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Back in the day, Rick made "pucks" to place under our equipment and called them "Rizers". Some were solid and used to lift the equipment up to allow better airflow, others were filled with sorbothane to help absorb shock under equipment. They came in a couple of thickness' or height. I have many rizers and they are under most of my equipment. They are the silver pucks under my 275's and under the Cinema Grand in the pics.

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 -

I do not believe that any of the new (within the last 2 years) tariffs have had any effect on media. I regularly order from SDE out of the UK, and from another outlet in Germany, and have paid zero tariffs. Shipping isn’t cheap (it never has been), but no tariff impact whatsoever.

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.

If you run across Alice Cooper's autobiography, Me, Alice, buy it without hesitation. There was only one printing that I'm aware of, and even a tattered copy can fetch $500 or more on ebay. An autographed copy with the jacket can fetch $3K or more. I have a perfect copy with the jacket (no autograph) that my brother bought for $3 at a used book store.

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...

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?

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)

It's not a game. It's my medication. My favorite Rippingtons album is the last one I listened to.

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

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

A bit of a rant here (stop me if you have had enough of that in general). I heard a new big band - WDR Big Band from Cologne, Germany (Thank you Jazz London and KCSM). So i thought I would take a look at what they had available from the discography. First stop - discogs (big mistake. HUGE!). For whatever reason, recordings, be they vinyl or CD format, the price to ship from Europe is at/near $100 per recording! I damn near keeled over! Next stop - Amazon. It was a little better, $18-$20/recording, but then they get you with a 'tariff' tax! *sighs* It would almost be cheaper to take a flight to Cologne, grab what I can and fly back, hiding the music in the false bottom of my luggage to avoid the damn 'Duty Tax'. Who knew people would consider smuggling recorded music in this day an age?

The Who Baba O'Riley

Moody Blues New Horizons

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... .

My daily dose. The Rippingtons, Black Diamond (album)

My daily dose. The Rippingtons, Brave new World (album)

Derek & The Dominoes Layla

I'm going to be working my way through this list along with my daily dose. https://www.discogs.com/digs/music/essential-jazz-fusion-records/

Those are nice!!! I do something similar using black ABS 1.5" pipe. Using my chop saw, I cut the height I'm trying to achieve, and use that as a spacer. I place the stock Rubber Baby Buggy Bumpers from Carver in the center so they can't slide out, and put a layer of felt on the contact cut-end. I need to get a picture - and may have posted one a while back (years). My goal with this approach is to get the same aesthetically pleasing distance between the front faceplates of my Carver pieces. It always bugged me that the stock button feet from Carver varied so much, as also did the lip-distance (overhang and underhang) of the faceplate above and below the chassis.

Reminds me of Eddie Van Halen's personal recording studio. He had the entire floor raised on hockey pucks. Now that's decoupling!

I was at Walmart when I got a taste of this although it was an instrumental version... Step into your last goodbye... Alice Cooper Desperado

The Prenders Back On The Chain Gang

Eddy Grant Electric Avenue

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!

Four80East, Off Duty (album)

Alive & Kicking Tighter & Tighter

Donna Summer Love Is In Control (Finger On The Trigger)

Two can play this game... 😁 This entire album is a masterpiece!

Bad Brains 🧠 🧠 Return to Heaven

Huey Lewis & The News Do You Believe In Love

Tommy Tutone Jenny Jenny (867 5309)

The Hollies Long Cool Woman (In A Black Dress

Lynyrd Skynyrd Free Bird

Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass The Lonely Bull

The Ames Brothers Hawaiian War Chant

That was the first record album I ever had. Still have it. Got it when I was 9 years old and my uncle Alan (my role model of sorts, being only 10 years older than me) was a big Alice Cooper fan.... So, of course, I became an Alice Cooper fan, too. Uncle Al had this poster prominently displayed.... made quite the impression on 9 year old me, lol.

Cyndi Lauper Time After Time

The Cars Just What I Needed

Tony Bennett (I Left My Heart) In San Francisco

They are coming to town in October

Hi Rick, Good to get back in touch. I still have the two M-500t's I bought from you with the blue lights. How are things in Washington? Very few of us original Carver site folks left. Sad but true. Later, Skip "Sashquach"

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.

Alan Parson has redone "Tales of mystery and imagination", "I robot", "Pyramids" and is just about to release "Eye in the Sky" - All in BluRay Audio Atmos..