Hi, I’m BT. I have been wondering for a long time if anyone else still owns Carver components. Now I find that this site exists and am looking forward to reading and exchanging info about Carver.
in the early 1990s, I wanted to seriously upgrade my system and read about Carver. I purchased the C5 Preamp and the TFM125 Amp. They still work great. Through the years I ended up with less and less audio source components: my Beogram turntable was sold as I sold my vinyl due to lack of space. I sold my Harmon Kardon cassette deck since I didn’t use it much. My original DBX CD player flaked out on me and the repair attempted on it also failed. For a while, I connected audio output from a Panasonic DVR/DVD player but I ended up selling it as well.
The last source was pulling audio from my BluRay player but since it’s hooked up to an AV receiver that has ARC, every time I turn it on, the receiver and TV turn on as well. Even after I turn them off, they sometimes turn on again!
My Carver components have been sitting idle for quite some time as have my DBX Soundfield 10 speakers. The room has been our video room dominated by a 5.1 system audio system so my Carvers have been silent…
I finally decided to purchase a new CD player and that will be the new source of audio for my Carver/DBX system. I will be getting the player shortly and can’t wait to hear true sound again!
I will report on how it all sounds soon.