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Greetings, I joined a few weeks ago when I recognized that this is a great resource to all things Carver. I friend from High School gave me a TFM-45 she was clearing out of her garage that she no longer uses. She is was a tech long ago and this was her personal amp. Shortly after hooking up the amp, I wanted to source a Carver preamp to drive it with. My Harmon Kardon Citation 17 did not seem to drive the TFM-45 as much as I know it should. So after a reasonable search, I found that the C-1 looked to be a good fit for the features I needed it a preamp. So down the rabbit hole I go. It sound great. Drive the JBL L150s very well. I found a Carver SD/A-360 CD player that was being sold to parts cheap, and I know enough to be willing to open it up and see what I can find. Turns out one of the belts turned into a puddle of black goo. That is all clean up, now to find a replacement belt. So my question is, does anyone know the belt sizes of both of the belt? The service manual only listed a carver part number. Not the size.

Hello all, hope everyone is well. Long time CARVER owner { SD/A-360 (sold), M-1.5T ( MKII - the works ), M-1.5t (pending forwarding for the works), SD/A390t ( pending refresh/updating) }. One time CARVER Manufacturer's Rep. employee - Atlantic Canada circa 1988. I have 2 questions regarding my 390t: 1. What make and model of base and transport is it based off of? 2. Is anyone aware of a Canadian ( US notwithstanding ) service shop qualified to do a top-notch refresh/update on this unit? Thanks in advance. Best Regards. Murray SMITH Port Williams, NS, CA.

Just picked up my first Carver it is a 6250. I love restoring older vacuum tube radios and some "newer" 1970s and 80's electronics. Found it at one of my local thrift stores i get my old radios from and decided for $15 that I couldn't go wrong. I put it on my test bench and now shorts or smoked components. powers on. So I am here looking for the common failure points for this unit. I have found and downloaded the service manual already. can't wait until I can get it running as a daily driver.

My daily dose. The Rippingtons, Built To Last (album)

Ray Obiedo, Slight Accent was released on May 1, 2026. "Oakland, California-based guitarist and composer, Ray Obiedo has produced an album that’s simmering hot and spicy. It mixes Latin energy and contemporary jazz together in a rich musical stew. These arrangements and compositions tickle the taste buds and please the listener’s palate." You can read the rest of the review here...

Welcome to the Carver site. link to the file, download and find the belt size for your 360 or 390?

Gotta throw on some Orzabel and Smith - and a little bit of Street Life (The Crusaders)...

The Stan Getz Quartet, Sweet Rain (album)

Gregory Groover Jr, Old Knew was released on November 7, 2025. "Gregory Groover follows up his Criss Cross debut Loveaby with a sparkling 11-track set of originals that are custom-built for his sax and vibes front line. Vibraphonist Joel Ross returns and once again his percussive glint and metallic shimmer dovetail neatly with Groover’s rounded airy sound on tenor sax. A fresh, one-off rhythm section knits Kendrick Scott’s drum subtleties with the strength of Harish Raghavan’s bass; pianist Paul Cornish, who recently debuted on Blue Note, provides a fresh-faced spark." You can read the rest of the review here...

Marilyn Crispell & Anders Jormin, Memento was released on March 20, 2026. "US pianist Marilyn Crispell and Swedish bassist Anders Jormin filter their decades of musical experience and improvisational instinct into Memento, their debut duo recording. Combining original compositions with four freely created pieces, the album focuses on the universal themes of memory and loss." You can read the rest of the review here...

Kenny Barron, Beyond This Place (album)

My daily dose. The Rippingtons, Cote d'Azure (album)

Nice piano on that one

Ben Wolfe, Any Time After Now was released on May 15, 2026. "Bassist and composer Ben Wolfe has been a prominent fixture in the jazz scene for decades, his New York career stretching back to the mid-1980s. For Any Time After Now, he’s brought together a fresh ensemble and written music that serves the group rather than showcasing himself. Melody and atmosphere take precedence, and every player — vibraphonist Joel Ross, pianist Sullivan Fortner, tenor saxophonist Chris Lewis, drummer Aaron Kimmel — sounds like an essential color in the mix." You can read the rest of the review here...

