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  1. Welcome, D5!  Sounds like several things going on there. Tracking down these issues is not for the faint of heart. From my experience, it sounds like you have a $300-$400 repair bill on that one. I'm near Philadelphia, in NJ. My wife will be in Mass this weekend. If you could get it to her, I could have it up and running in a few weeks. Since I have a couple of working units for parts, I should be able to get it going for minimal cost. Message me if that is of interest.

     

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  2. Welcome, Ben!  I hope we can help you get your gear back to proper operating condition.  Does the HR-722 fail the same way using the Remote as the power button? Maybe you don't have the remote. It could be the power switch. If Dad had the Hafler 500 plugged into the switched AC socket, the extra draw could have caused contact damage to the switch. If it's acting up using the remote, it could be the contacts in the relay on the power switch board. Also aging Power Supply Filter Capacitors could be causing it to go into protection when first trying to power it on. That's where I'd start. BTW- you will need a decent DVOM for working on these. Please be careful. The filter caps can hold a nasty charge, even unplugged. Don't try to work on the power supply switch area with the unit plugged in. Let us know what you find. Good luck!

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  3. Not a bad idea, if it was so easy. Carver made running changes to many models and therefore most lists are not going to be accurate, plus current parts availability makes changes in part numbers almost constant. Refurb parts lists therefore need to be unit specific in real time. Might I suggest that if one has, say an M-4.0t amp, that they want to refurb, start a post on that amp, list all the things they think they should replace with current part numbers and values. The community can then help with suggestions on sourcing hard to get parts. Rarely will you find all-in-one shopping for 30 year old amp parts. 

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  4. You really need all three sources, Vinyl, Disc and Streaming. If you have the room, and the patience, tape players work, too. Reel, Cassette and 8-Track. Sadly, I have all of those, plus Laser-Disc, AM-FM Tuner, XM Tuner and VHS. Not all in the same place, mind you. I still have to hook up that Quadraphonic system, too. LOL!

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  5. Let’s hear what your favorite album is from 1958!  Why 58? It’s considered the first year of stereo. 
     

    In the future I will name other years so hold your other favs. For now just Le’s released in 1958. 

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  6. 19 hours ago, Butcher said:

    Indeed.  Allow me to offer another instance that relates to yours, if merely tangentially. 

     

    I recently took upon myself the burden of setting up a system for an old friend. To be more specific, we've been friends for many a year, and he's got more than a few years behind him. Still, he yearns for a good sounding stereo and I aim to steer him in a direction that's a good value and pleasing to the ears. I coached him into buying an NAD integrated, much the same as mine. Upon hearing said amp with several different speakers, I've established that the power circuit needs to be refreshed at a minimum. Without getting into audio snobbery, just take my word when I say it must be done for the good of all. 

     

    He's had a few pair of my speakers at his house, along with one of my amps, and my NAD acting as preamp, to stand-in for his while I adjusted a few things on it and built an order sheet for refresh parts. He was at a loss for why he didn't like one pair of speakers, so I tried to instruct him on critical listening. I'd brought along a few of my favorite test CDs and played a bit. As I began to talk about a particular track and what to listen for (usually its the magic cowbells or marimba or whatever, which one should notice floating in space about 6-8 feet ahead), he just waved his hand and said "I don't know about any of that, I just want the speakers to sound good". 

     

    So, imagine my frustration as I wanted to give him a 5 minute course in exactly what to look for out of a good system, and he just wants it to "sound good". I was at an impasse: he thought that "sounds good" was the end of it all, and here I felt he would be able to make better decisions if he just knew why the bits sounded good in the first place. 

     

    Deep breath, and soldier on. I'm going to upgrade his amplifier and be done with it. 

    Apparently he doesn't have "Magic Ears", like us!   

     

    Actually it is "Magic Brain", ready to pounce on the least bit of offensive material the ears gather. 

     

    We have it.

     

    They don't. 

     

    Much easier on the wallet if you don't. 

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  7. Sounds like bad replays and dirty switches. Let us know if the other channel comes back after switching the tape monitor switch back and forth a bunch of times and turn the volume way up with balance in the middle and both left and right channels connected to speakers. Don’t put two 901’s on one channel. 

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    The greatest thing we can share with our community is the music that moved us in 2020. We make no pretense that this is the "Best Music of 2020" but from the TMR family to you, this is our list of the music that moved us in this strange year (in no particular order):

    TMR's Favorite Albums of 2020
     

    All Them Witches - Nothing as the Ideal (Blues Rock / Psychedelic)
    Fleet Foxes - Shore (Indie Folk)
    Boniface - Boniface (Deluxe)  (Alternative)
    Holy Motors - Horse (Dark Twang)
    Moses Sumney - græ ( Indie Rock / Folk)
    Colter Wall: Western Swings & Waltzes (Western / Country)
    Mulatu Astatke - To Know Without Knowing (Ethiopian Jazz)
    Glass Animals- Dreamland (Psychedelic Pop / Electronic)
    Sylvan Esso - Free Love (Electropop)
    Orville Peck - Show Pony - EP (Country)

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