Whats up with Carver/Sunfire?

Michael, if you can find a pair of Carver Silver 9t monoblocs....get them. They are usually about the same price or less than a Sunfire stereo amp. The Sunfire amps are very good also, but the Silver 9t's are better. I currently own both of these amps. They hold their own against much more expensive amps.

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...please, no comments about the mess, I'm going to clean it up today. I was just trying out a few amp, preamp and speaker combinations.

Dave,....the speakers really sound great. The thing with them is the scale of the presentation that they bring. It is truly another level of listening. I'm still dialing them in. I have three preamps and I'm trying to decide which one to keep: Audio Research Ref2 Mk2, Pass Labs X.02 or Audio Research LS-10. They all have their strenghths. The Pass preamp hasn't even been fully burned in yet.

The crazy thing about all of this is, there is a pair of Infinity IRS V for sale here on the 'Gon....I may make a bid for those.

Just went to the Sunfire site yesterday and found out that they no longer make 2 channel amps and preamps any more. They are pretty much saying that home theater is where it's at nowadays.

I also saw on a Carver users group bulletin board that Sunfire will no longer repair old Carver gear within the next couple of months.

Spud.....I'm sure they'll still repair old Sunfire stuff.