Pat Adams

I mostly listen to Spotify and just use an 1/8” stereo plug to rca adapter. This is when I just want background music and it sounds just fine to me (C1 preamp billd mod, M200t refurbished, Polk LSI15’s, Denon DP-300f, Panasonic DVD RP56) kind of don’t care about the CD/dvd player may upgrade at some point…maybe not I use an iPhone 7 to steam the Spotify… I have Steely Dan Aja on LP, CD, and Spotify. I played all 3 formats at the same time and switched between formats to hear the differences. Not surprisingly to me I liked in descending order LP-CD-Spotify. Mostly I was shocked in being able to hear the compression of the data between the digital and analog signal paths. LP was warm and detailed, CD was fine but I could hear the compression difference easily. Spotify was worse. with that being said, for the most part, I listen to Spotify because of the almost limitless amount of music available. I have a couple hundred CD’s, and 30 or so albums. That significantly plays into my listening habits . If I want to really listen, I grab a beer and put on Steely Dan Aja LP that album is amazingly recorded. My second favorite is Rush Moving Pictures so dynamic to me. Another favorite is Alan Parsons, once again just really well recorded I forgot what the original question was 🤔

Funny.... asking this group which piece of carver gear to get rid of... lamb to slaughter... welcome aboard, great group of people here!

Excellent choice for the first album. AJA is my album of choice when listening to a new piece of gear. When I read the title of the thread, my first thought was this album and had to chuckle when that was the choice. I prefer vinyl but have it on CD Also

I would guess so, I just picked somebody with good feedback and crossed my fingers then shipped the C1. Worked out well for me

Marksound is the company name, Bernie is the guy I was emailing.... no clue if he is a member of the site

Actually I saw jazzman’s videos on YouTube, contacted him, he told me about this site... we are already talkin’ i sent the C1 to marksound in Schaumburg I’ll,, it was an eBay “purchase”. He’s handy with a soldering iron I can confirm that very clean shiny solder cones. I did clean up flux on both pieces I was always anal about flux residue. I do think the flux was 1980’s vintage, it was on components not related to the updates.

Bought the C1 on Craigslist for $75 and sent it out to get the BillD mod done. Was traveling a lot at the time and didn’t really have hobby time then. Found the M200t on EBay and it had just been refreshed. Paid a premium for that but felt it was worth it. The project I would like to tackle is building a set of electrostatic speakers. That one speaks to me

Been several days with no overload, not claiming victory yet but looking promising. I was a Fire Controlman in the navy years ago and worked on gun and missile guidance radars and computers (taught Radar for a few years also) made a career out of working on aviation automation, navigation systems maintenance. My world has moved on to software so the old component level troubleshooting is a bit rusty 🤨. I was convinced it was the amps protection circuit but at the load side of the amp. When I read the thread about C1 tone controls causing a overload condition in the amp, the lightbulb went off. On a side note, since cleaning the pots, there is a noticeable difference in the clarity of the system . Another ahah moment those pots needed cleaning period. I do feel compelled to use the tone controls with my magi MMG’s, they are a bit bright to me and the bass is lacking. They need a bit of EQ IMHO. The MMG’s sonically disappear in the room. The C1 with the BillD mod is amazing not a hint of unwanted noise.

Been a member for about 7 hours and have already found a thread that may have been helpful to my m200t overload issue. Dirty pot in the right channel bass control in the C1 and slightly dirty at that. I hit all of the pots and switches with deoxit blew everything out with compressed air. Pots are clean now and have been running for an hour with no overload (I’ve been here before, it’s a very intermittent problem). Time will tell.

Just signed up, was a Carver owner in the mid-80’s. Had a m1.0, C1, and TX11. Had kids and sold it all, you know for food and mortgage... anyhow, back in the game for the past couple years. Built a home theater with 2 carver amps m0.5t and a AV-405 with a emotiva UMC-200 pre-amp. (I wanted HDMI switching). Polk LSI15’s for the mains and matching center channel. I use Mirage nanosats for the surrounds and rears. Carver sub is also in the mix. Coupled that to a 129” projector screen. Movies are great and plenty of power on tap. I'm building a 2ch system with a C1 preamp and a m-200t amp driving a set of magnepan MMG’s that we’re given to me. The C1 has the Billd mod and the M200t has been rebuilt. Starting out with fresh components. I do have an issue with the m200t it randomly overloads on the right channel then goes very low volume and extremely fizzy.... was thinking it was the magi’s low impedance but hooked up a set of 8ohm Boston Acoustics with the same result... probably have to send it out for service but any suggestions would be appreciated pat