My daily dose. The Rippingtons, Modern Art (album)

My daily dose. The Rippingtons, 20th Anniversary Album (album)

Prince Little Red Coevette

Back in the day I saw many a great show here at Curtis Hickson Hall in downtown Tampa Florida , hell I was probably here for this……

HI Murray and welcome to thecarversite.com. Glad you found us. I moved your post from Website Support to The Welcome Shop. Website Support is for technical issues regarding the website itself. The Welcome Shop is where most folks make their introductions. I wish I could answer your questions, but I've never owned a Carver CD player. I also don't know of any shops in Canada. Maybe someone with answers will chime in.

Boney James, Future Soul (album)

That one and Curves Ahead are my favorites. Such great music. I can listen to the Ripps anytime.

As luck would have it, I just now placed an order with SDE out of England (Thin Lizzy in Atmos), and thought I’d share their message on tariffs -

This came up yesterday morning on SiriusXM...

WAR Cisco Kid

The Rolling Stones Angie

Joe Jackson Breaking Us In Two

Rico Garcia, The Beginning (album)

My daily dose. The Rippingtons, Fountain Of Youth (album)

Toad The Wet Sprocket Walk On The Ocean

Joe Jackson Steppin' Out

The Square (T-Square), Truth (album)

CCR Have You Ever Seen The Rain

Sample Carverfest t-shirt has arrived, and it's not too shabby....(pay no attention to the elderly man modeling it...he's kind of an attention hog from what I understand). I'm working on a few other options for Carverfest, too. Thanks to those of you who have given me more ideas. An online 'store' will be provided soon where you can order yours .....along with a lot of other "fun" Carver and Audio related merch I've imagined. I'm using a 3rd party ("Printify.com") to handle all the making, selling, distributing of the shirts. Costs will be low. Any proceeds above the store costs will all go toward supporting the operating costs of the Carver Site. Stay tuned :).

Aretha Franklin Chain Of Fools

Marvin Gaye Sexual Healing

Eddy Grant Electric Avenue

Greg Kihn Band Jeopardy

Duran Duran Hungry Like The Wolf

Welcome to the forum, @Murray I fixed an SD/A 390t and posted a thread about it. In one of the last posts I added to the thread (scroll down) I noted a video I found of a Denon DCM 320, that showed the internals of that Denon to look identical to the guts of the SD/A 390t. Almost perfectly - EXCEPT Bob Carver added the tube buffer stage from the SD/A 490t in the space that was open in the Denon unit. Links to those YouTube videos are in that thread. I don't know anyone in Canada to refer you to - but a qualified tech that has experience with CDs should be able to fix it - and, yes, they are hard to find. The Service Manual is also in the Library here on TCS - and it is quite good and informative. Any shop you go to should reference it (download it for FREE). Have a look at my thread - see if the symptoms you have are the same..., they often are. I have fixed several of these, now, with this same fix. Good luck! That thread is here:

Thanks for your help!

Police Every Breath You Take

My daily dose. The Rippingtons, Wild Card (album)

Rolling Stones Waiting On A Friend

My daily dose. The Rippingtons, Let It Ripp (album)

My daily dose. The Rippingtons, Life In The Tropics (album)

Hello everyone, I picked up a broken Carver 2000 and have made progress on repairing it. The current challenge is white noise out of the Left Channels. I cleaned both speaker relays but the static continues. I checked for bad solder joints and everything looks good. Any tips on what I can try next?

The Soft Machine, Thirteen was released on March 13, 2026. "Soft Machine ventures into Thirteen with a psych-rocking, jazzy guitar-centric work that echoes the sounds of the early 70s with its warm, tube-amp character and roomy drum tones. Yes, the band may have lived through iteration after iteration to last until 2026, but Thirteen’s heart and soul remain firmly planted in the golden age of prog rock, where saxophones and Rhodes pianos, Mellotrons and woodwinds were mainstays alongside fretless bass guitars and humbucker pickups." You can read the rest of the review here... .

I'm 62, mechanical engineer and listen to hard rock, classical guitar. I owned a Carver CT-7 Preamp and loved it and had questions about Carver amps.

On the other side of the spectrum..., for me, I'm pretty subtle. Polo shirt with a very subtle breast-located single text word or two identifying the event and date. I love it when people have to "ask" me about the story behind something subtle. 😉 I can wear that anywhere - church, golf, out to dinner, ... I've kind of outgrown (literally and in my head) the big flashy rock concert t-shirts. But that's just me. But I might also not be alone. @Kurt, don't mean to hurt anyone's feelings - that artwork is awesome! I'd love a frameable poster of one. Your ChatGPT skills are way beyond average!