Carver 275 Crimson tube amp --- any feedback appreciated

Thanks hobo1452.

Unfortunately that video showed something that I wasn't aware of that kind of kills that option, no XLR inputs. In a mono block setup I will definitely end up with longer interconnect runs.

Complication with going tubes is another thing that holds me back. This system is shared with my home theater so I don't want to have glowing tubes while watching movies (some sort of switcher required)

I understand where you are coming from rocknss. I am a audio snob/purist in the belief of keeping my hifi system and HT system completely separate. I'm also stubborn about using sub woofers. I think they have no place in a properly set up hifi system, but are completely necessary for home theater. That aside, I'm not even sure I would want to run a tube set up for an HT system as there are so many excellent solid state alternatives dedicated to home theater. The obvious drawback is that you end up with a lot more equipment, and it's usually all crammed into the same listening room. I solved that dilemma by choosing which one I wanted more and kicking the other to the curb. In my case, hifi won!

Also to rocknss. If you want tubes and XLR, check out the Luxman CL38uc tube preamp. It's one that is still on my short list for a possible Vincent replacement.
http://www.luxman.com/product/detail.php?id=27

I have had MANY carver pieces in my collection and have enjoyed their
features. I have had the CUBE, some Sunfire gear-pre-amp,the matching amp with the glass, a TFM-25, a Carver c-2 and the list go’s on. Then when I needed them to be repaired, HERE WE GO! the telephone number don’t work anymore, their was a building that did repairs in Suquamish Washington no more,gone!! try this number SORRY we used to do repairs. I got TIRED of the B.S. and the run around, I feel Mr Carver comes up with a product to have some spending money for a trip to Spain. And they say WE DON’T HAVE A REPAIR Facility, because the amps don’t come back, Well yeah maybe for that first year!!! but lets try 10 years down the road. How do we know your Marketing guy will be around for the next ten years? Their is a list of dead audio company’s on Agon that audiophile are complaining about, because they can’t find a simple schematic or that part that they can’t cross reference to find. If and when I spend my HARD EARNED cash on a product I want to feel warm and Fuzzy that their is a company. that owns the building and I can pick up the phone and PEGGY SUE will direct me to the right department at the Carver corperation, I like supporting American Company’s
and I would love to purchase this amp.but in the audio world we Millennial care more about the cash we spend, take a look at APPLE and how we stand in line for their products and the support.and now with COVID 19 and people homeless and jobless,the purchase of a 2.7k and more for a power amp can be a hard sell.

Once the warranty expires, you use places like this;
https://www.flannerysvintageaudio.com/