benifin
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Hey all
This isn't a KPA 'vs' Axe thread.
I use a KPA and have also been fortunate enough to use an Axe FX XL+ live recently ..... both great units .... end of story .... period.
What I only recently realized though was the fundamental difference between them:-
- the KPA is basically an " open " / " more accessible " system whereby any person can profile any amp and put it in the KPA
whereas
- the Axe is basically a " closed " / " more controlled " environment whereby amps only exist within it when Fractal put them in
Clearly each " way of doing things " has its own +'s and -'s and neither is better or worse than the other ...... I did think though that in all the "discussion" about the merits or otherwise of each unit, the "methodology" difference between the two never seems to be discussed.
And given that each way of doing it is very different .... and that different people will clearly prefer one or the other ..... it struck me as somewhat strange that this doesn't seem to come up when people say they prefer one over the other.
Anyway ..... this is a discussion forum ..... and I had a thought .... and I decided to type it in.
Ben

This isn't a KPA 'vs' Axe thread.
I use a KPA and have also been fortunate enough to use an Axe FX XL+ live recently ..... both great units .... end of story .... period.
What I only recently realized though was the fundamental difference between them:-
- the KPA is basically an " open " / " more accessible " system whereby any person can profile any amp and put it in the KPA
whereas
- the Axe is basically a " closed " / " more controlled " environment whereby amps only exist within it when Fractal put them in
Clearly each " way of doing things " has its own +'s and -'s and neither is better or worse than the other ...... I did think though that in all the "discussion" about the merits or otherwise of each unit, the "methodology" difference between the two never seems to be discussed.
And given that each way of doing it is very different .... and that different people will clearly prefer one or the other ..... it struck me as somewhat strange that this doesn't seem to come up when people say they prefer one over the other.
Anyway ..... this is a discussion forum ..... and I had a thought .... and I decided to type it in.
Ben