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Short time lurker, first time poster. Handle is pronounced "weirdo" if you were wondering. Recently secured a pair of Original Carver Amazings (S/N 1227) that are in surprisingly good condition for the $400 I gave for them. After replacing some screws on the ribbons, gently tightening, and gluing one of the honeycomb woofer's "cone" back to its motor assembly they have been pleasantly coming back to life. Currently powered by a 150ish w/ch Honey Badger amplifier I built to power a pair of Infinity RS6000s that were my mains until the Amazings arrived...and the Amazings will definitely need more juice!! That juice will be provided by a couple Slewmaster amps I have yet to build, hopefully in the 500w/4r ballpark (5pair Sanken MT-200 outputs each)... Searched for these speakers for roughly 5yrs and super grateful to have found a pair to call my own. They will be relished until my last breath. Anyway, very thankful this forum exists and hopefully I can reach out to sea (Ed) about 30" ribbon repair (or purchasing a pair of 60" ribbons)! If you've read this far, thanks for your time!!

Hi All, New member here. Big into cars and guitars, and if course live listening to music as well. I was using an 80s vintage JVC receiver cant remember the model) through Yamaha speakers until last year when a moving accident ended the receiver. A relative happen to have an MXR-130 in mint condition that he GAVE me. Very generous of him. Anyway, last month my wife asked my 5 year old son to turn the volume down (normally not allowed to touch the stereo cabinet). Not his fault but he turned it down past the limit and now the volume control is binding. I took the covers off and visually inspected the pot (?) and there are frayed wires spun around the axis. I contacted an outfit near me that can work on these units, but it sounds like Id need to spring for a package deal including some upgrades and refresh for other parts. He declined to sell me the part alone, which I understand. Does anyone know where to locate a volume board or even the pot(?) itself? It sounded spectacular when it worked so id hate to just part the thing out. Thanks in advance for any advice. --Alfa

Thank you very much for the info. Edit: I have an ebay alert for the parts since the damage was done. Ill "follow" the ebay account you mentioned.

What happened? 1) Glass audio crashed in 2021 and left Bob Carver Co closed, with backorders and 2000 unanswered emails. 2) I talked to Bob and Peggy in late 2021 about building high quality products and starting yet again another company to build Bob Carver tube amps. 3) In Feb 2022 Bob Carver LLC (Bob and Peggy) and BC Audio (Jim and Lerma) were formed. The Crimson 275 was a planned source of revenue while designing other new world class products. 4) A 'well connected' industry veteran convinced me he had an existing supply chain that could provide manufacturing engineering at competitive prices and production in compressed time frames. The cost and time required were not in the ballpark. The cost were exceeded by 300% and the time required was exceeded by 600% further exhausting our resources. 5)Two months after our start-up, Audio science review came out with a devastating review of the Crimson 275. Photographic evidence of the 275 using clearly labeled 15 watt output transformers in the 75 watt amp, gave ASR a 'kick me' sign the size of a billboard on the companies back, it's very sad. Also ASR showed a picture of the unused earth ground pin and told readers that the 275 could result in a 700 volt shock to the user, although 2 prong power cords are common in audio, using a 3 conductor cord and leaving the earth pin unused was another 'kick me' sign on the companies back. Bob requested that we offer refunds for the 275 and offer to rework the grounding and polarity issue at no charge with free return shipping. Instead of BC Audio having revenue from the Crimson 275 as a start-up company to survive on, while the new world class products were coming, we started out giving refunds and free rework, being accountable for a company before our time, that made serious mistakes and errors in judgment, imho.. BC Audio paid dearly in terms of standing behind the old company and the damage to the brand resulting from ASRs review. Without revenue, we carried on for 2 years. Today, BC Audio is closing. Sales are very slow. Customers still read ASR and contact me weekly with concern that their Carver Crimson 275 will kill them. We still get pictures of the 15 watt transformers in the 75 watt amp and called a fraud, scam, liar and other unpleasant terms. Rating the 275 @ 75w, 20Hz to 20K harmed the credibility in the brand. I can't change the past or go back and slap the people who made those choices.. They will have to live with it. I made course corrections but the heavy damage was done. The power rating should have been specified as 75W at 1Khz. The specifications quantitative error was damaging. We built one batch of 285s that are truly world class and excellent, but failed to launch as a company, mainly due to baggage from the past attempts at building these products before my time, imho.. BC Audio LLC was founded in Feb 2022 by Jim Clark. Everything we produced met specs and was perfect from Feb 2022 forward. Products produced by prior companies attempts at producing Bob Carver products, like those reviewed in ASR are not the responsibility of BC Audio. BC Audio produced world class products that we stand behind and take great pride. BC Audio customers will be contacted directly with my private info for service and support of our products. There are not many of you, and most are friends. The Carver products produced before Feb 2022 are not BC Audio responsibility. Information for service on products before Feb 2022, will be provided on the landing page that will be posted on the Bob Carver website. Here is a link for tube amp service. https://bctubeampservice.company.site/ The Bob Carver company before Feb 2022 is no longer my concern. The players before my time here, can take responsibility for their decisions and harm to the legacy. BC Audio made world class products none the less, and we stand behind those 100% with full warranties and service. We extracted every ounce of performance from the Bob Carver designs with a high quality build and made a world class product. It's sad only 25-285s will be built, because they offer the truly awesome performance the Carver designs are capable of, but sadly, they can not correct the past. Best wishes to all.

