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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
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The Carver Challenge | Stereophile.com
Thanks for posting this 1985 article to your website. I bought a Carver m1.0t amp in 1986 (without ever having seen a copy of Stereophile) and it has served me well ever since, with one repair and adjustment to factory specs (total repair cost was $200 in 2006) needed in all of that time. It's...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:
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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!!!”