So, I picked up a KPA about a month ago. I've never owned anything remotely like it. I've got a bunch of old school analog gear with tubes and antiquated components like that. I've played the KPA a lot over the past month primarily through IEM's. I've also borrowed powered speakers from friends for a day here and a day there, i.e. a newer EV 12 and a QSC K12.2. The KPA sounded pretty good through those speakers but not great, at least to my ears. The EV sounded OK but somehow felt "fake". I really wanted it to be stellar because it is like $399 brand new. The QSC was better but felt really "hifi" which is still strange to me.
I have the non powered rack and I've held off buying a powered speaker or a FRFR type powered cab until I was sure that I was going to keep the KPA. I'm at that place now, and am really struggling with whether I should pick up something like the Matrix GT1000FX and run the KPA into one of the many nice guitar cabs I already own. I could also pick up or build a passive FRFR cab with a coaxial driver and make use of the amp to drive either a guitar cab or an FRFR cab. On the other hand it would be a lot cheaper, and easier, to pick up a relatively flat response powered speaker like a DXR10, or a pair for stereo. I'd love to have both options, but this whole experiment is starting to get pretty expensive. I have searched and read a bunch of threads on the Yamaha DXR10, but I haven't read too many threads that really discuss the advantages of running the Kemper into a 4x12 1960B with Greenbacks or into a 2x12 with alnico Blues as examples. I have a bunch of cabs with options running the gamut from vintage Jensen to EV, JBL, vintage Fane, and vintage Celestions. With lots of speaker options would it make sense to have a power amp to be able to power guitar cabs?
Anyone out there run the KPA primarily into guitar cabs? If you do, I'm curious as to why and what the perceived benefits are. Also, I'm curious how you primarily use the KPA, i.e. for recording, home playing, live performance. If I continue to own and use mine it will be primarily for practice in the band room, alone and with other musicians, and for live performance. I have not performed live with it yet, but I am assuming I will run it direct to FOH and will either use IEM's or whatever cab I end up with to monitor on stage. Any help with thoughts and ideas would be awesome. I can also see how it would be really useful to have an FRFR option to be able tweak profiles for the PA, so I have analysis paralysis at the moment and need someone to help me out.