Hello I am new to the site I have a Carver htr 885.1 and running Klipsch speakers the tall skinny black ones. Recently while listening to some loud Sammy Hagar my system just shut down. I assume it overheated. Now the standby light just flashes. I tried the 24 hour unplug 3 separate times now and nothing. Any advice would be great.

I googled the part# when I first took it apart with no luck. Ill have to look at it again in the AM. And thank you for the warm welcome.

I'm beginning to like Duke Ellington tunes a whole lot better:

Thanks @Dennis47! They are shaping up to be my best speaker investment to date😍

We will be at Carverfest, then on to Texas for the first half of September. We will still have someone available here at the shop though. I also plan on keeping up with emails and phone calls.

The Blues Brothers "B" Movie Box Car Blues (LIVE Version)

Thanks for the warm welcome! I'm happy to showcase my setup and projects once Novice status has been achieved. The Carver Site might get a kick out of the Quasimodo looking crossover upgrade I did on the RS6000s...good thing they sound better than they look!!

Hi Everyone, I heard from Peggy, Bob Carver's wife, yesterday. I am delighted to report that she and Bob are still set to attend!! Ed

The scheduled events so far are: Sunday Evening Sept 8 - Dinner at cabin 8. We have again invited The Stonewood staff. We are planning a little different menu this year. Saturday Evening Sept 14 - For the fifth year Stonewood will host us all for an evening of good food and music at The Yard. Please reply with other events if you would like to organize one or host one.

Bob is the reason I ended up affording to start building a stereo in 1984. I bought a MXR130 receiver and a DTL100 cd player with a pair of Clements RT7 speakers that i still have today. I have gradually changed and upgraded slowly to what I have today but my system is not elaborate. I now have a Prima Luna EVo 300, 2 Black magic 350's, denon DCD A110 SACD/CD player and a blue sound vault. I love the way my system sounds and Bob is the raeson I started my hobby as his designs are so pleasing to the eye which are timeless and never look out of date. Thanks Bob for being the great person that you are.

If "scarcity" drives value, our Carver gear may gain as a result! 😉 ..., another positive!

Customers are reporting back that Steve Guttenburg "nailed it" and is "right on" with his review of the RAM 285.. Steve sent the amp back after the review. Steve is an honest man. No strings attached. He serves his viewers well.

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