Bob Carver LLC has been purchased by Emotiva

Sorry I couldn't help myself. The guy has one track mind and such hatred for carver products and the man himself. I apologize to the tea party and Sara Palin ;)

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Dracule, I understand. The guy is full of it. I think a pill exploded in his head. Take a look at my system page, I own several pairs of Carver Silver 9t monoblocks. They are now 20 years old and still going strong and as bulletproof as ever. They are driving the bass columns in my Infinity IRS Beta speakers. They also drive my amp-killing Infinity Kappa 9 speakers. Both speakers present a serious load for ANY amp, the Carvers hold their own. Hardly the junk Audiozen claims Carver to be. My Carver amps have never been serviced and have never given me a problem....and I drive the hell out of them.

Bob might have ticked off some dealers with this latest move, but his products speak for themselves. The marriage to Emotiva is a continuation of Carver's history of a good product for a fair price. Again, if you look at my system, the Carver amps take their place among some very respected names in hifi. I've tried a lot of big names, and Carver is not junk.
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Hey Mitch,
Just wanted to throw in an off-topic comment. That is one heck of a room you have. Very nice system.

One track mind? No way. I was harsh on Bob's current tube amps that appears to be a very good quality product. But here are the objective historical facts on Bob's company back in the 80's and 90's in Lynnwood, WA. I was a former member of the Washington Audio Society back in the 90's and Bob attended a couple of our monthly meetings on Mercer Island. At the time, the only good reliable products he was making were his tube amps which were made in house at the factory in Lynnwood. By 1990 all his solid state products were manufactured in Asia. I knew many Audiophiles at the time that were pissed at his solid state pieces since they had the same problems as I did. On going defect problems with his solid state manufacturing. I am not exaggerating at all at the number of Carver solid state pieces that came into repair at Magnolia Hi-Fi every month. Any reputable business man would not allow these problems to go on continuously for ten years as Carver did which was disrespectful to Audiophiles and would have made adjustments to correct those problems which is why Carver sales tanked and the company went out of business and Bob moved his operations to Issaquah, WA. and started Sunfire. Other companies from that time period such as ATI, SAE, Luxman, Accuphase and McIntosh had much better quality products. As far as tube amps, I'll take a used Conrad-Johnson over Carver any day of the week.

Mitch4t, you have an awesome system. For the record, Bob Carver was the designer of Bob Carver, LLC. Bob C was not in charge of the financial side of the operation; Bob F was. My understanding is that the decision to sell to Emotiva was made by Bob F, who has now retired from high end and is traveling the country-good for him. The pricing of the Bob's tube amps was decided by Bob F, not Bob C. FWIW, the new reduced pricing of the Bob's tube amps was not Bob C's decision either. So I think it's a bit unfair to trash Bob C for decisions that were not his.