Hi there, I owned the Tonex and the HX Stomp and I have a Kemper Player. In my ears and for my use (Home, Live and Studio) the Kemper is the big winner. Also, the player sounded a lot better with added drive pedals (Timmy, OCD, Fuzz). So far…

To get more authentic, natural Amp sounds from the HX Stomp, and avoid excessively bright/harsh/thin trebles, go to the Cab Block, and turn down the High Cut from the Default (typically 8kHz) to about 5kHz (the actual frequency response of a real Guitar Speaker). The other thing to do is to roll down the Treble Knob on your guitar to about 7 or 8, if you normally keep it on 10. That will help you get some really nice tones without much trouble or having to dial in other parameters. I've had an HX Stomp for a little over 3 years, and get outstanding tones on it now.

Kemper is the best tone around…period! I own Helix Stomp, and returned the Tonex because the tone doesn’t even compare… I own all the Kempers, and have the player coming as I speak. Tone is the most important thing in any of these units, and, Kemper gets it right! The Tonex isn’t even the same kind of pedal at all…just tone, EQ, and reverb…

Must admit kemper sounded like a true amp in the room… the lows were exactly there

I prefer the Kemper Player. The Rig Manager via smartphone is awesome

At my band me and the other guitarist used the Hx Stomp on compact boards for playing live. The Stomp did really a great job, has great routing options and with the stomp it is quite easy to get the sound you like without big effort. Now we both have switched to the Kemper Player because in our opinion it sounds significant better if you have found the right profiles for your sound, which is not always a simple matter. I have no experience regarding the Tone X because for my live rig it is quite important to have some effects in the unit directly. Of course, it's a matter of taste which device you like most and for the customers it is good that there are some competitors on the market.

I was shocked by how bad the Tone X sounded! It has the harsh digital high end like the waves amp plugins etc. The HX Stomp wasn't too bad but didn't capture the "amp in a room" low end the Kemper did. After hearing these comparisons I'm going to stop listening to the internet and go through with the Kemper. Thanks for the great side by side comparison.

Buy the Kemper player. Its made in Germany, high quality, heavy. Milion options, amazing sound, simple setting and user interface. Almost every musician you love uses Kemper nowdays, so why not yourself? If you can't use an actual amp this is the perfect solution. You can have complaints on any device. At least you pay that much money on a German made pedal and not a cheap chinese pedal. Its not like the other pedals cost half. Its like 150$ more.

I own The HX Stomp and the Tonex, I would love to have all in one solution (HX Somp) But my favorites amps are much beter in the Tonex. I thank your video to meke know that I don't need to try the nee Kemper. And hope the sofware keep improving for all users.

Honestly, all by itself not in a mix the kemper sounded the most balanced, the Hx sounding really too bright in your face and the tonex having really no kids (which can be pleasing in a playing alone situation) But have to be honest that kemper sounded good, all the right frequences in all the right places, almost a hifiesque feeling (but again in a mix might be drowned)

Love the video. Straightforward, no youtube kids style hype, etc. Thank you. Im a tonex guy. Was curious about the kemper.

I don't think the ToneX needs an effects loop at all.

My experience with Tonex have been great tbh no experience with the kemper I think they all great units if you can’t get a good sound out of one is just user error or the unit is just not for you.

the best option direct is the friedman ir d and some pedals. i work on live gigs and where i live i mostly see kempers and quads. most players get lost with these simulators and waste a lot of time .nothing beats a real amp with real speakers.

The sound depends on the quality of the profile you use, so it’s difficult to make a real comparison when the profiles come from different sources.

I've owned the KPP for a couple of weeks and I love the sound. I also own the Tonex and Headrush MX-5 pedals. The f/x on the Kemper are skimpy, hope they update or offer better f/x for sale. The Tonex sounds great even just with reverb. The Headrush f/x sound great, the amps don't compare to Tonex or Kemper. The Tonex thru the Headrush/ 4 cable method sounds great. Hoped IK would come out with Tonex 2 with F/x for Namm but doesn't seem to be the case.

It would be interesting another video comparison but with the sames IR´s.

