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Carver Raven 350 Amps

Has anyone heard these amps?
They supposedly can produce 350 watts per channel which in my opinion is remarkable for a tube amp. I have the Atma-Sphere M-60’s 3.3 and I love their tube sound.

But I am curious, Bob has made some very interesting products through the years.

ozzy
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erichgs
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Ozzy,

Just an FYI, the balanced outs on my DEQX are very noisy on the Carver 350s as well. RCA dead silent.  On the Benchmark DAC3, the balanced outs are quieter than the RCA outs, but not quite as quiet as the RCA on the DEQX. 
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ozzy OP
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erichgs,

Well its nice to know that we both hear the same noise (hiss).
Bob Carver doesn’t really believe me. He thinks there is something wrong with the DEQX.
Oh well, at least with using the RCA outs on the DEQX to the Carver it is dead quite.

BTW, have you mastered the DEQX?

ozzy
erichgs
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If by mastered you mean have it hooked up, then yes I have mastered the DEQX.
erichgs
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Swapped the Telefunken ECC801s pair in for the stock 12AT7s.  The improvement is larger than when I swapped the Telefunken ECC83 pair in for the stock 12AX7s.  Really happy with the sound improvements from these changes.
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ozzy OP
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erichgs,

There are a lot of settings in the DEQX and it can be difficult to master. The instructions make you jump back and forth. I was just wonderin’ if you have it figured out yet. I have found that my main DIY speakers sound best without any DEQX adjustments but the sub crossover, delay and mixing with the main is valuable.

On the tubes, is it the sum of both of the Telefunken tubes or is one slot better than the other?

ozzy
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