Bob Carver LLC has been purchased by Emotiva

24h365..Your full of crap. As I already stated, Sunfire emerged during the lawsuit between Bob and Jim Kropf in Federal Court in Seattle since Bob was not allowed to use the Carver trademarked name until the trial was over due to litigation. The trial went on for years. Having lived in the Seattle area since Bob founded Phase Linear in 1968 keeps us Audiophiles in Washington State on the inside track with Bob since we grew up with him here in the Northwest.

Azee, lighten up...

Your support of a locally produced product and the resultant dissatisfaction is clearly understandable and you paid for the privilege to share your opinion regarding the products you own. By now it should be equally clear that Bob Carver Tube Amplifiers LLC was a collaborative design and business that has produced a line of products that has been well received by seasoned audio hobbyist and not simply the typical entry level Emo customer.

Considering his age the sale of the company is understandable to me. While warrantee support maybe questionable the product is so well built in the old school tradition that, if needed, most third party repair should be straight forward.

Yes but the new buyers are no longer supporting the warranty on these units and the 1 year tube replacements. I never had a bad tube before so this is the first.

Anyhow I think bob carver staff have made it clear they wont replace the tubes as my emails are being ignored both from Dan and his tech staff for the past 1 week.

'Carver' produces no results from the emo search. There is some talk on the their lounge forum but it's so childish there isn't any actual information.

Well shitte!

Dragon, yours are the prototypes with captive power cords and unique transformers? How old would you say the tubes are?

Tubes less then 6 months old. Its making a popping noise and I can see blue electrical charges inside the power tubes when this happens. The VU Meter is also going crazy when this issue crops up now and then. I will be charging the tubes my self now. As im sick and tired of trying to get warranty support from Bob Carver.