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Just posting this so that I don't have to see longtimecarver freak's face staring at me every time I log in.

My point was that depending on how the IEC is orientated, it could change how a person wired up the live and neutral. ie, if you said "pin closest to the fuse is live" and you did 99 that way and then some flunky installed the IEC upside down you may wire the neutral to the fuse without thinking. I did a quick search for pics on the web and they all look to have the earth pin at the bottom so my observation is probably crackpot anyway. I agree that if there is no earth connection, one would probably source two pin connectors for factory product. Lunchtime!

Something else that they brought up at ASR was the fact that the Neutral side was fused rather than the live side. Interestingly, I noticed this; This is the reviewed unit from the ASR website. Notice that the earth pin in the picture is at the bottom. If you go to the Bob Carver website and look at the picture of the Crimson 275 back panel, you will see that the IEC orientation is opposite, with the earth pin at the top! https://www.bobcarvercorp.com/copy-of-crimson-raven This orientation may affect how the wires are soldered to the fuse and switch. One would have to open up the units to confirm how it is soldered. Maybe some units have the live fused and some may have the neutral fused. EDIT: the unit on the bob carver website is probably actually a picture drawing and not an actual unit so maybe some folks who actually have a unit could say which way the IEC is installed.

And if the Crimson 275 had been built with a TWO prong IEC, would they still be complaining that it doesn't have a chassis ground?

I watched the whole thing twice. Damn, I think I missed the John Lennon pocket incident again. I was concerned that Disney (TM) would realize that they weren't making anywhere near enough profit off of the Get Back special and pull it in favor of a pay-per-view.

Watched part 3 last night. Very good except for some reason Peter Jackson thought we wanted to see Linda's daughter fooling around the studio and mostly just getting in the way for a full 20 minutes at the beginning. A few shots would have been sufficient. The rooftop performance was excellent for sound and pic quality. When it came right down to it, the boys played and sang wonderfully. I liked how the Apple front end staff delayed the 14 year old looking London bobby from gaining access to the roof too soon.

Yes it was a pretty ambitious project to take on. They would have completely fallen apart if they hadn't of had Yoko's binding force there all of the time. She was the glue holding the whole thing together.

I think most of us have pretty broad tastes in music. That is not a reason to poo poo this Beatles documentary. I would also watch a 6 hour documentary about Dave Brubeck recording Time Out, or Miles Davis recording Kind of Blue, etc. As an amateur guitar player, I am interested in watching how other people did it.

Agreed. You have to be interested in the bigger picture of the Beatles to really appreciate this documentary. I saw the Let It Be movie about 30 years ago and enjoyed it so I was looking forward to seeing more footage. I had rented the Let It Be movie on VHS and later wanted to purchase it but NEVER saw it again available at any movie rental store or HMV or anything. I think it was pulled for some reason. Steve: I maybe saw that lennon-pocket-incident but didn't pay much attention. I will look for it the second, or third or fourth time i watch it.

There are only 3 Beatles fans on this site.

I've watched the first two. I can dig it. Saving part 3 (rooftop concert) for Friday night. Me so excited.

Welcome to the forum. Tell us more about your gear (Carver and other).

Welcome to the forum.

Welcome Jeff.

WTF is "Matterform"

Welcome Solarfire. What guitars do you play?

Welcome Frank. There are a lot of good repair threads to read.

This is the only rave song i know;

Welcome to the forum Kurt. Sk1bum will say "glad you are hear" within minutes......

Forgot to ask, are both channels distorted?

I use this online program for a tone generator and just run a 3.5 mm to RCA cable from computer to testing device. https://www.szynalski.com/tone-generator/ I also found this article good for ideas of troubleshooting distortion; https://sound-au.com/troubleshooting.htm#most3

Are the main PS caps 71V 8200uF? If so, I have used ; https://www.mouser.ca/ProductDetail/Nichicon/LKSH2822MESB?qs=Ysb%2FBSeDKl2fVpBbD5gyQw%3D%3D for HR752 and CM1090 and HR895 I am no expert. If your receiver is distorted all of the time now, I would put your scope at the output and see what it looks like. Maybe put 1000 hz signal in. I recently repaired a distorted NAD 3020. The output sine wave was only distorted when I had an 8 ohm dummy load connected. Turned out to be a bad output transistor. I always do all of my testing through a dim bulb tester. I am sure others can offer better advice.

Welcome to the Carver site Cornflake. Lots of information to read.

Is that Mickey Mouse in the center of the picture?

Glad you found the problem Charlie. There's always something........... Most excellent project!