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Whats up with Carver/Sunfire?

Why don't I hear more about this guy's stuff on the high end forums? He makes some pretty amazing equipment, to my untutored eyes; the sunfire power amp doubles down all the way to 1 ohm; it is compact and gives off very little heat..and now the "digital" amps are coming out (Rotel 1091 etc.)....I have never heard a sunfire, but why not drive my thiel 2.3's with a Carver + a tube pre? If I'm a duh, I have an excuse...I'm a lawyer.......mb
michaeljbrown
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mitch4t
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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.
jaybo
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carver doesn't take any crap. like klipsch, kloss, fried and others
jiegana
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Regarding Carver's 9t monoblocks...what about the famous Carver 4.0t?.
For what I know there's this story about Bob challenging two audio magazines that he could make a Amp sound like any amp they choose. Suposedly one of that amps were the 9t monoblocks and he "copy" their sound in the 4.0t.

I would like to hear personal experiences with it.

thanks

jiegana
a71spud
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Mitch4t -

What they won't repair old Carver stuff, does that include the old Sunfire stuff? Like subs and 2 channel amps made in the last 7 years?
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mitch4t
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Spud.....I'm sure they'll still repair old Sunfire stuff.
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