Opinions on Sunfire Amps

reviews are a dime a dozen,i dont think ive ever read a bad review on any peice of gear,my statements were based on my usage of just about every amp in the carver line,at 1 time i owned 16 different carver amps & they sounded great till i compared them to hi end amps then i heard the difference,imo the whole carver amp line was cheap.

Bigjoe, I agree with you that reviews are overrated, but there are certainly a number of honest reviews out there, some negative enough that they ultimately killed the product.
I also agree w/you that most of the Carver amps are lousy.
Sunfire amps are not Carver amps. They sounds good, especially in their price range. They are built like tanks.
They hold their value better than most other brands.
Glai, you should certainly consider them.
Cheers, Spencer

Thanks guys.
Bigjoe, it must be painful to own 16 amps that sucks.

I have heard the Sunfire amp driving a pair of the large Martin Logan stats. The Sunfire easily bested the baby Krells is power, warmth and just plain musicality. In fact, even the Monster Krells, many times the cost of the Sunfire, were not superior across the board. I would say that the big Krell monoblocks were noticably more "solid" in the imaging, and had better extention on top. Thats it.

Older Carver gear tended to sound a bit whimpy when given a real load, not the Sunfire gear. Bob Carver has a winner here.

it was very painful once i found out that carver sucked,keep in mind that i never owned all 16 at the same time also many of the carver products that i HAD were bought for resale back when carver was in its heyday.