Carver equipement good??

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The Carver Silver 9t solid state monoblocs are excellent amps if you put a good preamp in front of them. I ran them with an Audio Research Ref3 and they kicked ass. 575 wpc @ 8 ohms, 900 wpc @ 4 ohms. I used them to drive the amp-killing Infinity Kappa 9 speakers.
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In a second system I am still using the Carver 15b amp. Nice features, clean sound. Also used the "Cube" amp to great effect. I really enjoyed the Carver products. Better than the run of the mill, gear from the far east IMO.

He is still at it. Check out one of his latest offerings: http://cgi.ebay.com/305-watt-BLACK-BEAUTY-Stereo-monoblock-tube-amplifiers-/180655213414?pt=Vintage_Electronics_R2&hash=item2a0fe3cb66

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In fact I just bought two Carver M 1.5t's and couldn’t be happier:

The first amp I use to drive the front channels of my home theater system. Tons of power and is a huge upgrade from the relatively weak output of my HT receiver. I picked up a classic set of ADS L-1230’s and the synergy is great. I can actually listen to music on that system now. I am looking for an older set of Altecs next (Model 19 with luck) and look out. I might even spring for the MKII upgrade. Overkill for movies but great for parties – just add beer. The second amp drives my computer's analog output to a set of Proac Tabletts. I have to say, for what I paid it's quite good. I added an older Yamaha sub and I can now really enjoy the output without having to fire up the main system. Maybe not the best match for the Tablettes – I’d rather find a vintage tube amp but for now it’s pretty good. There are technicians that will upgrade the older Carver amps with various arrangements of new, high precision critical components. I am considering it myself. Supposed to make a “good” amplifier very, very good. I have picked through lots of positive reviews. Are my amps as pleasing to the ear as a Pass Labs X-250.5, Krell FPB or Rowland Model 8? Will they have all the tubby goodness of an ARC ref 600 set or a fully restored Citation II? Probably not, but you are talking about two different leagues. You couldn’t buy the shipping cartons for one of the aforementioned amplifiers for what I paid for both of the 1.5t’s. I just love em and God bless bob Carver for making a line of very good audio equipment that was really quite affordable. My first “real” CD player was a Carver and I saved for a couple months to cover the $700 it cost me. I picked up a Carver pre and a pair of 1.0t’s – powered a set of Klipsch Heresy’s and a 12” JBL pro sub in a large concrete basement. I entertained the better part of a two mile radius with that system. I’ve mellowed a lot since then but I still appreciate the Carver amps; now for different reasons.

Where they “all that”? Matched with the right speaker and musical content : Polk SDA-SRS, Infinity Kappa 9’s, Klipsch LaScalla and good old rock and roll, they were about as good as it got without spending considerably more money and look a hell of a lot better than my mullet did.

(just kidding about the mullet ... no really)

Carver tubes and sunfire can be awesome. I got rid of my Carver solid state gear as soon as I compared it to true mid/high end gear. It can't touch amps such as Anthem or Classe let alone something like Pass Labs.

Basic Carver is extremely loud for the money, but no definition nor any quality highs.