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Welcome to TCS, Mark. Glad you met SEA. Enjoy!

Welcome to TCS Bococomo. Enjoy!

Welcome Sir. Enjoy!

Excellent old DMP recording. Great drum impacts. Clean, holographic.

Klipsch or other high efficient (95 db/w/m) or more will get your workspace excited. If you are focusing on work, it may be loud enough. The steel walls will be very reflective. Corrugation will help. More distance you have from the walls is a benefit. Using something with sound absorbent qualities at the 'points of 1st reflection' within your room will be a great help. These treatments can mount on walls or hang from chains like you mentioned. Some good instructions can be found in the room setup guild from the C1 preamp. The same treatments recommended for best sonic holograph actually applies to all audio set-ups. Page 30. https://thecarversite.com/manuals/mandir/Carver C-1 owner manual.pdf Points of 1st reflection in listening rooms. Treat those for great improvements in any room. Great bang for the $. Can be DIY.. https://www.gikacoustics.com/early-reflection-points/

Mathieu Welcome to TCS.. Enjoy!

Hi Chip, Welcome to TCS. Enjoy!

Like the way she holds it... Sorry.

Hi Fred. Welcome to TCS. The vintage gear is getting to the point of needed service due to age alone. An amp may come up for sale that has been service already. If you find a nice stock unit for sale that 'works perfect' that is great, but plan on having it serviced as normal maintenance, then it will run the rest of your life at 100%. Nelion Audio is factory authorized and has 100% positive feedback from factory referrals. Then you won't have reliability issues and will enjoy the music and the performance you remember in all its glory. Enjoy!

Hi Gary. Welcome to TCS. Enjoy!

Hi TJ, Welcome to The Carver Site. Have fun. The site search engine is great. The people enjoy a variety of equipment. Enjoy!

Hi Mike, Welcome to The Carver Site. The TFM-45 is a favorite. After Nelion is done, it will be in great shape, leaving your speaker choices always nearly unlimited. There are some good preamp threads from the past, and you can always start a new one. Enjoy!

Hi Mike, Welcome to The Carver Site. Enjoy!

This is a pretty good generalization. I enjoy streaming and digital sources for the detail and convenience using a tube amp. Its the mix of digital sources and old school analog that can find a sweet spot for me. Some are just the opposite in mindset, preferring an analog source and solid state amps. Somewhere in the mix, many find their sweet spot. Jim TUBE and SS- The whole tube or solid-state dilemma is somewhat of a misnomer. Once you accept the reality that a tube amp and a solid-state amp are very different in how they operate, you’ll perhaps better understand that each have their own traits. The biggest difference between them is that a solid-state amp is driven by current throughout the output devices and a tube is driven by voltage. Voltage alone can’t drive a speaker, hence the reason for needing output transformers. You’ll notice most stereo tube amps have 3 large, heavy objects, typically at the rear. They are a power transformer and two output transformers (one for each channel) that convert the voltage from the output tubes to current at the speaker posts. A solid-state amp typically has a single power transformer and no output transformers. However, a solid-state output transistor and a tube basically do the same thing. One doing it in silicone with current and the other doing it in a glass vacuum with voltage. Do they sound different? Yes, we believe so. However, some tube companies make their tube amps sound more solid-state like (for power) and some solid-state products can sound very tube-like. A key difference is that a tube product will require a small amount of upkeep and maintenance. For most who desire the benefit of tubes, it’s a small price to pay. Others just don’t want to maintain an amp once installed. Back to the sound. First, let’s squelch the myth that tube amps don’t have strong or controlled bass. Today, that couldn’t be further from the truth. Let’s also put to bed that solid-state amps aren’t smooth. Like any product from any manufacturer, all products have a voicing and color which is why you buy any given product. There are benefits and drawbacks to each, but one must weigh each depending on what you are looking to achieve in your audio system both in terms of sonics and upkeep as well as taking the rest of the system into consideration. So, in doing so, what are the benefits of each? Generally speaking, tubes offer a greater sense of bloom, more texture and realism to vocals and instruments, a richer midrange. Solid-state usually offers more watts per dollar, faster sound, greater detail. Once again these are generalizations. If you have a system that overall is a bit harsh or fatiguing, chances are you could greatly benefit from a tube amp. On the other hand, if your system is flat, sluggish, or too soft sounding, perhaps a quality solid-state amp is the way to go. Other factors of particular importance are speaker load. Some speakers (although few today) require lots of power and very low impedance driving capabilities. In that scenario, a solid-state amp may do better. But, if your speakers have a moderate impedance curve and are of average efficiency, a tube amp can redefine your definition of what a great audio system can sound like.

