Carvin Quad vs. Boogie Quad

[JiMoSiTY]

Hey Guys,
I'm interested in the Carvin Quad preamp, but I have some reservations about it.
I used to have a Boogie Quad and never could get enough gain out of it to please me, I was wondering if the Carvin has more gain or is it too close to the Boogie Quad tone??

It seemed to me like when I had my Boogie Quad, I had to use a PEQ with it to really get any good tone out of it at all, does the Carvin suffer from this same need as well?

[jgcable]

Re: Carvin Quad vs. Boogie Quad

Jim, you are talking to the Quad expert now. [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]

Channel 1 Fender crystal clean. Outstanding for clean with mucho clarity and headroom
Channel 2 is basically te same as channel 1 with more gain control
Channel 3 is unmodded Marshall JCM800 all the way. Lots of gain but not over the top. Great for classic rock or palm muted nu-metal.
Channel 4 is everything that a Soldano/modded Marshall, Mesa dimed out could ever be. With stock groove tubes it had more gain on 5-6 then a 1st generation Mesa Dual Recto on 10. The long tailed reverb was outstanding and 5 effects loops are always useful along with channel memory, channel cloning, built in switchable EQ etc... I used the Quad X with a Peavey sixty/sixty for a while and also with a Carvin T-100. It is a great preamp.