Mathieu 110 Posted February 4, 2023 Share Posted February 4, 2023 I'm Mathieu, living in Burgundy/France. Discovered Carver stuff when I was about 13 old, in the 80's. The time of huge systems, big Magnepan tympani's driven by 2 of 4 Carvers, and so. I forgot the brand for about 20 years, and went to other stuffs (...). I specialy dedicated my time to repairing/optimising Electrostatic speakers (Acoustats and Dayton Wright's mainly). These stay very desirable speakers, and have been forgotten by the audio word. About 10years ago, I had occasion to purchase a 1.5, and was amazed by the musicality and living energy of that amp. I start collectecting many 1.5's, TFM's 42 and 45, Bose 1800-VI, even a preamp c19... Carver amp have replaced high-end stuff in many of my friends's systems now. These transistors amps pass very well with low efficiency systems, they bring a sensation of life, deep and clean bass, without any agressivity or harshness. And in addition, Bob Carver has all my sympathy. His incredible engineer skills and ability to keep alive his company are amazing, and he really brought to the audio community a new and diagonal vision of what should be audio stuff. 9 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sk1Bum 10,230 Posted February 4, 2023 Share Posted February 4, 2023 Hello Mathieu, and welcome to thecarversite.com. We're glad you're hear. There is a lot of information here, much technical know how, and a pretty good bunch of folks that are happy to help. The M1.5 and TFM 45/42 are popular amps here, and the C19 pre is one on my want list. Congrats on your gear (and your English). Once you get to Novice status, please consider uploading some pics of your gear in the Members Systems area. We all like pics of all kinds of audio gear. In the meantime, kick your shoes off, turn up the music, and welcome aboard. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zenith4me 1,422 Posted February 4, 2023 Share Posted February 4, 2023 Welcome to The Carver Site! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Community Admin AndrewJohn 8,721 Posted February 4, 2023 Community Admin Share Posted February 4, 2023 Welcome @Mathieu, glad you found us. When you can, please also post a picture of your current gear ! we love pictures ! 😉 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis47 887 Posted February 4, 2023 Share Posted February 4, 2023 WELCOME @Mathieu! Like your take on the hobby's history and your choice of Carver equipment. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BluesMan57 1,328 Posted February 5, 2023 Share Posted February 5, 2023 Welcome to the forum mon amie… Glad to have you aboard… 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ar9Jim 6,436 Posted February 5, 2023 Share Posted February 5, 2023 Mathieu Welcome to TCS.. Enjoy! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian_at_HHH 2,624 Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 Welcome Mathieu!! It's clearly too late to warn you of the addictive nature of Carver gear! Welcome to the fun world of OCCD!!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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