Hi stratt,
  The kremper is far better then the rectal axe 2, just tried it today. 
  The flaw of the rectal Axe against the kremper is the harshness (way bettter then other simus) and the dimension,the room.  
But if you cannot hear the difference between a good mic.ed amp and this rectal amp ,`you don´t know how to microphone an amp and can not play loud in your (home-) studio,the rectal is too good for you.

It doesn´t mean, why you spend thousands of bucks  for this rectal,
that it sounds better then an good mic-ed amp.
To call me smug shows your way of discussion ,simply not respecting other
opinions.
And , to make it clear, if I´m am smug your are a simple idiot,  
and this is not to apologize.

At the end of the day, if you can get the guitar sounding good and sitting in your mix the way YOU like it, then it doesn't much matter.