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Welcome to TCS, @dklman. Carver AMazing Platinums come up from time to time..., in the south east. It may be morbid..., but the retired community in Florida and South Carolina has a lot of Carver Gear..., and that area is a hotbed of some estate sales. Be sure to monitor FB Marketplace in the major metro areas in FL and SC - assuming that is close enough for you to drive to pick them up. ...and, you WILL want to pick them up - they are not easily shipped - without damage to the ribbons. FWIW, getting ahead of your curve..., you'll want to invest in a couple of twin-size air mattresses at Walmart - and when you find a pair, you'll take your truck or van (or rent one) to pick them up laying down one air mattress down, putting one speaker on top of that, then another air mattress, and tie them securely so they don't bounce too much. Inflate the air mattresses to allow for a good cushion - but not over-inflated - you want the speakers to "sink in" a bit - but not so much that they make contact with the van floor, or second speaker on top... Good luck on your search!

Welcome. Aging AV receivers rapidly fall behind current developments in both receiver and recording technologies, like, say, Dolby Atmos, HDMI's recent ARC developments, etc. I second @BobTFM35's recommendation - consider investing the money you could put into the aging Sunfire, with early-AV-era technology..., put that money toward a new Marantz - even one of the basic entry-level models like an NR1510 ($700 list), or a Cinema 70s ($1300 list), are going to outperform receivers that are aging and have older-designs. You could put $400 - $600 into a repair/restoration..., depending on the effort (hours) required. Typical electronic service costs per hour are in the $125-$175 per hour range - for good knowledgeable techs - which you would want. I love Sunfire - so if your heart is there - go for it - but realize that new AV-technology-developments can never be back-integrated into aging receivers designed decades ago.

Welcome. I have a C-2, and m200t along with my Tx-2 and DTL-50 in my office - they rock!

Welcome..., Unfortunately, if you are looking for a Pre-amp Tuner that "matches" the PM-420 "look", you won't find one... The PM-420 came out of Phoenix Audio, the group that bought the rights to produce a line of Pro-amps with the Carver brand name on them, after Carver Corp closed it's doors. The PM-420 is a great amp, and some here really like it - so no disrespect there - it's just that Phoenix Audio changed the faceplate look enough that it doesn't match precisely any of the older Carver Corp preaamp-tuners. As long as you know that - the CT-23, IMHO, is one of the best..., it doesn't try to be an AV-receiver wanna-be like the CT-15, 27, 28, and other models that are positioned as AV receivers..., why is that important - it may not be..., but none of those AV receivers can hold a candle to a modern AV receiver that supports ARC and HDMI, and modern AV requirements..., they just came out back when Video was primarily connected by the yellow RCA-like "composite" configuration - that no one uses - or Sony's proprietary S-video, that is all but obsoleted by HDMI. For 2-channel, the can suffice, but a nice entry level Marantz AV receiver will blow them away... Of course, that's just my "opinion"..., but i have tried them all. I regret letting the CT-23 go (I had a mint unit, in the original box, all papers, etc... I sold to a collector). Beware that only a few of the aforementioned preamps have rack-compatibility..., the "rack handles" are positioned such that they don't align with standard rack units, like the PM-420 does. You'll want to get a "rack shelf" so it just "sets" on a shelf in your rack - assuming you are looking at a "pro rack" where the faceplate bolts onto the left and right rack posts... Welcome! And enjoy the journey! 😉

Amazon Prime gets you free popcorn and soft drinks at most major movie chains..., it's hard to find the link that describes the process for screenings in movie theaters, but I've had good luck. Some movies are also FREE - at same chains for prim membership.

Welcome to TCS. Looking forward to your project progress. And, it goes without saying..., we LOVE pictures! Just cut and paste into the editor with Windows Snippit, or Apple's similar. On your project..., I suggest rebuilding it to OEM, before changing anything out as a mod..., it will simplify things, and you'll know you got it working before the mod - vs., doing both at the same time, and not knowing what part of the changes caused the failure. Again, welcome to TCS!

Welcome, glad you found TCS!

Welcome to TCS. It will be exciting to see your 10 amps, all cranking, back from Rolland. (BTW, when cutting and pasting text into the TCS editor window, use Right Click, and select Paste as Plain Text. That way, any html or other txt color definition will be stripped. I will fix your original post text to be legible.)

My amazings came to me with some party-stains on them - I assume spilled beer? I don't know for sure. I carefully used a steamer, the kind to remove wrinkles from clothes, and they lifted right out. I took the grills off, first, so I wouldn't steam the honeycomb woofers.

Welcome! we have several members from the other side of the Atlantic..., glad to have one more!

Welcome to theCArverSite. Glad you found us.

Welcome, @Seatown7, glad you found us. When you get your amp and system up and running, please come back. 😉 Post a picture or two - we love pictures. I have an m200t in my office powering audio for me to work by - and love it. I have a matching Carver c-2 for my preamp. Again, welcome!

Welcome again. Noting your post to sell the C-3 preamp and the TFM-15 amps..., and your introduction post above..., I'm curious to ask: "What other Carver (and non-Carver) stereo/audio gear did your dad collect that you have now?" Is your current audio set-up a Carver stack? or? 😉

Welcome, @bullittstang. The A series amps came in the timeline late in Carver Corp's life. A little less rigor on the service manuals and schematics production - so we haven't found a copy for the library, yet. If you find one out there, we'd value adding it to the library. Another tech here (I'm not one) might have the answer to your question from their experience. Glad you like the amp! It's easy to fall in love with these Carver components! Again, welcome!

Well, Hmmm, anyone come across the "banned" songs on YouTube, Spotify, and Apple Music..., Publishers with various rarely heard of artists..., Search on Dumpster Grooves, Banned Melody, Dirty Rotten Vinyl, Stupid AF Music..., to name a few. I'm not condoning it - but silly and over the edge music has existed for a long time. ;-/