LOVE MY KEMPER PLAYER !!!

Well, based on this comparison I see more potential in kemper for a good tone, but i think maybe chosen profiles are not the best and set up different for each box? - Fender Twin: Kemper sounds quite fresh and clean (seems nice to me), HX sounds like old radio - no power, ToneX - prety nice and thick but less sharp (missing some high end maybe) - Brit plexi: Kemper sounds bassy (like recorded with ribon mic), Hx i think is nice here, Tonex sounds a bit to dirty (more gain here? but its ok) - 5150: I like kemper here - more punchy but missing a bit of a sustain (I think maybe have to low gain), Hx have reverb - totally not able to compare it, Tonex sounds like MetalZone here! -Soldano: Here Kemper sounds thinner than HX (so its oposit than before) - it shows that it all depends of chosen profiles and settings. You said that you couldnt connect kemper with mobile app and thats the reason to maybe not get it - sounds like this problem can be solved for sure (other devices even dont have this option). Don't give me wrong, but you sounds like anti Kemper :) All this devices seems quite simillar and price simillar as well. ToneX is almost twice cheaper but have less functions and app maybe not that nice. I'm sure you can get nice tone with all of this boxes.

For me the Kemper sounds better! Hx Stomp was close. I really didn’t like the Tonex.

Tonex is my winner. HX Stomp for people who like to figgle around with hundreds of effects. Anyways Tonex + BOSS ME-90 is probably the best thing I could get for my self. Simple and very versatile.

My opinion is exactly the same as yours. I've owned HX stomp/Helix and had a Kemper Toaster.. In terms of overall feel/Tone the ToneX was by far my personal favourite.. It just felt so much more open/responsive and less boxy/compressed feeling.. People need to take into account that Kemper are still using the same tech they did all those years ago as well, So realistically the ToneX capture software should in theory be better just like the Quad Cortex. Same with the Line 6 Stuff , I much prefer the workflow of the HX stomp but the tones are nowhere near as good as Kemper or ToneX IMO. Lots of high top end fizz and less thump in the low end chugs, Although the layout is fantastic and the effects are way better than the Kempers.. But line 6 products are priced accordingly , You wont feel ripped off buying one of those like i felt when i originally bought my first Kemper. For the cost of a Kemper player new it's just not worth it.. You can literally buy a brand new Tonex and a Used HX stomp or even a HX effects for more or less the same cost of a Kemper player, And use the pair together to unlock endless capabilities. Don't get me wrong the Kemper is great and like in the video there are some really good sounding profiles , But Kemper really need to stop charging so much for their old software now.

I bought the Kemper and the hx together, ended up sending the hx back it was good and has awesome fx, but for amp sounds it’s not even a question that the Kemper sounds better in my opinion

Tone X and Kemper player, both have several problems, that Player is conditioned to only 4 effects I don't like... I don't like that Tone X doesn't have a loop, I like it less than having only 4 effects, at the end of the day Player can be used immediately in a rehearsal/stage, with Tone X you need several pedals for the same thing and this increases its price; at the end of the day Tone X needs a revision regarding its functionality more than Kemper Player, this is just an opinion; what I do agree is that Neural could launch a small unit cutting some functions of QC, not at the process level, but in switches and screen, greetings.

I use the Tone X with a Boss GX 100 and place it in the Boss FX loop. Have to say I’m very impressed with the Tone X. Although I find the a lot of the (paid for) captures done by 3rd party are better than most of the stock ones on the pedal. With regards FRFR I play through the fender FR12 cabinet and think it’s a really great option as opposed to studio monitors. Really interest in the Kemper player but I’m hearing mixed reviews about whether it’s value for money. Enjoyed the video 👍

I have the Kemper player and am really enjoying it. Sounds great and I could discard most of my pedalboard.

I don't like ToneX at all, Line 6 is better than ToneX. Kemper plays the best for me. However, I have heard other profiles that play many times better than what I hear on the demo. My opinion, but I understand that not everyone may like it.

