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Bob Carver tube amps

Hello, looking for Carver amp info the read out there is a little sketchy. Is that place still in business? And who is actually making the amps? Do the have a factory in the Pacific Northwest….I live in the Pacific Northwest so I could drive there if I had a problem.

I need a tube amp for my Klipsch speakers, you tube heads out there is this the brand I should buy or is there a better option?

I can still remember in the 70s when my father in law went to the factory and grabbed me a Phase Linear amp and preamp off the factory floor..I had more problems with that thing, once and a while it made a super load pop when you turned it on..

 

 

 

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ghdprentice
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@mbrusso 

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Carver was innovative but seldom produced gear that sounded great… although often different (seldom in a good way), and not very reliable.

ghdprentice
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I have followed Bob Carver over his career. Sometimes there are guys that think outside of the box and try different approaches to things. That is Bob. But I would never buy a Carver product… short attention span and poor at execution. Flamboyant and innovative. I want rock solid engineering and execution. I would look at Conrad Johnson, VAC, Audio Research for high quality tube gear.

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