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Well, I've been away from the site for over 6 months. During that time I have received two M 1.0t amps back from Greg for the works (Mk II opt 002). I sent them in one at a time and planned to put one back in the system to do some comparison testing between a stock amp and a modified one. What a waste of planning. I put the left amp in place and powered the system on. The two amps are bi-amping some Paradigm Monitor 9 speakers. As soon as the system switched on my head snapped to the left! What a stunning difference between stock and Greg's mods! Seriously - I was stunned. The difference between the two was unbelievable. The left side was sharper, crisper, taut, and so much more full than the stock right side. I thought I would be hearing subtle differences between the two amps but it wasn't even close. There is no question in my mind that Greg's updates are well worth it and the workmanship/craftsmanship is excellent. During the past year I have made significant changes to my complete home theater system. I added a Yamaha Aventage RX-A6A 11.4 channel receiver and filled out my system with all Paradigm speakers. I have the Monitor 9s for the front, an LCR 350 for a center channel powered by another M 1.0t, rear LCR 350s powered by another M 1.0t, ADP 350 dipole side surround, and Titan V2 for front and rear presence. I have a Signature True Subwoofer in one front corner, a 12" Miller and Krisell sub in the other front corner, and a Polk 10" sub in the rear. I plan to add another True sub in the near future. Looking for a good one. I have three more M 1.0ts that I will sending to Greg over the next several months for his full upgrade.

Sent my junkyard find Carver M-1.0t into Greg for restoration and possible upgrades.He seems like a great guy and an individual who Truely loves Carver equipment and the wonderful people who own Carver products!!!! kudos to him and the whole Carver family!!!👍

Well, My wife and I and the dog had a beautiful road trip today in Michigan. We headed up to Greg @ Nelion Audio to drop off the MXR for a renew. Got to meet Greg and look at some equipment and chat a bit. Thanks for the compliments on the MXR . Can't wait for the finished product!

Ok, here the update: I replaced the PS capacitors the unit no longer was working. With the help from Les Wolff of Circuits and Concepts I was able to find that the HV at D623 &D627 were high 131v AC and 87v AC. Did some more TS and was to the point that the more I worked on it the worse it was getting. This little unit Carver 130 is not just something that I got off E-bay I have an emotional connection to it. Les was good enough to take a look at it. He found that there was a shorted capacitor on the preamp board and it was dragging the PS down. He also found a bad capacitor on the noise reduction board bad along with the tuner board that was intermittent. After all repairs Les completed the refurbishing and upgrades. I just want to point out that Les was great to work with, in my view he just loves Carvers and wants to keep them running. What I can say about my 38 year old Carver 130 is that with my DIY CSS speakers the sound is just stunning.

Beautiful day for a road trip up to @Nahash5150 homestead. Hope you guys have a great HALLOWEEN party.

Sold both my M200's to another friend at work. I think a am creating a carver group in Lansing.

Gifts and awards today. Thank you all.

Thanks for the Award @Sk1Bum I appreciate it.

hello All ! Olskool here …bought a Carver C-19 preamp today …Being shipped ..fingers crossed it gets here undamaged ,,,unlike my last two items Ive had shipped . Been doing this for years and had very little problems until last week . The Carver TFM55x had one handle smashed sideways and right channel scratchy and hums barely plays … waiting on FedX for ins adjustment ..hope it isnt too badly damaged .! Both items were not packed so well … When I ship something out it is packed as good as i can get it and its not going to be moving around inside the box ,,that is for sure . Crunched up paper is NOT packing material . imo

to Carver friends (jan 6, 24) I am looking for the best person out there to replace the ribbons on my 1989 Carver ALS (pair). Who can you recommend, out of those claiming to be good at this process? This will be the second time around for me, as years ago James Sauer did the first rebuild, but he is out of business. thanks for a good recommendation....and even with my tinnitis, I want my ALS sounding perfect again dan still have my Carver M1.ot, C-1 preamp, but for a dumb reason sold my TX2 Tuner.

Rob do you still have a 2000 for sale. Seen a few on eBay. Have an excellent performing AVR100 that has been updates by Roland Barr, but looking at a 2000 for my big screen TV. sen me a quick email elioronchini@hotmail.com Send me a cost, its physical and sound performance and any mods you have done to the unit Thanks, Elio

As an experiment try moving the ribbons to the opposite sides from each speaker, when they are next to each other they lobe out and cancel each other. Hook up a mic and REW and you will actually see the SPL fall off. Even though it doesn't look as kool you can actually stand them directly behind each other and add a small delay and they will rock. I have 3 pair and have experimented with many different ways and x-overs systems.

Thought I'd share that I just purchased a TFM-15CB power amp, and its driving a pair of Ohm Walsh4, Superphon Revelation II preamp with Micro Seiki MB-14 turntable. The Carver sounds great, it replaced a Marantz 250 amp, I know, classic and iconic amp.

Wanna say hello to everyone my name is Mark and it's an honor to be apart of the Carversite thank u.

Hi guys, I had a couple pictures of my bias millivolts and where I took those readings. I can’t figure out how to upload the pics from my photos to the site. Can someone assist this possibly technology challenged soul lol? Thank you in advance.