The kempers strength comes from the profiles chosen and created by the user. It’s like a blank slate. The down fall is the fact that it does not come with “tones” that are favorable IMO. Also the “rig exchange “ is like sifting through pig shit to find diamonds. It doesn’t take long to realize that bigs don’t produce diamonds. But all those negatives aside. Once you have “your rig” the effects are great the interface is great and the hardware is fantastic. Now maybe there is a steep learning curve with the Bluetooth? I have no idea. In short all of these units are fantastic. But for me the kemper wins hands down because I have a kemper lunch box and can make my one profiles. If I didn’t have the ability to do that I would pick the line 6 hands down. The tone x seems like they are behind the cube and late to the game. Thanks for reading.

I like your honest and sober overview over the current options. It feels like it's all a toss-up. I have two tube amps I love and from which I can coax most sounds I like. I want a digital product that gets the exact tones I know I love because my tube amps are often not welcome anymore (boo). I don't really want 300 half-assed amp models or go through a list of 20000 home-made profiles. I guess I'm an old fart now that has learned to play through loud punchy tube amps, and I find the profiler market as frustrating as it is exciting. I also think that some manufacturers are going the Gilette way of selling a cheap digital device, but hope to recoup costs by selling add-ons and DLC. Caveat emptor. To some extent I prefer the amp for life approach over the never-good-enough digital ecosystem gravy train. I'm afraid this digital world is creating a world of eternal want, and hence eternal unhappiness.

Quality video. Keep it up! Cheers.

"Ultra voltron kinda thing"! That had me cracking up. LOL

Whenever I see new products with the oldest USB ports it makes me wonder where else they cut corners and used cheaper components.

the kemper sounded thinner than the other 2...

Kemper user here and after all the hype about tonex I couldn’t not buy the tonex one . So far my opinions are . It’s noisy terrible gate ,average comp basic reverb . terrible terrible software , ficking through presets on tone net is a drag compared to kemper So slow and tedious. Has it got decent profiles yes if you spend some time looking . Kemper is a much more professional unit software is great everything is stable . Yes it’s old but so is a lexicon , eventide ect . Pro’s are it’s not ten times the price and fit’s in your pocket . I am going to give it a go at a rehearsal and see how it goes hopefully the noise isn’t too much of a problem. I think they’ll probably get there act together software wise at some point but atm is clunky af . All that said it could sit a the end of a board with some nice pedals with one or two amp sounds a do a great job although I haven’t tried that yet . The only reason you would get rid of your kemper for one of these is if you ran into financial difficulties.

Tonex sound, to me, like a real amp. HX second

I see no match between kplayer and tonex if the latter does not have any effects included. Sorry but it seems to me the typical attitude of speaking about bananas and apples being compared. Opinionable for the rest, does not convince me not to buy kplayer since I see too much subjective spelling around … kplayer cannot have obviously all of the features of the full stage version, simply because it costs less than half of it…

I have the Tonex software and have used it for engineering and I must be honest, I just can’t get a decent tone out of the thing. I also have a Kemper profiler and I still believe its tones are much better than the tonex. So I guess we just have to agree to disagree there. Although I also didn’t like the profile you chose for this video. There are way better sounding Kemper profiles than the ones you chose for the video. A few companies have made some excellent profiles for the Kemper and I still prefer it for studio recording over ToneX.

None of these units have been demod threw a pa mixing desk

GREAT VIDEO!! I am REALLY glad I found this one before just going straight to Kemper Player... I recently got a Blackstar St. James EL34 head and 2x12 exp cabinet - I LOVE the tones on this thing! And their cabinet modeling is really good too! - have you tried out or done a video on Blackstar St. James yet?! CUrious what you'd think reviewing it! THX!! (I subbed!)

Imo, the helix is one of the least realistic sounding modelers out there. So even though the hx stomp has more features on paper, I can't get past how bad line 6' modeling is

Twin on Kemper sounds the best, HX Stomp sounds weak and thin I think

Awesome video! Just found your channel. I am excited to see where it will go and how it will evolve over time 🤘

I just sold a Tonex. You can get some decent sounds if you really work at it but the overall product is pretty trash. The software is atrocious.

