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Good Day to all; Just joined up a few weeks ago. Introducing myself as the Old Man (and I am). I've had Carver gear for a long time now, since it was new as a matter of fact. Started buying the gear when I got out of the Air Force in 74. One of my friends had an amp and I really liked the sound of his system. I own a few now. Ive got a C500, with a C4000 preamp. I also have a M200t on the bench right now doing some repairs to it (Thanks for the manuals!) I have a AVR100 that I love for my TV room with a DTL-200 player. Collect Vinyls and have a decent Rega P3 turntable. My C500 drives Polk ES60 column Speakers and Klipsch RP8000 for surround. Not the best of the best but better than these old ears can discern. Bit of a Jazz buff and a classical nerd so I need something decent. I just wanted to ring out to everyone here and say HI!

Hello all! As the title says, I am a new member, but I've owned a few Carver amps before. In fact, I started off my audiophile journey with Carver equipment. When I was 19 years old, I worked for Best Buy installing car stereos in the early 90s. Back then, I thought Infinity and Bose were as good as it gets for high end audio. Then one day, I strolled into a small audio shop when I had some time to kill. Most small electronics shops I'd been to prior to this sold cheap stereo equipment like Magnavox, Emerson, or some other terrible brand. This shop was very different. It had an almost regal feel to it, and the music I was hearing when I opened the door was light years better than anything I'd experienced before. I was drawn to a particular section of the shop where the haunting melody of Chris Isaak's Wicked Game was floating in the air. What I heard was truly three dimensional sound, out of a pair of speakers for the first time. When I looked to see what equipment was able to perform this magic, I was taken aback by the beautiful warm glow of two VA meters before noticing the words "Carver" and "TFM-35x". That amp would eventually become the foundation of my first "real" audio system. I didn't make that much at Best Buy, so I put it on layaway until I was finally able to pay it off and bring it home. I started off with Polk speakers, and I don't recall the model, and while they sounded good, they weren't that memorable looking back. I soon won the favor of the owner of that small audio store, and he made me an incredible deal where he would sell me a pair of Martin Logan Aerius at a crazy low price in exchange for me letting him use my Best Buy discount. This is when the Carver truly showed off its chops. I was in heaven. Carver will always hold a special place in my heart because it was what led me to experience truly amazing sound. I'm very thankful that I took the time to visit that shop. Fast forward to why I am here today.. I just picked up an M-400t for an incredibly low price. I'm hoping to restore it to its full glory. One of the channels isn't working, so I'll start by investigating that. From there, I'll likely move on to replacing all of the aged parts (recap, etc). Looking forward to being a part of the community. Who knows, maybe one day I'll even pick up an old TFM-35x. Those gauges are still a piece of art if you ask me.

Hi everyone, I’m new to the forum. It looks like there are a lot of valuable resources and discussions here. I’m looking forward to learning more, joining in on the topics, and hopefully contributing where I can.

Hi there, I’m Granitetop, getting crotchetier by the day, as I am getting ready to start the last season of life, I realized how much I love music after going into a hi end stereo place. Having started as a young man, joining the AF, while stationed in Europe, Germany specifically, we had the coolest places to purchase the best stereo equipment of forever. Most of you know this if you were in during the 70’s, 80’ and early 90’s, all that equipment was top of the line and Made in Japan, speakers were mostly American. We were a group called AMMO (ordinance), we all had beautiful stereos but not really knowing what we had, I bought a Carver HR-752 before leaving Germany. I had other stuff Altec 14’s Yamaha CD player like CD X-1…. Fast forward now, my AMMO brothers, kept most of their equipment to this day and are able to repair their stuff and that what brings me here, the broken Carver HR-752. Ta Da

As others have said, that switch should be inaudible when activated or not. It rolls off frequencies lower than about 10Hz (these are so low we can't hear them, but the speakers can still respond to them) , which protects your speakers from 'rumble' generated from turn tables. However, if you use speakers which utilize sound ports for better bass response, it's a good idea to keep that filter active since vented cabinets tend to 'run away' from infrasonic signals which might be present in any media, and overextend the woofer, leading to damage. There are no less than 8 versions of the M-1.5(t) !!!

I just bought a Carver 6200 receiver. It powered up but I was unable to evaluate with speakers and was not in the best shape cosmetically. I took a chance and bought it. It cleaned up well and I just tried it and the tuner works and sounds good. The volume and tone controls don’t have noise while adjusting. I had a friend who over 40 years ago had a Carver M-400 Cube hooked to a pair of Klipsch La Scala, a bit of over kill. I remember his system sounding fantastic. I’m looking forward to enjoying the receiver.

First time here. Looking where to purchase fuses the three interior for TFM-15. Where can I buy?

Hi all, I am the owner of a Carver MXR 900 receiver that I purchased new back in the 1980's. It is in need of a complete renovation and I am collection as much information as possible.

I've been interested in high end audio for many years. When in high school I had a part time job at a high end audio store in Cambridge MA doing odd jobs, and eventually setting up equipment etc. this is where I met Henry Kloss. He pretty much dismissed me for a few weeks but once I started showing interest and asking intelligent questions about his latest designs, we became friends. I got a pair of the first Large Advent prototypes from him and was amazed with them! Anyhow, I still have a lot of classic equipment including a number of Carver amps and preamps. I've been having difficulty finding manuals for older Carver gear and hope to find some here.

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Several have reported counterfeit parts in some kits. I don't know if @Circuits & Concepts has a kit, but he would be the only one that I'd fully trust. Les is also a member here, highly respected, and runs a good business. Most of the techs here source out the parts from Mouser, Digikey, and Parts Express (I think).

