BobTFM35

Welcome to the Carver Site!! Tell us a little bit more about the system using the PM175.

Welcome to the Carver Site!!

https://www.turntableneedles.com/round_rubber_drive_belt_medium

@MattB @gwolford A few places I have in my saved folder, Listed in no particular order https://lptunes.com/collections/vpi-turntable-belts https://www.lpgear.com/category/V1.html https://www.turntableneedles.com/Rubber_Drive_Belts-Tape_Decks_Turntables Was able to source a tt belt from Amazon based on knowing the size and cross section information. For mine I used this to start the search; Turntable Belt for Record Player 20.7" Replacement Flat Medium

Welcome back!!

Welcome to the Carver site!!

Welcome to the Carver Site!! Tell us more about yourself and your equipment. Download the file in this link to find belt size information. And for good measure look at this

Welcome to the Carver site!! I previously owned a IV. Question, Is the unit still operational and not experiencing any problems, and you just want to get it refreshed due to age? Or it is experiencing problems? At one time I owned a IV and it gave me many years of GREAT pleasure. I had a recap done and the unit completely went dead after one year. Nothing related to the recap just the processor failure it was determined. I really loved the unit but not enough to try fixing it again nor purchase another replacement. I put that money into a new Marantz AV unit that had a 5 year warranty. Its not exactly the same, but I have improved several items around it that more than makes up for the loss of the Sunfire. I also was able to incorporate all my older Carver equipment and add new modern day equipment so it was, for me, a big plus.

Welcome to the Carver site!!

Welcome to the Carver site!! Tell us what's in your collection.

I will also go along with @Sk1Bum for the C-4000t because of the addition of the Digital Time Lens function.

I would go with this preamp, Its a Carver C-4000, it looks smart and classic old school. It is available here, last one in the list, https://soundsclassic.com/preamps.html Next one after that would possibly be either a c-1, c-11 or c-16 Tuners as suggested by @Sk1Bum

take a very close look and I mean a very close look at the RCA connection points for the tape input and output and for the pre outs for the front. For me they look broken as the outer shell is missing.

Are the pictures that you posted are they of the unit you are thinking of purchasing?

They are different because what is shown is a CT-26v. What I show is a picture that represents the model you mentioned in your post, a CT-23.