Yes, l believe Carvin is no longer, at least not their amps. I got mine when they were liquidating, but you can find them used online as well.
Carvin changed the name of their guitars to Keisel, and severely scaled back the product range that had carried their name - a massive line of guitar & bass amps, as well as sound reinforcement gear - but they do
still make power amps:
https://carvinaudio.com/collections/lt.
But to get back to the original question, this is where I came in; I had been lurking for a while when this question came up for the hundredth time & I could hold my tongue no longer - so about 15.5 years ago I joined just to say (as I have said many times since) that the only power amp I would spend my own money on, and the only one I'd argue for
you to spend
your money on if a system I'm mixing on depends on it, is Yamaha.
Every other power amp I've used colors the sound some, and you have to choose which color you prefer; Yamaha takes what you put in and sends it back out unchanged (except, of course, way louder....).
And, as I have also said before, in my working days I used Crown, Crest, QSC, Peavey, Trayner, and probably a few I'm forgetting, and Yamaha is the
only brand that never crapped out on me during a gig.
Never. And I heard similar experiences related by my colleagues; never heard anyone say otherwise. They are the shizzle, period! (I will add the caveat that my experience predates the emergence of Class D amps - and my 4 back surgeries attest to that - so I don't know how they stack up.)
Yeah, they pack some poundage. But if you want the very best enough to hump the weight - or pay roadies (naturally, my preference
), Yammie is the ticket.
Your turn, Wolf...........
Peter (who came for the amp pimping, but stayed for the great folks!)
