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Do I need BOTH amp and pre to be sonic holography?

I have Carver TFM 35 amp and C6 pre. I was considering replacing Carver pre with McIntosh C35 pre. Would I still have the sonic holography with just the Carver amp, and any thoughts as to whether this might be a worthwhile change/upgrade? (I'm not concerned with a tuner at this point.)
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tpreaves
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Isn't sonic holography something from Star Trek?
tmsorosk
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Sonic Holography was one of Bob's ploy's to get people to purchase his products. These names really meant nothing.
ebm
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Say what??
jerrynsr
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get yourself a good tube amp.
sonic holography is just another phrase for sound stage
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pehare
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back in the 80's i owned a carver preamp w/that sonic holography feature built in & used it all the time. i had the m4.0t amp at the time which emulated a tube amp supposedly. for it's time i thought it sounded great. carver used to sell an individual holography component (small black box that Zydo mentions above) that was installed inline somewhere - like a tube buffer i'm guessing? seek out that box if you can find it or just buy zydo's. just for grins i'd love to hear that setup again:)
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