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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..

 

 

 

silverfoxvtx1800
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jerryg123
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Russ is right, Quicksilver. 

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jasonbourne52
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Avoid the new Carver tube amps. Poor design and execution.

silverfoxvtx1800 OP
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I haven’t found anything bad with Quicksilver, boy there’s a lot of research involved, \

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zufan
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My Black Magic arrived earlier this month. Put it on my kef blade 2. These are not easy to drive (properly). Dug it so much I listed & sold my Sanders Magtech to pay for a 2nd amp. Which arrived 2 days ago. Zero regrets. 

Ergo: Black Magic running mono. See my system page. 

Ergo: ask ACTUAL OWNERS like me what they're like, their service, and oh yeah: they sound killer. happy to chat @silverfoxvtx1800 

 

 

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ghdprentice

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.

I think that's a very fair summation, @ghdprentice. Bob has been around a long time and designed some interesting products, but the lifespan of his companies and products in remarkably short. It's hard to take anything he might be selling now seriously.

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