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Was just watching a couple review vids last night, not sure why as I'm not in the market myself, have an OPPO BDP-95 I seldom use. The new Fii0 R2R looks interesting..

Yeah, the TFM-75 is in my top 3 solid state amps ever made by Carver along with the 625x2 and Lightstar. The 625x2 and 75 were very similar to my ears either one could be a "destination" amplifier. As far as rarity the 625x2 or "600 two" is by far the least common from what I've seen, I've actually seen more Lightstars for sale than 600 two's, and probably 5 times as many 75's as either of those. I was tempted by that refurb'd 75 listed here awhile back he is fairly close to me (within 500 miles?) and I believe the last listed asking price was $3400 and a willingness to drive it up to the Seattle area. That is an excellent deal in my opinion with all the work that was done to it, just hard for me to justify when my Carver 275 has enough power to drive my Klipsch speakers and I have a pair of Crimson 350's sitting here.

Wow- not sure what sites you follow but can't say that I've ever seen a 75 sell for more than $3500. Most that I've seen sell for around $1800-$2200 and I've bought probably 5 or 6 over the years around the $1200 mark.

Some variables here like do you need the money and how good of a friend is he? Are you trading both 75's for a single 2400? The 75's in factory good condition are worth roughly $2k each and a beat up 2400 is probably worth, lets be generous at $500. So a "fair" deal would be $3500 cash plus the 2400 for both 75's. Now in the past what I've done for friends is offer them a great deal either at my cost or sometimes well below cost with the condition that if they ever decide to sell or trade up I get first chance at the item at our original deal price. Hope this helps and as others have stated I'd try and keep the 75's or at least one of them.

That's about roughly when I started having trouble with mine, around 300 hours or so. It started with a loud "PoP" shortly after power up, I was in the other room and heard it quite loudly through the speaker(s.) Amp still sounding fine so shrugged it off. A couple days later noticed the meter was only reading 20ma or so and when I tried to re-adjust the bias it would max out at around 55ma? It's a little funny, I've seen you mention before that you had the "review" amplifier- I wonder which one of us actually got that amp as I supposedly bought that amp too. I don't really care if I'm being honest I just jumped after it because of the $500 discount that was offered at the time, which he ended up extending to all new amp sales anyway. Jesse

I wanted to say thank you for taking the time to look at and fix my amplifier- I've had it back in the system for a few days now and it appears to be working perfectly again. As much as I enjoy the 275 amplifier the 285 is head and shoulders better IMO; it has the warmth and tubyness while at the same time solid state like bass and clarity and good high end which by comparison seems pretty rolled off on the 275. Anyway, thank you for stepping up and offering service for this great amp- while frustrating that @Ar9Jim Jim Clark ducked out it is understandable and I don't harbor any hard feelings towards the guy. Jesse

Has anyone heard from @Ar9Jim Jim Clark? Seems he hasn't been to the site for a couple months and the link here is no longer working?

You know what I think would be awesome is short video review from Bob Carver. Get him in front of a camera with one of these amplifiers and let him give his pitch. I have to admit the short video of him telling a small crowd that the 275 was one of his best designs was the tipping point for me when I made my initial purchase.

Nice Celica! I had a '76 decades ago fun little car

Welcome! You have a couple of very nice amps, some of Carver's best work I think. Curious to hear about the rest of your system(s) we like pictures

Yes, once you get started it can be impossible to stop! Welcome to the forum, nice selection of speakers- we love to see pictures

Welcome to the forum! Have you considered one of the newer Carver tube amps? They sound excellent with Klipsch speakers.

It's a real shame if the 275 cannot continue on in some form as it really is a wonderful little amp and lets face it a lot of people simply cannot afford to wet their feet with a $5k amplifier.

So who is building these amps?

It is a very difficult task too many variables like room acoustics, equipment matching, type of music, how loud you play and of course personal taste. It does get me that almost every single review seems to be positive and the unit being reviewed is almost always a "must have." I went through too many reviews to count when buying headphones recently before I decided to do my own in home trials very few online reviews matched up with what I experienced personally.