drkingfish
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| Best and Worst customer service? Carver, the phone # goes straight to the president's desk (no not Biden) | |
| What are your top three live concerts of all time? Trans Siberian Orchestra 2019 Stories of Christmas Eve, First time played in public for 25 yrs. Harry Chapin, shortly before he died. His band was stuck in Chicago by a winter storm and he got to Flint and played 3 hrs, just him. a chair and his ... | |
| Best Way To Maximize Preamp Tube Life? My Carver 350s came with a 10 yr warranty on amps and tubes (Bob later raised it to 50 yrs on all of it, long story) Even his new 275s come with a 5 yr warranty on everything. He runs them both conservatively and you can touch them even after hr... | |
| Carver and Tube Life If a tube in Mr C's 350 fail within 10 yrs he will replace it free. | |
| Free in-home testing? Jim Clark stereo at least for the Carver 275 and 350. He pays shipping to you and " We have an Iron Clad Satisfaction Guaranty with No-Restocking Fee if You are Less than 100% Satisfied with your purchase.. you pay shipping back to him, (that's f... | |
| Fuse Upgrade to Ceramic not glass Deaf and dumb definitely DO NOT go together, anytime, any situation or anyplace. However deaf and mute do go together, (father of a person who is mute but certainly not dumb)Dr Mark | |
| Carver, THE standard of excellence IMO I had a post removed by the moderator because in discussing Mr C's character I defined what a "man" was to me. Which Mr C meets above and beyond. It violated none of their criteria but too bad for me. You can't talk about character, achievement... | |
| Surge protectors and power conditioners - Good idea or bad? This is what I use for surge protectionIntermatic Smart Guard IG2240-IMSK Whole Home Surge Protector,Black Intermatic's Smart Guard Whole House Surge Protective Device provides coverage of your big investment equipment, from appli... | |
| Warning: China-Hifi-Audio.com You can"t avoid it but I minimize buying anything from China. I don't care if by unanimous vote of every audiophile if they made the best amp in the world and sold it for $100. Its a question that the government is corrupt, it is presently commi... | |
| Stirring Up Trouble Just for fun, you might want to know how you "hear" that sax or guitar. Just think how much fun you would have reciting this to someone admiring your gear. However do take a look at the 3rd paragraph up from the bottom.Taken from an article by D... | |
| Stirring Up Trouble a little long........however a very well written, articulate, researched article. Well done !!!! | |
| Amplifier brand/designer with the most unique and consistent “house sound?” I think this is a very educational discussion. Well done peoplem | |
| Amplifier brand/designer with the most unique and consistent “house sound?” I agree with articdeth Bob Carver. What a genius and I know that he voiced the Silver 7s 900 on Apogee Scintillas and the 350s were voiced on that ( I have a pair of Crimson, the only color choice they should have IMHO)) and now voiced the 2... | |
| Single driver speakers. Are they worth considering ? I have a set of Markaudio Alpair 12P set in a "pencil style" cabinet with appropriate internal organs and ports of 1" B grade Baltic birch on 3 sides. The front baffle is 1 that's right 1 solid piece" of 1 !/2" of FAS bookend bird's eye maple. N... | |
| Newbie Can't Decide Which Tube Amp There is a Carver VTA305 for $4900 and and Carver 350 in crimson no less (I own one) for $6500 on the "other" site and also a couple Carver 275s (I'm thinking bi amp) that combined is very close to your budget. IMO all are very competitive with p... |