R53 is not used to set bias. I am asking if the voltage drop measured across R53 is used to set the bias.R53 is not used to set bias.
I prefer the term broken as designed.Yey! The amplifier must be faulty excuse has arrived.
Ever heard the saying, it is easier to con someone than to convince them that they have been conned.My observation is that one constant here has been your non-stop complaining about what others here are saying. You said your piece: the amp sounds fine to you and it doesn't matter to you how it measures. Good. Everything else is your picking at others for what they have to say, most of which has nothing to do with you except when you hassle them for saying it.
No, but I'll add it to my repertoire!!Ever heard the saying, it is easier to con someone than to convince them that they have been conned.
I would say that it is your posts that have added very little to the conversation. ASR is one of the most professional and thought provoking forums on the web, and I get a lot out of all the different types of knowledge that many of the members here post in every review thread - sure, things go a little off topic now and again, but you have here a collection of folks who continue to amaze me with their level of knowledge of all things audio, and sometimes products of every manner.Good Morning, afternoon or evening:
I was really hoping this thread would tighten up with less negative sniping.
Graphs, measurements and true electrical circuit knowledge carry more intellectual weight than the drive by "this is a piece of garbage."
There are way too many posts mentioning the lack of response from Carver employees.
A few of the members mentioned their level of business acumen and experience.
Those individuals should know that a 'corporate response' is a well worded and measured release.
I don't know of any company that would respond once phrases such as class action, regulators, dangerous
are used in context of their product - without investigating the claims and having their council review the findings.
I would assume that the dealers would have the information/remedies first. This would allow them to reach out
to people that actually own their product.
So - let's be patient and wait for a response from a representative.
This what the older C-J amps used for output stage fuses, rated for 600 volts. If I recall the B+ on those were around 550 volts.I find it curious that the fuses are labeled 1A and 3A but the text below them states to use fuses with the same ratings. I also wonder if the fuse labeled B+ Fuse (the 1A one) is actually connected to the B+. If it is, I hope the fuse holder (and the fuse) are rated for use at that voltage.
Tom
The enclosure is not earthed. It is tied to mains neutral through a 5M resistor though.
Those would be appropriate.This what the older C-J amps used for output stage fuses, rated for 600 volts. If I recall the B+ on those were around 550 volts.
Scott,I would say that it is your posts that have added very little to the conversation. ASR is one of the most professional and thought provoking forums on the web, and I get a lot out of all the different types of knowledge that many of the members here post in every review thread - sure, things go a little off topic now and again, but you have here a collection of folks who continue to amaze me with their level of knowledge of all things audio, and sometimes products of every manner.
You will find plenty of examples here of manufacturers responding to reviews, and by and large they respond very diplomatically and often engage privately with Amir to discuss ways that the products can be improved. I don’t remember too many cases of master distributors/dealers calling the testers childish names.
I don’t want to go so far as to call you a troll, but your passive aggressive posts make me wonder if you have some affiliation with the company or a related company and you are trying to do damage control.
We shall await the “corporate response” you mention. As a person who is involved in product marketing, compliance and lifecycle management, I am very interested to see how Carver (the company that actually makes these) responds.
I find it curious that the fuses are labeled 1A and 3A but the text below them states to use fuses with the same ratings. I also wonder if the fuse labeled B+ Fuse (the 1A one) is actually connected to the B+. If it is, I hope the fuse holder (and the fuse) are rated for use at that voltage.
Tom
This what the older C-J amps used for output stage fuses, rated for 600 volts. If I recall the B+ on those were around 550 volts.
My observation is that one constant here has been your non-stop complaining about what others here are saying. You said your piece: the amp sounds fine to you and it doesn't matter to you how it measures. Good. Everything else is your picking at others for what they have to say, most of which has nothing to do with you except when you hassle them for saying it.
Everyone is entitled to their opinion, but you’re not entitled to keep telling others what they should or shouldn’t post, nor how they should express their own opinion.I said it in another post and I will repeat it: Everyone is entitled to their opinion and I hope I am allowed to have mine.
I agree with most of what you stated in your response. I too would speculate that the org chart has changed from the time the first unit was produced to the most recent. Questions of safety are of particular interest to me.I modified the unit so I haven't asked the dealer. Nonetheless, I would think anyone would be entitled to a refund given the misrepresentations and the safety issue presented by the lack of chassis ground.
You can call the emotion side of my post what you want. I think it is sad because Bob Carver is an important figure in the hifi field. I like him. Maybe, and I'm speculating, Bob (like Mark Levinson and others) once again sold his name and the results may not be in keeping with the original intent and design of Bob Carver. I think it is also sad from the misrepresentations and build quality perspective. Consumers should not have to have electrical experience or a degree to perform their due diligence on an amp they want to purchase. This, in 2022, by an American company, for a product made in America, with Bob Carver's name on the product--to me (and you may dislike my subjectivity)--is just plan sad.
The process of opening up the unit had and has never had a change on an amplifier's sound--except for a limited experience of mine where a wire was caught and shorting on something I opened up in the 1990s, whereby the signal was restored.
That looks like a Magnavox preamp / tuner (based on the Molex connector in the upper right-hand corner. Those are a nightmare to work on, but given that all the wires / leads are twisted through the tag strips before soldering, stuff is *not* moving about, so little risk of a dead short to chassis. Anything that could possibly move (like that 39k carbon comp right in the middle) or possibly carrying B+ has tubing over the leads.
According to Google they operate from a flower shopIt is interesting that I cannot seem to find an active corporation listing on Washington Secretary of State or Illinois (where Malitz lives). The company could be registered anywhere.