Can't comment on the Carver, but had the Hafler 110 built as a kit by myself. It worked great, but compared to some of the similar pre's of the time, I thought the Hafler was a bit on the hard sounding side, mostly noticed in the upper mids. Was slight, but audible. I purchased a used B&K Pro 5 preamp and found it better sounding. As Ralph says, there are others than these two.
