Originally Posted by Mike Halloran
<...snip...>It's too bad that Carvin is out of business as they had rack mounted powered and non-powered mixers up to 16 channels. 5 rack spaces, not 4, however.<...>
I liked Carvin gear. Through the years I had 2 passive speaker pairs and one active. I was in a band with a guy who had a Carvin guitar and amp.

The products were nothing spectacular but, good, solid, working musician's gear.

A few posts here, on another forum, the low price (with FX) and reading a lot of user reviews has made me shy about the Behringer. I really prefer 3 tone controls, too.

Off topic: I had a Peavy mixer back in the early1970s that had 4 tone controls. The lower midrange was nice, as it took the mud out of a channel.

OK. I just bought a Samson on eBay, supposedly in perfect working condition, from a company that refurbishes gear and has a 99.8% reputation.

This will definitely stall my need for a replacement. I'll keep my eyes open and hope somebody realizes the touch screen model on small mixers is not best for everybody.

I wrote a letter to a couple of companies that I trust explaining why they need to make at least one product for gigging musicians, telling them what we require. Perhaps one will come along.

If not, I can still get the old gear repaired, even if the price is steep. I'll just consider it the price of doing business.

Too bad, I really wanted something new, but if it isn't an improvement, it's really not worth it.

BTW, I didn't know Samson was a Sam Ash brand. Too bad they went belly-up, they used to have a local store in Miami when I was working on the cruise ships, and the people working there knew their stuff. We bought our first Parker Guitar there.

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