I like PS and enjoy his videos. There was a point that things changed it seems. He use to recommend high quality cables that measure well, regardless of price. Later the products and cables with 'audio grade science', became part of the sales pitch and industry accepted morality. As much as Bob has used catchy names for his inventions, there has always been real science behind them. Bob will be more respected with time, as others fall into temptation, and the 'audio science' of marketing is proven junk, with increased ability of more people to measure in the Information Age . People can read whatever they wish to search for, good or bad, about any topic or product. You will never here anything not based in science from Bob, and some will be offended as always. All of these topics have just enough science to sound believable and get people to pay up. There are many Amirs and ASR's coming. I feel sorry for some of these audio companies in the near future. Its a real stretch for 'audio grade science' based companies to explain all these "unmeasurable" scientific qualities of audio, while using a cell phone. If the understanding was not complete at that level, surely your cell phone would not be feasible. Its just a thought.

Why isn't perfect, low distortion, low impedance, regenerated AC power important to your audio gear? Because your audio gear runs on DC. The AC is rectified and filtered into DC before it is used by the audio component. The regenerated or any utility AC, is completely transformed and filtered to DC. This is another audio grade science solution, creating a problem looking for a solution. "Plug into the wall, those devices can not help, but they may hurt." Bob Carver over decades. What about the claims to lower Impedance? "The power supply capacitors lower impedance." Here is one. Do the measurements improve or do they get worse? Tested 2022.

I'm not a big fan of ASRs testing of high voltage, dynamic, tube amplifiers into resistive load drain test, and believe Bobs testing at the dynamic, variable impedance, speaker load is proper, although, most of ASRs findings agree with what Bob has been teaching for decades, on many topics. Its actually Bobs scientific truths, that caused him to be considered a maverick in this industry. So what is in the high res file? There is no magic in audio. Its a sliver of bandwidth and can be measured. When companies start talking about all the things that are just not understood and not measurable about audio, beware.

In the 30 year old Audio Critic interview that was recently posted, Bob Carver was talking about "beliefs" that are instilled by these "shenanigans" in marketing to consumers in audio print magazines at that time. Today, we have the internet and printless "shenanigans" at nearly the speed of light. Junk science is everywhere. Its interesting to note how often Bob's teachings and ASR measurements and findings are in agreement. 30 years ago Bob was saying many of the same things ASR is saying today. ASR calling out audio companies and junk science is nothing new. Bob was doing it decades ago and paid a price for it. There are enough science minded people that Carver was #1 for many years. I'm thankful Bob stood his ground and does it his way. Hindsight and the more common ability of consumers to test accurately is proving Bob truthful.

Recently seen some close examination of DSD files. Advertised as 356kHz but the only information it carried above 48kHz was noise. Surly they can market a solution for that problem of HiRes noise.😀

Interesting video. Is Nyquist Theorem outdated?

Welcome to TCS. The vintage Nakamichi gear was excellent. I've had a couple pieces over the years and really liked them. Les has been around a long time, if he hasn't seen that version it must be very rare. Finding a new board would likely be impossible. If the board is the same as the common models, you might a parts unit for a low cost and salvage a board. Usually a trace can be repaired without effecting performance. You can recreate the foil trace in copper foil, if you have no other options, and need a bridge type repair that lays flat on the board, like under a relay. Its just a thought.

Hello johnhoef, Welcome to The Carver site. Its a group of good people with many brands of gear. The manuals section is excellent and the search bar is wonderful for searching specific topics from many years past. Enjoy!

Very nice finds. Great way to start the new year. Thank you for sharing.

Excellent respectful conversation. No right or wrong. Variety of applications.

Hi Gary, Welcome to TCS.. Love Estes Park and Rocky Mountain National Park. Beautiful. Happy Holidays. Enjoy!