I hate walking away from a great amp deal but...

[Mincer]

The last time I used it, it was noisy. My Marshall have been acting finicky, so I have been using the Carvin for rehearsals. It sounds glorious. I am going to play with the line out a bit more, to see if I can get it quiet. I might use the Carvin @ 25w in the studio if I can.

Yeah, when these came out, it was before the whole "line out with speaker and mic modeling' thing. I would think it is just direct from the preamp.

 

[ehdwuld]

The 50 watt V3 Carvin heads alway made me shudder

It's power switch went 50/25/7

i love my Belair
It only Has a volume knob
and it whisper quiet or window rattling loud

and what tube amp sounds good at less than half up?

 

[maug2122]

You could flip it for ~$700, $600 if you want a quick turnaround.

Older Carvin amps are starting to gain respect and going up in price .
I still have my Carvin X-100 B, Legacy's and V3 amps .... Classic Killer Amps !!!!

 

[maug2122]

You might kick yourself again. When you said you don't need another large amp, were you talking about size or wattage? If wattage the X100B has a switch to go from 25, 50 or 100 watts.

That's a post 1986 Carvin X-100 B, for sure !!!!
After I got the amp dialed in right, my bandmates called the X-100 B, " The JCM 800 Killer " , because it replaced my Marshall JCM 800.