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  1. You might want to move your post to another one of the more applicable sections of the forum.
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  2. "Trading big romantic gestures in the one moment with impressionist subtlety in the next, the pianist's fingers navigate across the keys with rare conviction, as if he were reading the music off a sheet. In the process, Wania demonstrates relentless precision and effortless speed that appear to be informed by his background in classical music. The conflation of the classical world of piano music and jazz amount to an abundance of nuances, textures and forms in the hands of the pianist, covering a wide range of impressions, emotions and atmospheres in a matter of under an hour." continued
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  3. If it weren't for the 'Sony Bond Glue' issue, I believe the Yamahas would be taken more seriously. Fortunately It isn't a problem in the M-50's. I have my eye on an M-85. That series is very robust. More importantly I may be acquiring a 4th MX-130. I'm sure it won't be my last!
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  4. I used a Yamaha C-85 pre and T-85 tuner for years with a pair of M-400ts and later with a pair of M1.0ts. I still have the Yamaha gear.
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  5. Update on the equipment: In the Yamaha M-50 I found a broken wire in the transformer after being told they never go bad... It's now working very well. I will make any adjustments necessary once I learn how. The other will get the same. I am a fan of these power supplies and had to see how Yamaha did it and lost out to Carver in the process. These particular amps have extremely good numbers. I would like to find a couple M-70's that need work. I have three MX-130's. All parts arrived for them. Bought relays in bulk! The last one suffered an unfortunate event. I was troubleshooting it and a previously hidden metal spacer fell into an output transistor 2SC1320 taking it and two drive transistors out along with three resistors, one of which burned in a spectacular fashion! After replacing all known bad parts,I powered it up carefully with a 1946 vintage variac and all power supply rails were normal. I planned on replacing the two larger transistor complements prior to listening, but as an experiment, decided to listen to it. Despite the 'mismatched' transistors it sounds fantastic. No adjustments were made. Like the Yamahas I need to learn how to adjust all aspects before turning anything. If all goes well I will gift one Carver and set of Polks to my son when he gets winged as an NFO in July. He really appreciates the originals. I may put one Carver in the garage so I'll need more speakers. I would like to find a Carver M-400 and a Yamaha B-6 that need work for a real challenge.
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  6. Good morning and thank you all for a such a warm welcome! I like the Latin version of 'don't let the bastards grind you down' A favorite of mine.👍 DrummerJuice you nailed it. I have two Esprits, an '85 and '89. Acquired a basket case '70 Europa S2 a few days ago. I run a Import repair (Esprit Motorsports) by myself and do all my own work, so it makes it all possible. Dennis47. I listened to many speakers with the Carver before buying the Polk Monitor 5's. they put many more expensive speakers to shame. Both sets have the SL-2000's. Brian_at_HHH. I have a cat named Jet just like yours. Funny creatures!
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  7. This is a pretty busy site, and your post may have been overlooked. There are several here that use the Carver Pro amplifiers. Hopefully, one of them will chime in.
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  8. Does no one have any info/opinions on these? I fear I may have been a bit rude by getting straight to the point buy I really would appreciate any advice. I'm not very good at these group thingies....
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  9. Snarky Puppy Quarter Master (groundUP)
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  10. Welcome to the TCS site !! Looks like your well on your journey... Lots of great info and people here to help you along your never ending audio journey..
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