jbhiller
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| Owners of Carver Crimson 275 -Caution/Warning--Potential Increased Risk of Electric Shock @daveyf , Agreed. Personally I like the sound of the amp quite a bit through high-efficiency speakers. However, this whole thing is a dog and pony show. I really respect Bob and what he has done for the hi-fi community. However, the responses from... | |
| Owners of Carver Crimson 275 -Caution/Warning--Potential Increased Risk of Electric Shock Carver Corporation Refund: By the way, Bob Carver (by handle) chimed in on ASR offering a full refund to consumers who bought the amp if they want it, directing consumers to email info@bobcarvercorp.com | |
| Owners of Carver Crimson 275 -Caution/Warning--Potential Increased Risk of Electric Shock I have asked EJ Sarmento of Wyred4Sound the following questions on the ASR thread where he chimed in: "Folks have raised these salient questions to which there has been utterly no response--just conclusory statements by Malitz and now Bob. Maybe... | |
| Owners of Carver Crimson 275 -Caution/Warning--Potential Increased Risk of Electric Shock Hi @jea48 , can you explain the takeaway for us from this observation? Are you saying the B- is properly handled so we do not have to worry about other means of chassis grounding? | |
| Owners of Carver Crimson 275 -Caution/Warning--Potential Increased Risk of Electric Shock @jea48 , I wish you were in my town and I could take a class from you. Thank you. It seems we may be seeing an update from Carver Corp. on this soon per Jim Clark. However, @jea48 , if Carver Corp.'s offer is to chassis ground the scheme would... | |
| Owners of Carver Crimson 275 -Caution/Warning--Potential Increased Risk of Electric Shock Just sent him a message asking... 1. Update on Lack of Chassis Ground 2. Whether Bob Carver specified the 15w Edcor output transformers in the design? (noting OPTs and PT now have hum and buzz). | |
| Owners of Carver Crimson 275 -Caution/Warning--Potential Increased Risk of Electric Shock I saw that. I'll email him now. | |
| Owners of Carver Crimson 275 -Caution/Warning--Potential Increased Risk of Electric Shock @raysmtb1, many of us respect Bob and love what he’s done for hifi. He’s a legend in my book. Go read my posts about this amp. You’ll see we’ve given him the benefit of many doubts. But anyone saying the lack of proper grounding on this amp is not... | |
| Owners of Carver Crimson 275 -Caution/Warning--Potential Increased Risk of Electric Shock Still waiting on @FMalitz to provide an update on his engineering department's review of the issue. At some point, I'll just call Music Direct. | |
| Owners of Carver Crimson 275 -Caution/Warning--Potential Increased Risk of Electric Shock @jea48, Thank you once again. Yes, I was wondering about that neutral hookup to the power fuse. I built a very very simple single ended amp about 4-5 years ago and the plans came from a book. I remember the author saying something just like yo... | |
| Owners of Carver Crimson 275 -Caution/Warning--Potential Increased Risk of Electric Shock @czarivey , Thank you for your courtesy. Lovely. | |
| Anyone pairing Cornwall IVs with solid state amplification to good results? @bjesien , Yes you are right! I need more coffee today. I was referring to @blkwrxwgn . Please excuse that. | |
| Owners of Carver Crimson 275 -Caution/Warning--Potential Increased Risk of Electric Shock Carlsbad, I would think that any tube power amplifier using power transformers, output transformers, which has 600+ volts going on in some sections must use a grounding scheme that grounds to chassis and to earth prong so that if something happens... | |
| Owners of Carver Crimson 275 -Caution/Warning--Potential Increased Risk of Electric Shock @carlsbad, I would ask you to re-read my post. I talk about an "increased risk". I cannot quantify it, but I would agree that a good strong weld should not come loose. But they can and do come loose. While it may not be probable, it is entirely po... | |
| Owners of Carver Crimson 275 -Caution/Warning--Potential Increased Risk of Electric Shock As an aside, my amp does not have the film capacitor and resistor linked to the speaker output terminals. Bizarre. |