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Hello all, My name is Douglas Thompson I am an ISCET certified electronics technician. I live in Tacoma Washington. I have been working on electronic gear for over three decades. I was teaching electronics theory at Clover Park technical College for over 4 years, and I was a field warranty technician for Carver for around 6 years. I still have and work on alot of these amplifiers every week. I am at the moment working on a pm1.5t that the entire fan assembly is missing, so I am trying gto find one to put in it.l

Hello all. I recently acquired some carver gear. An M500t amp and a TFM 35 amp. Looking for some direction on the M500. I understand it’s a dual voltage unit using low and high voltages on the rails. My issue is the relay doesn’t close upon power up. I’m leaning toward the op amp or something in that circuit. All the rectifiers check out good but I’m only getting around 30v on the low V side. Not the 40v it’s showing in the manual. The relay is good as I have supplied 24v to the coil to test it. I know these amps are different than most I’ve worked on but I’m ready to tackle this one. Thanks in advance for any input and I look forward to interacting with all of you. Cheers.

Newbee here,,,,, looking forward to learn what all this site is about. Had a Carver system 25 years ago ,,,,, now putting several Carver systems together for my own enjoyment,,,,, hope I'm not to late LOL🤕

That drumming sounds really good.

Chicago Underground Quartet, Good Days (album)

Yes Big Generator (Full Album 1987) https://youtu.be/aVFKarUsYx8?feature=shared

The Derek Trucks Band, Soul Serenade (album)

Slow smokey nightclub sound. And great baritone sax with him on this one.

Blondie Heart Of Glass