitar sound, the new cabinet parameters will offer further sound shaping possibilities after a capture/profile is made.

I get that some people were not happy with palm mute sounds on high gain amps for example so more accurate rendition of those sounds would clearly be a plus. Will be interested to hear the results when they are ready for prime time.

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He says “we wanted to achieve higher accuracy” around the 4-minute mark in this video.

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So.. not that careful after all.

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He says “we wanted to achieve higher accuracy” around the 4-minute mark in this video.

And I want to play guitar like Joe Satriani. That doesn't mean I do . The point is they've been very careful to not really say anything about the new profiling. I can't say I blame them. It's probably best to wait until it comes before saying anything about it.

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So.. not that careful after all.

For me - I didn’t say they never use the word.

I said (quote intentionally) they almost never use it.

Everyone else feasts on that word. As if that’s the only thing that mattered.

I measure tone by the elevation of the corners of my mouth when playing. 😀