Carver HR 895 Receiver?


Thoughts on the HR 895 Receiver? Picked one up yesterday along with the SD/A 360 CDP. Shame the CDP couldn't have been the 390T.
Insight appreciated. -Thanks-
laviathon
To fix the channel, you just need to replace 4 transistors.

Q701 - 2SA1145
Q702 - 2SA1145
Q703 - 2SC2705
Q704 - 2SC2705

This is well known problem. These HR-895 are awesome!
As more people find out about that model, the used prices will rise.
IME, the best Carver receiver was simply called 'The Receiver'. If I remember correctly it was a powerhouse, conservatively rated at 125WPC.
I fixed it by selling almost two months ago.

And "The Receiver" should be called "The Headache". That thing is an accident waiting to happen.
I own three of these beautiful receivers. The first one I purchased used in 1992. I had all three diagnosed and serviced by an original Carver technician. The most common problem is the right channel static caused by a transitor being too far away from the right power transformer, not sensing the heat, thus creating static.
Though the control panel can be difficult to navigate, I only use these prologic receivers for stereo purposes only.
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