New member from Queensland, Australia

[John Howell 51]

Hi All,

I found this site when I bought a partially functional PM600 with the aim of learning more about the amps and possibly fixing it.

My history with Carver amps is I bought a Carver 1.5t and later a C4000 preamplifier when I left university in the late 80s, to drive my JBL L112s.

These are largely the cause of my poor hearing in both ears now.

Nowadays I have ME amplifiers and Duntech speakers as the main hi-fi but I am very interested in getting the PM600 going and watching those LEDs dance.

One channel works (sort of) and I was hoping to debug it a little more with some hints from members of this site.

I have a dual channel CRO and a Electronics degree (but not much practical experience).

Just having had a bit of fun in my sparse spare time finding out how the amplifiers work (with the triac driving the transformer) from the service manuals.

I also now realise just how old these amplifiers are now.... time moves on quickly! And I ain't getting any younger either.

 

[Receiver2000 4,017]

Welcome to the site!!!

[Sk1Bum 11,411]

Hello John, and welcome to thecarversite.com . We're glad you're hear.

 

Carver M1.5t, a C4000 & bad hearing... So you're the Thunder from Down Under.  

 

Anyway, welcome aboard, and I hope you find what you're looking for.

 

Once you get to Novice status, please consider uploading some pics of your gear. We all like pics of all kinds of audio gear.

 

[3M_Audio 2,027]

Welcome!

 

One nice thing about the vintage Carver gear is that it's all serviceable and can perform as good as, or better, than new once restored.

[Cring08 245]

WELCOME!

[AndrewJohn 10,455]

Welcome @John Howell, glad you found us.

 

Hope to see more posting of your PM project.

 

Oh, it goes without saying that we LOVE pictures of audio gear..., 😉 

[John Howell 51]

8 hours ago, 3M_Audio said:

Welcome!

 

One nice thing about the vintage Carver gear is that it's all serviceable and can perform as good as, or better, than new once restored.

Here's hoping I get there!

[John Howell 51]

Currently working on getting to "Novice" so I can post pics... last night and this morning wrestling with getting the main circuit board out. Must be some mysterious force holding it in. Wish the service panel underneath was a bit wider - tose rubber spacers melted all over the board, under where I can't get to. Time for a bar of Solvol on the fingers

[John Howell 51]

On 6/6/2024 at 1:25 AM, AndrewJohn said:

Welcome @John Howell, glad you found us.

 

Hope to see more posting of your PM project.

 

Oh, it goes without saying that we LOVE pictures of audio gear..., 😉 

Currently in Amplifiers / amp repair with a picture. I meant to put it under Amplifiers / amp repair / pro series repair but something went wrong..

[John Howell 51]

Here it is.. It looks better inside than out

[xavionics 2,069]

2 hours ago, John Howell said:

Here it is.. It looks better inside than out

Seems to be the case with the pro amps.

Poor things take a beating!

[Zenith4me 1,480]

Welcome to TCS!

[Rob 5,982]

Welcome to the club!!!