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Welcome aboard Kurt! Glad you found us here.

Welcome aboard @347 Tony!!! Yup, it looks like you're well on your way into a nice case of OCCD!

@Poncho455, Yes, it sure is! It is a 1970 455 Ram Air 4-speed too. Well, it is punched out +.030 or +30 thousandth's. So it's a 463 or so now. I still have it and love it. It was the UltimateGTO.com pic of the week for 03/30/2003 as seen in the following link: http://ultimategto.com/cgi-bin/showcar.cgi?pow=yes&pic=/pow/pow0313 Nice! I love the 66 & 69's too. I just sold my 68 goat last spring after owning it since 1981. Glad you found us here.

Welcome aboard @Poncho455!!! Glad you found us here and it appears you are well on your way to OCCD with all your goodies!

Welcome aboard @morzone!!! Glad you found us here at TCS!

Welcome aboard @Tomtfm!!! Glad you found us here. It looks like you're well on your way to an OCCD affliction!

Welcome aboard @Enrique Jackson!!! Glad you found us here at TCS! I have an M-1.5t in my system now and love it! It sounded very harsh and grainy though when I first started using it some 15 years or so ago now. The dual caps in my unit failed on the right channel taking out several output transistors and I had just repaired and re-capped my unit a year or two before I joined this site. You can see my write-up in the link below: I was perusing many results from my google searches concerning this amplifier being grainy/harsh and found many posts to this effect on the M-1.5t. So I really believed it just sounded harsh. I eventually found an M-400 and replaced the M-1.5t with it and it sounded much better to my ears. So I ran it for several years. But I decided I wanted to try my M-1.5t again and really cranked it up loud and it sounded grainy and harsh then it went into protection mode. But after I went through it, completed the repair and replaced all the caps in both amp boards and on the power supply, I was shocked at how clean and clear this amplifier sounds now. It sounds fantastic to me, I've never looked back and have been using it in my HTS as the Front mains amp for many years now. Another thing I noticed after the repair was how much cooler the amp runs now compared to before. It used to run very hot even at lower volumes. Now I can crank it very loud and it only gets slightly warm to the touch now. I'm convinced now that the grainy/harsh sound I was hearing was caused by those failing low and mid rail power supply dual caps at C13 & C14 about to fail on my M-1.5t. Any harshness in sound from this amp means it needs to be refurbished quickly. Another sure sign is a warm running amp at low volume levels. Again, welcome to TCS! Kick back, crank it up and stay awhile. There's a lot of great, knowledgeable folks in here in all things Carver!

Welcome aboard @tpoppa!!! Glad you found us here.

Mark, I don't believe you're a snob in the least. I totally relate to you and rather, I think you've discovered the vast differences in the way source material was recorded and have a system now that very clearly delineates those differences. I, like you, have found my musical tastes have changed quite a lot since I've been enjoying my old restified Carver gear. I find myself listening to classical far more than anything else lately. I have also been going to the Abravanel Hall, downtown, to enjoy the Utah Symphony live. We truly are very fortunate to have the Utah Symphony and the Mormon Tabernacle Choir right here in Salt Lake City. They are simply a spectacular delight to listen to live. And then I go home and enjoy my system then compare it to what I just heard live. And it always amazes me just how much clean, clear power Bob's gear really makes. No, you're not a snob at all. You simply have a very high definition system now that makes the most of the technology utilized in the recording of the source material. Now its up to you to find the recording technology and the source material that makes the most pleasure for you out of your system. That's reason we're all here and the trip we're all on in our OCCD adventure into musical bliss...

Welcome aboard @SRGresham!!! Glad you found us here, and as has already been mentioned previously, it appears you've already encountered OCCD. There's no stopping it now, you're already well on your way into the wonderful world of OCCD!!! I always admired the Phase Linear gear as a youth reading about their awesome power output specs. I also admired Carver gear back in the 80's, but little did I know I would be so captivated as I have been by my repaired, re-capped and refurbished M-1.5t paired with a C-1 I completed the BillD on. Wow! Has it ever been a fabulous, abundant, seemingly endless source of clean, clear power for a daily dose of aural bliss for me.

Welcome aboard @Powerchord!!! Sorry to hear about the unfortunate flooding problem. But it sounds like you're well on your way to wonderfully musical future!

Welcome aboard Paddy!!!

Welcome aboard @coolboystoys!!! Glad you found your way into the Carver scene. I was a spec nut and always admired the Phase Linear designs for their amazing power specs. Glad I have some of Bob's designs now and enjoy them very much every day now.

Welcome aboard @Charles Snyder!

Welcome @craiggoff!!!