Thanks for the advise. I have been leaving it off and that is working . I will give it a shot of contact cleaner hopefully that will help but I am never that lucky. I would love to learn more about recapping. I am a dental tech and have been repairing lab equipment all my life with some experience with replacing electronic components. I think I will start with something smaller than the c1 I have a technics SL 1700 turntable its board is small and not so many parts. Dose any one have a opinion about the kits on eBay c1 refurbish kit parts $38.00 parts and instructions $95.00 ?

The infrasonic filter is designed to be used when playing vinyl. Some, if not all turntables will generate an extremely low frequency rumble. The infrasonic filter will removed that rumble. If your infrasonic filter is generating distortion, there is something wrong. It could be a dirty switch or something else. All C-1s are getting old. Switches and POTs get dirty over time. Electrolytic capacitors degrade. You should consider a refresh where all electrolytic caps get replaced and everything gets cleaned. If the problems with the infrasonic filter persist, a good tech can diagnose them following the refresh. Until then, just leave the filter OFF. It's really only useful with turntables that have large amounts of rumble.

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I find this filter confusing and not sure when to use it. when playing vinyl find it to have some use if I forget to turn it off and play a cd I get distortion is there something wrong with my c1 or is that the way it works.

yes you are correct 40 pages of general instruction with some good information but very vague when it came to working on the c1. I did a recap on a Bose 901 series IV today it went very well only 12 capacitors. The kit came from affinity for artifacts his instruction are good for small project. Plan on recapping a technics SL 1700 turntable next. amazon sells a desoldering iron for 35 dollars that works great if you need a reasonably priced one. plan on doing the c1 soon just trying to do these smaller project first to get more experience first. Its all about the desoldering.

Welcome to the site. I have bought kits in the past and won’t do it again. There are many versions that have updated components. I prefer to do my own parts list for the components that are in my unit. You can also see how parts fit in their respective areas and tweak them to fit better if needed.

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Welcome! Shortly before I found this site, I purchased a M1.5t rebuild kit from the same vendor. while all of the parts inside were quality brands, the instructions were somewhat vague and there was no list of any oddities/ updates to the design. i.e. "some versions of M1.5t had a 2.2uF cap in location C-xx, but later versions have a 10uF. this kit is shipped with a 10uF" so I had a small handful of capacitors left over and were missing others. fortunately I had a few spares in my stash from other recent projects, but I did have to buy a couple non-polar caps from digikey and wait a week to get it. There were also baggies of small signal PNP and NPN transistors and I couldn't read the part numbers. they are not listed in the instructions other than being provided "just in case you need them". that sounds wonderful! While buying singles from a place like digikey can be cumbersome, I highly recommend doing the research and digging up the parts yourself so you know what you're getting. also consider the "BillD mod" if you do decide to take on the C-1 yourself. I haven't done it yet, but planning for it as a winter project.

Interesting..., This post from a guy on Audiogon ( https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/carver-hta5a ) seems to indicate that the Factor Electronics amp is identical to the "OSD Audio XA 5180..., albeit apparently with some confusing power specs (maybe even incorrect specs) between the two. I have ZERO information beyond the research I'm posting here..., TheCarverSite focuses on the vintage Bob Carver gear from the 80's and 90's production, all built with Bob Carver's designs. Note that the Brand "Carver" was purchased by Phoenix Audio, then sold again, (and again..., probably)..., so it's a long shot or anyone's guess on how it got here. Another search found the manual to the OSD version of the same amp..., here: https://www.outdoorspeakerdepot.com/mm5/graphics/pdfs/OSD-XA5180-Amplifier-Manual2020.pdf That may be helpful..., maybe not..., I tried searching for the HTA50 manual, only one site had it, but it required too much effort http://ServiceManuals.net (purchase, registration, etc..., I avoid those sites.)

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I'd be more inclined to order from a known reputable source like Mouser. Not only are these no-name kits full of questioable parts, they are padded with uneeded stuff as well as overpriced.

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Good to see you posting, @BluesMan57. Great tune, playing it now!

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First and foremost, welcome to the site! Glad to have you here! Secondly, your TFM-35 is most definitely worth the repair. Look, it lasted 30 and brought you hours of listening pleasure. Get with Nelion (@Nahash5150). Greg can bring that thing back to life for you.

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Hello robertcdt and welcome to thecarversite.com. Glad you found us. If you've not found them yet, the owners and service manuals can be downloaded here: https://thecarversite.com/manuals/mandir/Carver C-1 owner manual.pdf https://thecarversite.com/manuals/mandir/Carver C-1 Service Manual.pdf You may find them useful. I certainly did. Well, the owner's manual anyway. I am in no way an electronics tech, and the service manual is mostly Greek to me. Fortunately, there are many talented techs here that understand it well.

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Bask, The Turning was released on August 22, 2025. "The Turning is defined by its peaks and valleys, never melodramatically swinging for awkward climactic moments. Instead, everything flows seamlessly in a confidently performed display of heavy psychedelia that's full of surprises. The album is passionate, soul searching, driven with purpose and a sense of adventure that doesn't involve pointless wandering. Their rock-based template is augmented with a tapestry that weaves heavy metal, even Tampa Bay death metal, along with bluegrass, folk and country. BASK is truly one of a kind. Sure, influences can be heard, assumed and even self-professed, but as a collective, BASK doesn't rip off any band, subgenre nor style. "The Turning" is a true exploration of sound, story and self." You can read the rest of the review here...

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