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Thanks Mopardamo. Yeah, I'm definitely geeked out for sure. I picked up another C-1 to modify last Friday.

Yessir, I have the service manual from Hi-Fi Engines, and I agree, very interesting read for sure. My hats off to service techs that have to keep all the technical procedures on these different amps in check. The schematics are nice and clear in this manual, I can even read it!! This PS, or rather the service procedures described in the manual, intimidates the uninitiated>(ME)<. All I am going to do is check bias readings. Clean and oil the fans. I do not want me, or the 2.0t to die!! ?

I'm beginning to realize that fact, as I don't find near as much info out there on the 2.0t as the 1.0t, and 1.5t amps. I like my 1.5t. Yes, I'm referring to DC offset.

Thanks man. This is going to get overwhelming in a bit, I can feel it now. I need to talk to someone about these 2.0ts soonly. I'm getting ready to read the service manual. Do these have offset adjustments?

I believe you Rod. ? But I need that remote. ?

Uhhhmm. ?

That's nice, thanks for the heads up Andrew John. I did find the list of remotes from a post here, this site has some great info, and good folks. How do you like your C-5? How does it compare to the C-1? Hey Barry, how's it going? I bought an SL-J2 back when they came out, and have never looked back. The best TT for the $ in my opinion. Sounds fantastic to me, I just hope I don't get all my other gear to the point that I will be spending $2k on a TT to keep up with it. My favorite cartridges so far is the Ortofon TM14. I've tried several brands and price levels on this TT and always go back to the Ortofon. I went through two Ortofon TM10s back in the beginning when the TT never stopped spinning. Also a few bottles of stylus cleaner on the Discwasher brush. Now I don't get a chance to really enjoy those evenings like I want to, that cartridge may last forever. lol ?

Thanks for the welcome mat, DJ. Yessir, the sound I'm looking for is a combination of what I used to listen to with my first pair of Vegas in '83 and what I get with the SX-1250 playing the Paradigms, or Athena AS-F2s in my second system, but with much more authority. The 4 DX-9s in the 20x22 vaulted ceiling den have been impressive lately with this C-1/2.0t/CV system. I also have two B&K ST series amps that I swap into the C-1/CV system on a regular basis. They have beastly bottom end, and nearly unlimited headroom. The mids and highs with the B&Ks are way more laid back than with the 2.0ts. It's hard to take them out of the system once I get the EQ settings dialed in and listen to them for a week or so. What is good about the towers in my other system is they rarely get any tone adjustment at all, they play with no equalization, and play well. My biggest problem I'm running into these days is speakers. I have too many to choose from, swapping in and out of the second system(SX-1250). I just picked up a pair of Advent Heritage towers that look absolutely amazing. I've heard great things about them, so that will be another test session coming up to mix it all up again. No rest of the wicked... I mean weary, or whatever I mean, fack. ?

Can anyone suggest someone that might can help me piece together a power button for a C-5 pre-amp, and possibly find an original remote? I've run across several folks with missing power buttons on the C-5, was thinking of milling one out of black Delrin, gotta get in there to figure out the spring situation.

Thanks for the welcome , Dennis. Yessir, I've read quite a bit on the BillD mod. I needed another pre while the C-1 gets done. I just picked up a C-5, and an SAE 3000 pre yesterday to use while I do that. I've seen a few other mods for the C-1 that look promising too. Funds just got spent on the two other pre amps though. The C-5 is missing the on/off button, but the switch still works fine. I need to round up a button for it. If anyone has some ideas on that please let me know. Maybe even a remote for it.

Just came in a couple days ago, have been reading some threads on Carver repair and upgrades. I got into Carver last year with the first piece being a C-1 to control two QSC GX5s wired to 4 Cerwin Vega DX-9s that I restored last year with new spiders and surrounds, keeping cones and VCs original. That system was fairly potent, but just not the sound I was after, too generic, no sound stage, just raw punch, no soul. Next stage was a Carver M1.5t to play my Paradigm Eclipse Monitors, or Athena AS-F2s with. This was sweet, getting close to what I was after, but still didn't help with the big boys, So the DX-9s got turned on about twice a month only when it was time for serious jams at concert levels on the QSC amps. The 1.5t hooked to a pair of the CVs was ok, it had better sound than the GX5, but still not what they wanted, so it stayed hooked up to the Paradigms mostly. For some reason, I won't mix two different amps on the C-1 since I am playing 4 identical speakers. I want to keep two of the same amps hooked to it. After a time I found a passel of Carver PM amps for sale, two PM2.0ts, and one PM1.5A. I picked them up, and traded one of the GX5s off in the process. FF to now. I have the m1.5t, and the PM1.5A sitting in my bedroom waiting for another pre amp for them, while the two PM2.0ts are hooked up to the C-1 in my den with the DX-9s. I'm also running a TX-2 tuner in this system that I have a great fondness for, along with a Yamaha EQ, Yamaha CD player, Technics linear tracking tt, and a CV DB-10 bass excavator that has some magic inside that makes my system get nation wide, and it makes me grin a lot. None of these Carver components are perfect, they're old. But they are solid and are in 8 out of 10 condition. This set up has gotten me close to as satisfied as I will be until I slowly go through each component recapping and upgrading to the latest stage of mods and restoration that I read about here. The sound is fantastic, there is magic happening here that consistently blows minds. Bill Withers, or Floyd never sounded this good.