Mike,
I cannot speak for the BRX line but I can say I have been unhappy with the Redline amp I have. It has a lousy compressor that is always on and causes a farty sound unless you dial up the compression level. I also found that it is not the most reliable. After I started taking it to various engagements I started having problems caused by solder joints cracking. I also found that the main amplifier board and fan were not mounted correctly. This resulted in a broken fan shroud and the board being held in place with 1 screw and double sticky tape. I also have an RL210T. This was delivered with speakers that had basket deformations (approx 1 from peak to valley). Carvin did send me new speakers and eventually agreed to send me a new fan and an engineering change to mount the board better. However it does not say much to me about their overall quality. I am not hard on equipment so the problems are not the results of abuse. I now use the amp strictly for practicing at home. For everything else I use an Eden Navigator and QSC PLX3002 with various speaker setups.
One last thing to consider is Carvin equipment has a low resale value. If you decide you do not like it after a couple of months you will be lucky to get half the original price paid.
That said I do have a good opinion of Carvin basses. They play well and are well contructed. They are no Alembic but are a very good instrument for the price paid.
Keith
