I'll give you an example of why I made the recommendation:
I had a client(who has his own PT setup with a 002 at home) that was in working on a new project(I have drums, keys and a dozen guitars he lacks). He did all his electric guitars thru his Kemper Profiler, which I patched thru a pair of Chameleon Labs 581 preamps(modestly priced Neve 1081 clones). After 2 days of tracking, he took the files home to edit and mix. At the last minute, he decided he needed another couple of guitar parts and tried to record them at home. He was unable to get the same quality that he got at my place(so he had to come back for another half day). You would think that the Kemper would bypass all that, but you would be mistaken
Every studio needs at least 1 "money channel"(and a matching pair is an even better idea).
