I'm thinking about getting a kemper for the ease of use and I could easily bring all my 10 amps everywhere with multipile profiles of either one at all channels. By the way I own a Peavey 5150 mk II which is more or less the same as the 6505+ and I would really recommend it, does any kind of metal really well, and it is the loudest amp I've ever heard. It really don't need any pedals in front, but I tend to use a boss sd-1 in front. Btw using it as a power amp (as bodom) is not recommended due to the lack of a master volume and/or level at the paralell effects loop, so either you get too loud or too little volume so a passive mixer is a must.