w3wilkes

Big Brother and the Holding Company - Cheap Thrills Saw them at Lagoon Amusement Park, Farmington Utah, July 20, 1968, it was the summer after this was released and I think they did the whole thing. Pretty small venue, what a great concert. Front band was Blue Cheer.

First dumb question. This welcome section, or better stated, this thread seems to be as good a place as any for my questions regarding what I've bought but haven't yet received? Or should I be asking questions somewhere else? And I appreciate all the welcomes from you all! Comment: I've eyed Carver with some envy for years (decades) but never felt I could justify buying higher quality gear than I have. The only "extravagant" piece I ever bought back in the mid 1980's was my ADS L810's which I really like but have never had real power to drive them. Well, I pulled the trigger and bought the 2 Carver pieces in my sig. and am pretty excited for them to arrive and get hooked up, probably Saturday. Second question: The M-1.0t that I bought is serial # 70902593 (with stereo/mono switch), looks brand new from the pictures. Google says M-1.0t's were US made, but the picture posted of the rear clearly shows Made in Japan. I have no issues with Made in Japan and typically find their manufacturing as good or better than USA made. Since this is probably a "later date" build I'm wondering what kind of differences would have been made in circuit design, things like correcting the power on/off "thump". Was this ever done in the original manufacture specs or was "thump" correction always a repair thing? Curious minds have a need to know.

Funny, we're also in Layton. Just north of Mutton Hollow about 1/2 mile below 89.

Wondering if there's many of you Carver folks using Squeezebox? I've been in the SlimDevices - Logitech Squeezebox - now Lyrion music world since 2008 for all my digital music. Wilkes

Thanks, didn't realize the pre was less deep than the amp. I think I can put the pre on a shelf above the amp.

Thanks again to all for your answers and input! Always wanted a little more power than my old Kenwood KA-405 55 watt integrated amp to drive my old ADS-L810's and now in a position to afford an upgrade. Just pulled the trigger on a Carver C1 preamp and a Carver M-1.0t with the switch on the back. Over the years I've read a bunch of stuff on Bob Carver, gear designs and some the challenges he gave to the "tube purist's". So looking forward to hooking these up! Would it be better to stack the amp on the preamp due to heat from the amp, seems to make sense? Wilkes

I'm also thinking of trying Sonic Holography. The C1 preamp seems like it would be just fine for me. In reading the C1 manual it sounds like the use of SH requires specific positioning of the speakers in relation to the listener and would be more for "individual critical listening". Then for casual listening in a social setting it would probably be best to shut off SH. Does this make sense?

Thank you all. My use would be a single amp with 2 speakers (ADS L810's) attached left and right. Just hook them up per normal + to + and - to - for both left and right on the pre 4500 amp or the same on a newer than 4500 amp with the switch in Stereo position, correct?

Hi all, I'm old and retired but have always thought Carver had great products! I'm looking to get a preamp and amp. Been looking at the M1.0t amp and notice there's a pre and post version from serial # 4500. The post 4500 serial # has a switch for mono vs stereo that isn't on the pre SN # 4500 units. If connecting 2 speakers (stereo) should the + and - match or are the left and right channels out of phase? If out of phase, should one of the speakers be connected reversed? Wilkes