I just downloaded the service manual for my Carver TFM 6CB which was BADLY overheating. I suspect the cap's are bad as the amp works well for a while, but then overheats and the right channel cuts out. I'm going to do a refresh of all the capacitors on my Carver equipment. Parts are on order (capacitors and relays) from tedds.com and jacobsparts.com. I've played with audio equipment dating back to the mid 1950's, so I have a little experience with that.. Hope that everything goes well with the refresh.

Happy B-Day, hoping you got yo enjoy your day !!!!

Hi Carver Family, I have been reading content here for about six months, and I thank all for their vast knowledge and input. I am the original owner of a C1 and M500t since 1989, while raising and caring for family, my audio sort of took a back seat to family needs. I never seemed to have the time or space to trully enjoy my system (AR9 speakers, 1981). Now that I am retired, I finally have the time and space, but, its time to recap and upgrade! I was planning to recap the AR9's, but as luck would have it, I was simply replacing the speaker cable connectors, and the amp did not power up. The meter lights are on and the needles move as if there is output, but no sound. I have been browsing the content here which is quite helpful. My background helps in electrical industrial design, but amplifiers and sound circuits are little different animal. I have the service manual and will take voltage readings and compare them to the manual. That's about it for now. Not sure where I should post this. Any help will be appreciated.

DUe to receiving a Cinema 7 amp to work on , this site seems to be the ticket for things like that as well as learning more about Bob's stuff down through the years

Happy B-Day Raven !!!

Happy Bday Hal, nearing that Big one in a couple years ... 😂 Enjoy your day !!

Hey there Id like to hear impressions with your set up with them CVs, I just bought a C1 and an M 1.5t that im going to rotate with a pair of CV DX9s and Klipsch Chorus ii

Hello all, Merry Christmas from warm (54 deg F), rainy Winthrop. Snow is about washed away. Regarding my music system - since I am 81 and wear hearing aids, the best in the world is no longer needed. I certainly couldn't tell speakers apart as I could 30 years ago. I do have good hearing aids, though. Starkey wireless (but not the newer Bluetooth ones) XINO 110. The frequency response has about 6 channels. Can be set for 4 different response curves. The curve I use at symphony is essentially flat from 20 to about 15k Hz. I can hear timpani and piccolos. I want to get the Carver TX-11 working so I can get better FM response than the Rotel receiver. The problem is that the manual that came with my TX-11 does not remotely resemble the TX-11 owner manual I downloaded from this site. Also the service manual does not reflect my unit. The service manual shows that the tuner has 2 crystals, X501 and X502, and 2 trim capacitors, TC502 and TC507. My tuner has only 1 crystal and a single trim capacitor of a completely different shape than the ones shown in the various repair pages here and on YouTube. Am I at a level that I can upload photos of the PC boards, and a scanned copy of my owner manual?

I want to shout out to the person or people that thought enough of me to give an award. I just seen it in my email and it was a pleasant surprise. Thank you so much.

Will find out today if I go back to work next Tuesday

10 Yards of mulch dumped in the driveway. Guess I should get busy.

So when I try to say something in the chatbox it disappears when I submit it. So HAPPY EASTER TO ALL!

Idée Fixe is the real contagion.

Happy Birthday!

Big Thank you, Greg for the migration..., looks very good, even with the loose-ends you mention. 😁

Way to go Greg! Thank you for all the hard work!

Ola' Some of you might remember me as Staticvar in the past. I've been away for a few years. Looking forward to hooking up with you all again.

I have to Carver m500t amps running a set of vintage Cornwall speakers and let soundcraftsmen eq a 2bx dbx

@Nahash5150 Thank you for getting the site back up. Much appreciated. Huge value here in this community.

Nothing is everything, and everything is nothing

hello everyone. sorry ive been absent lately i've been very busy for the holidays. i hope you all have been well and have had a great holiday season.

Front speakers are in the house! w000h000! After falling in love with the sound of some B&Ws at the audio shops, I hunted these down on Ebay. Went with the DM 303s with an LCR-3 center channel, the DS6 THXs are coming in tomorrow for the rears!

I have been reading the CF amp build thread with some outside interest. On one hand, I find it to be a simple build, and I like that. Then there is the pure fact that even simple must be done correctly to avoid serious consequences. That is the parallel that is useful for me. You see, I am attempting to work on a N. Pass design from years ago, that yes, is simple, but unforgiving. Since there is little in the way of information, except for one partial schematic, it is threads, that actually are just that, threads of a bit of usable info here and there. In short, I very much appreciate your input as to keeping the wheat from the chaff on these topics. Accurate knowledge is valuable.

Hi Greg, For Donations, can you direct me to the site, or info needed to do so.. $50.00, is that a good average of a donation ' , first time doing so. Thanks

I hope to get some awards worked out this weekend. I think everyone will really like some of the changes.

Hello everyone! This is the FIRST STATUS update on this forum. I believe it was @Daddyjt that nabbed the very last post on the old site. Maybe we'll make a special award for that - the Mud Duck award. Anyway, you may need to enable your status updates by going to 'Edit Profile' on your profile page, then toggling the slider to green, then save. Also, when you FOLLOW other members, you are alerted when they post status updates so you can always check out what's happening! More tips and tricks coming!

Scanning the eBay pages and came across something that I had to laugh about. There is a TFM15bc for sale that has a remote with it and the description says, " “The unit does not power on but it does make noise when it is pluggin in”😂

Mxr150 and m1.0t paired to some Frankenstein CV VS150's