Best Carver stereo solid state amplifier design


i would like to know what is the best design Bob Carver has made.Is it really considered hifi.What could we compare the sonics of his best designs to.Can we compare his stuff to mark levinson,spectral,krell.Many people are fans of him but we dont hear much about his work in hifi magazines. Does it mean its only good for home theater or what.Anyone out there can answer on the sound quality of his stuff.Any comparisons made to the big league.Thanks pat
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Still have my 't' mod cube out in the garage. Debate continues on the subject of total rebuild and use as a sub amp for a DVC homebrew design.
Al might have used his with higher sensitivity speakers, but I had very good luck driving a pair of vintage Magnepan MG-1s. It was neck and neck as to which ran out of steam 1st, Maggies or cube.
This was a very impressive (to me) combination especially after I added my First Ever CD player... A Magnevox / Philips FD1001 an original 14 bit player sitting in the next room looking for a laser pickup.
The Phase Linear stuff, especially the 400 is landmark equipment.