The Kemper seems to have an even worse user interface than the Tonex pedal, which is pretty hard to believe. 😕

Now I love Universal Audio and helix. So I play at home I have the helix plugin and better plugins. Great pedals Universal Audio. So I have for live a Quilter Block UK and I thing sound great. Now I don´t want the Kemper, I wan´t the Universal Audio UAFX OX Stomp Dynamic Speaker. I aprecciate yout honestity. Pick for bassmans, the real sound behind the pick. Cheers

Tonex is the best

Suara tonex di software berbeda dengan suara di pedals

I had a TONEX for two days. It's back in the store where it belongs. Nothing sounds better than a Kemper. Period. It's all about the sound, isn't it?...So, Kemper.

Please listen to other videos showcasing the profiles, much better sounding quality. Everyone compliments the sound their hearing thru my KEMPER both at rehearsal and live performances. Most guitar players go with KEMPER once they hear mine!

kemper sounds the best- the stage or toaster are truly the best- tonex has no gain without external booset and hx stomp sounds good

Teddy Fresh!

Very cool!.

Im a Kemper man, myself. Dont get along with tone x for some reason. I dont mind helix. That said, i really appreciate good, honest reviews with people who arent afraid to state their opinions. Great video my man

Seems like all the affordable modelers have their cons. Tonex doesnt have the option to split the outputs to a cab sim and a dry out to go into a power amp. Doesnt have effects or an effects loop. The kemper player doesnt do stereo. Only 4fx and doesnt support midi. The hx stomp can do a lot but is outdated. So we basicly need to throw money to get everything in one package. And what frustrates me the most. Why is kemper the only one that sells a unit with a power amp built in. But doesnt sound good through a normal cab. I dont get why all these brands cant make one simple product that supports every aspect you should get from an amp.

Come on guys... I heard Boss ME70 sounds good in live stages, bougth it and taste it yourself

Thank you.

Thanks a lot for the Video. Now i will buy the Tone X. The Sound from the Kemper is terrible and this for so mouch Money

Kemper still the best sound

Very odd. You could say that Tonex can capture better than the Kemper. Or that Fractal can sound better. But your conclusions are way different on Kemper compared to most people.

Thr screen on hx is to small

Two Notes Opus

well, hx an tonex sucked at plexi/5150. more then kemper. also you had reverb on hx, not fair. think kemper made the best fender clean. love my hx, i keep it as fx, uafx ruby frees hx dsp and blocks for what its best at: delays, modulation. with the ruby all tone tweaking immediateley stoped. hx had me changing amps, eqs, irs....

I think you’re absolutely wrong. The helix sounds like absolute shit. The Tonex is okay however do you really think IK are going to support their product for the longevity that Kemper have? UA have pedals but imagine buying them all? Surely that would cost more. I think the Kemper software is a lot more thought out, practical and straight forward. My 3 cents. I like your video and well presented though.:)

Kemper sounds amazing!

As long as boomers continue to infest the earth, Kemper will always have a customer base.

To me it all sounds like digital fizz. Give me the real thing!

You said “especially” like “expecially”

Tonex sounds better of the 3 Kemper didn't sound as good as I thought it and the Helix just didn't sound open enough more muddy of the 3 with Kemper running a close 2nd. Also the Tonex is only $400...if Kemper comes with a upgrade that'll model the amps more precisely I would go with it but Tonex would come 1st

Kemper is the best

The Kemper player is a less capable, more expensive option, than established competition. Most major retailers are selling the HX Stomp for $50 less right now. And Line 6 is charging for updates. Kemper's plan to sell features that should've been baked in render this new product dead on arrival.

Tonex sounds better

Awesome video. I am extremely surprised. Based on this comparison the Kemper does not sound good. It feels very unlike them.

Wow the 5150 kemper profile sounds nothing like a 5150. The kemper was easily my least favored.

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Kemper needs a Kemper 2 The profiling quality is not longer competitive versus Tonex and other modern alterantives

sory, but all three sound terrible, 😮but I personally think that the camper is a class above sory, but all three sound terrible, but I personally think that the kemper is a class above📣