hauntedz28

thanks

I agree, after getting into a couple of these I need to have a discussion with him. working and recap? Fully serviced? Modded? BTW I started on them Oct. 7th

i would love to send pictures. I am tasked to do 4-5 per month. Im having a hard time right now understanding the power supply on the M500T, the schemo I copied on paper is virtually impossible to read.

well The Carver situation has begun! I have one M500T sounding beautiful and yet the other M500T has an issue driving me mad.

Thank you so very much. Hadn't come back in awhile. Never had the notification bell on and it seemed individuals were pretty hush hush. Well I should be meeting up with the guy this Saturday. He supposed to bring 2 amps and a pre amp so I can get situated and started. Thanks for the info

Thanks bud. Yeah caps get changed quite often on most equipment, and known transistors. Filter caps I take to work and check on the cap checker. Most test good on many units I take them out of, except ESR is out of spec . Hmmmm adapter pcb? Never thought of that

Yeah I totally get the supply chain. I have a dedicated coworker whose only job is to order and find old parts. And I am just trying to get ahead of the game before he brings me units. Well as long as the schemos are somewhat available I can figure it all out myself. I'm starting with his TFM series amps. Heck he has no idea of the status on most of them, he hasn't plugged them all in at all. Of the couple I've tore apart in the past years, the solder work seemed to be horrible

He just a fella who has collected tons of Carver gear for many years. He contacted me since he heard I did repairs, service and restores on gear. Yeah he wants to sell them.

So I am a board level electronics tech with over 25 years experience. Last few years I have been restoring and servicing vintage stereo equipment. Person got a hold of me with around 40 to 50 Carver amps and preamps. He wants serviced. I joined here cuz I don't want to reinvent the wheel. I figure people here have a lot experience with Carver. Once I get the ball rolling, going to need an idea of what common components I need to put my inventory. I repaired a 742 and a TFM 35 a while back and if I remember it was mostly resolder work. Thanks for any input.