AER Compact 60 Slope as FRFR/Kone Monitor

I just would like to share my idea of using the AER Compact 60 Slope as my FRFR Monitor. The Amp is designed as a FR Amplifier for acoustic guitar. You can use it with one of the instrument inputs having the eq and effect section available. I use the return input on the back of the amp to effectively only use the power section of the amp to be as flat as possible. The best part is that the 8” speaker is actually a cone speaker, thus I can make full use of using the speaker imprints of the Player so no need for the Power Kabinet any longer.

Quote from Kellerblues

No doubt that it sounds good, but be aware that the Imprints are processed inside of the Kemper for the specific curve of the Kone, that is different from the 8' in your AER.

With 1.0 profiles I was using Imprints in to my Fender FR, since 2.0 I don't do it anymore.

Yes, the same here. I was using Imprints with 1.0 profiles and the Kemper Power Kabinet. Since 2.0 I actually think the profiles sound better in FRFR mode. I just thought I mention it that Kone speaker were not just a Kemper thing, but have been used in other amplifiers before. I was surprised that the AER Compact 60 was reacting to me pressing the Kone button on the Kemper Player. When researching the matter I found out that the AER Amplifier is using a Kone speaker as well.

Quote from digbob

Sorry this is completely not right, Every Speaker has a Cone but the Kemper Kone is a Special built Speaker by Celestion, to transform the Imprints,

only available in 12" from Kemper, no other Vendor sells or build Kone Speakers

You were mislead by the word Kone which means the " Paper" from the actual Speaker every Speaker have a Cone made out of Paper

Well, I am a guitar player not a tech and wouldn't know any technical terms nor how it works, but it does work with the AER Compact 60. AER calls their speaker "twin cone speaker" built in the Compact 60 Acoustic Amps. When I step through the speaker imprints in Rig Manager, the sounds in my amp change according to imprints used. Just as in my Power Kabinet which I am A/B-ing with side by side. Obviously there is a difference between a "8 (AER) and an 12" (Power Kabinet), which for me can be compensated by the monitor output eq in the Kemper Player (as much as physics allow). I've been using either or as my monitor on stage and they both work great. So much so that I'm selling the Power Kabinet as it is redundant. I had the acoustic amp years before my Kemper and if I would have know, I would not have bought the Power Kabinet. Especially in 2.0 where I use my monitor in FRFR mode. (Any FRFR Monitor sounds different anyway). I am not a collector, but a player and at my age there is a difference between lugging around 7kg (AER) and 11kg (Kemper Power Kabinet). The AER sounds beautifully for acoustic guitar, as it is designed for and good enough as a powered speaker for any modeler/profiler. 60 Watts is more than enough for me as a stage monitor and it surely helps that it does not have a built in tweeter like most acoustic guitar amps have.

I just thought I share this info as we often have more equipment to work with than we know and there is not always the need to buy the next great thing. Now let me get back to practice.