Carvin Mixer Quality

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Hello, I have been thinking of replacing the FOH mixer at the concert hall
that I work at. I have been researching and I came across the Carvin SL40
mixer. I read a little and it's got the right features, but I was just
wondering about the overall quality of Carvin and their products. Has
anyone used this mixer or another Carvin mixer. Are they durable, do they
have good mic preamps, do they have good quality pots and sliders?? Feel
free to give me your comments or suggest other mixers that would do the job.
I am looking for a mixer that has at least 40 channels, preferably a Center
Mix slider in addition to L & R sliders, 8 aux outs, 8 subgroups, direct
outs, a quasiparametric EQ (I am replacing a Mackie SR40-8 and I believe
that had a quasiparametric). I have a budget limit of $6,000.
-Luther in ND

 

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>Hello, I have been thinking of replacing the FOH mixer at the concert hall
>that I work at. I have been researching and I came across the Carvin SL40
>mixer. I read a little and it's got the right features, but I was just
>wondering about the overall quality of Carvin and their products. Has
>anyone used this mixer or another Carvin mixer. Are they durable, do they
>have good mic preamps, do they have good quality pots and sliders?? Feel
>free to give me your comments or suggest other mixers that would do the
>job.
>I am looking for a mixer that has at least 40 channels, preferably a Center
>Mix slider in addition to L & R sliders, 8 aux outs, 8 subgroups, direct
>outs, a quasiparametric EQ (I am replacing a Mackie SR40-8 and I believe
>that had a quasiparametric). I have a budget limit of $6,000.
>-Luther in ND
>
>
>

Carvin is not known for great quality. Not better than the Mackie that you are
replacing.

You would be better off with Soundcraft, Allen & Heath, Crest, Yamaha, and a
few others.

Richard H. Kuschel
"I canna change the law of physics."-----Scotty

 

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"Luther Bell" <freakoftheweek0000@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hello, I have been thinking of replacing the FOH mixer at the concert hall
> that I work at. I have been researching and I came across the Carvin SL40
> mixer. I read a little and it's got the right features, but I was just
> wondering about the overall quality of Carvin and their products. Has
> anyone used this mixer or another Carvin mixer. Are they durable, do they
> have good mic preamps, do they have good quality pots and sliders?? Feel
> free to give me your comments or suggest other mixers that would do the
job.
> I am looking for a mixer that has at least 40 channels, preferably a
Center
> Mix slider in addition to L & R sliders, 8 aux outs, 8 subgroups, direct
> outs, a quasiparametric EQ (I am replacing a Mackie SR40-8 and I believe
> that had a quasiparametric). I have a budget limit of $6,000.
> -Luther in ND
>
>

I'll relate my experience with Carvin mixers. I recommended one of their
mixers for a production studio at a radio station a couple years back. They
had constant problems with power supply failures. The board was
ultra-sensitive to static electricity as suggested by evidence related by
the users and what they were doing at times of failure. Apparently just
touching the board after walking across the carpeted floor was enough to
kill it.
To make a long story short, we had that board in for repair twice. After a
third failure, Carvin replaced the board with a new one. That board also
failed. All power supply failures.
We replaced the board with a Behringer model and that's been going strong
for a couple years now with no issues.
In short, Carvin looks nice on the books, but in practice, we found them
utterly unreliable.


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Best Regards,

Mark A. Weiss, P.E.
www.mwcomms.com
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Carvin is run by a family that are apparently big bible thumpers. I am
not saying all the fundies are technically inept but Carvin sure is.
Their guitars have had bizarre issues and no one wants to work on them.


BTW it is named after the kids, but it's Gavin and Carson, not Carmine
and Vinnie as I said earlier.