Matt_Holland
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Ref the Carver amp challenge I read about that yesterday. Absolutely amazing! Added to the ABX amp tests published in Stereo Review it amazes me that people still spend more than a couple of grand max on an amp in the name of sound quality.Ironically -- though they're not necessarily the best test data extant, the most-quoted "test" to date is probably still the Carver amplifier challenge.
Carver Challenge | BobCarverCorp.com
www.bobcarvercorp.comThe Carver Challenge
Is it possible to make a $700 "mainstream-audio" power amplifier sound exactly like a high-priced perfectionist amplifier? Bob Carver, of Carver Corporation, seemed to think he could, so we challenged him to prove it.www.stereophile.com
PS I've got to give Stereophile credit for Footnote 2 in the above reference, referring to Carver's many, whimsically-monikered "innovations" of that bygone era:
Chrysler Air-Raid Siren - Wikipedia
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It's got a horn-loaded Hemi. I mean, does it get any more American?
Ref the Hemi-horn (sounds sexual) that is indeed about as Mercan as it gets! “F&@k yeah!!!”