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Yamacarver

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  1. Welcome, I hope you do get to hear them. Have you found the service manual yet?
  2. Welcome, What amplifier/speakers are you using now?
  3. I think what the magazines do when they find a problem is they'll give them a chance to correct it and may or may not mention it in the review. Here is a good (mostly) review on a vintage piece. https://www.audiosciencereview.com/forum/index.php?threads/yamaha-a-1-vintage-amplifier-review.9576/
  4. Sorry for the sarcasm what I meant was they were testing different preamps which of course they probably were. I wouldn't doubt amir's test equipment because not everything fails his test like it would if his equipment was bad. To say it has to be good because so and so designed it is idol worship. Also they have had three years to submit a properly functioning unit which they haven't. And I will reiterate that I wouldn't trust a magazine reviewer who takes advertising money. I'm calling snake oil.
  5. It's almost like they were testing two different pieces of equipment lol The channels don't even match. I don't believe a magazine would ever give a bad review to someone they take advertising money from. That's why we have consumer reports. I've tried to "not like" Amir but I just can't do it LOL Maybe he should just put tube sound amplifiers in a separate category since 0 distortion is not the goal. Distortion just means the signal has changed, it doesn't indicate whether it's for better or for worse as that is objective, however I'm sure most would agree that second or third order harmonics sound better than the power supply. I made an amplifier switch and did some AB testing of this Yamaha (200 wpc) against my TFM 22 (225 wpc) that has 250 times more distortion. The difference was too small for me or another listener to have a preference. I had it set up to where you could hear the same clip repeatedly through the same speakers and switch back and forth instantly.
  6. Hi and welcome to the Carver site. I think most of these have thermal protection, have you downloaded the service manual?
  7. The pictures of that old Bridgeport take me back a long time. The vari drive I think they called it, when you turn the wheel, one pulley widens, and the belt goes deeper in the groove effectively decreasing its diameter while the other pulley does the opposite. Mine had quick change collets like the NC tape reader equipped models that were soon replaced by the fadal vmc.
  8. Good question. I think it is to allow a vertical path for the cooling air to flow over the power transistors. One with dedicated heat sinks and the other design without. The fan was not in the original design but added for the pro model I believe.
  9. Are you familiar with this company? https://www.audiograph.se Swedish company AudioGraph, the home of the PowerCube, continues to develop measurement tools for the audio industry. AudioGraph created the de-facto business standard 3-D measurement graphs – easy-to-read yet very powerful I'm surprised this wasn't done a long time ago.
  10. https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/howard-stern-number-one-band-of-all-time/?amp I was afraid to click on this. Funny that I just ordered that CD on about the day this article came out LOL
  11. Does it have a triac? I'd try and figure out why it's not powering off.
  12. It says it will ship almost anywhere in the world. I would just try and place the order. If there's a problem I'm sure he'll let you know by email.
  13. Welcome You came to the right place! Here is the troubleshooting guide from Rich, https://www.spa.maitriworks.org/carver-m-10t-non-inverting-model-troubleshooting-guide Plenty of people here to help.
  14. NicoCatBlackDeGailloAkaTheDarkness 5.0 out of 5 starsVerified Purchase TWO PRONG FTW Reviewed in the United States on May 27, 2021 these bois are tight. tight af. will blow away any 2 prong receptacle you currently have in your rental. BUY THEM NOW. I was wondering when these were phased out but I guess they weren't LOL.
  15. That's an interesting tidbit, I was thinking of getting some brushed stainless outlet covers. The problem I have with an upside down outlet is that molded plugs with a right angle point the wire up instead of down and may fall out easier. I think what people here are referring to is the third pin on the IEC receptacle mounted on the amplifier. Apparently some are mounted up and some are mounted down and this would switch the polarity of the other two pins as presented to the person wiring the chassis. I've never seen one but from looking at the pictures I get the impression that a two prong IEC receptacle would be compatible with either a two or three conductor cord. Whereas the reverse would not be possible.
  16. This reminds me of an old childhood story back when they had real lessons behind them LOL. https://www.worldoftales.com/European_folktales/English_folktale_96.html#gsc.tab=0 He talks about that loose screw as if they all come with one? Smh
  17. No doubt this type of boilerplate was just copy pasta from another owner's manual. It's very common to find errors in owner's manuals. After a few too many complaints I was rewarded with the final proofread of all the manuals at a company I worked for. As long as the amplifier doesn't fall in the bathtub (without a GFCI) I'm sure they are fine. The last time I checked there still hadn't been a safety notice/recall on the pinto or mustang fuel tank debacle. I'll be damned if I ever trust that company. Lucky dear old dad wasn't taken out by that thick film ignition module in his T-Bird.
  18. I just read somewhere that earthing more than one piece of equipment can cause the ground loop hum and this holds true on my system with the addition of the three pronged pro amp.
  19. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=TN3P37LWXwY Megadeth no more Mr nice guy.
  20. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-XfmHyG8y-g David Essex, Rock on
  21. The power amplifier should be turned on last and turned off first. Some of my components can take this and others can't so I guess it's hit or miss.
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