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Whats up with Carver/Sunfire?

Why don't I hear more about this guy's stuff on the high end forums? He makes some pretty amazing equipment, to my untutored eyes; the sunfire power amp doubles down all the way to 1 ohm; it is compact and gives off very little heat..and now the "digital" amps are coming out (Rotel 1091 etc.)....I have never heard a sunfire, but why not drive my thiel 2.3's with a Carver + a tube pre? If I'm a duh, I have an excuse...I'm a lawyer.......mb
michaeljbrown
a71spud
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Mitch4t -

What they won't repair old Carver stuff, does that include the old Sunfire stuff? Like subs and 2 channel amps made in the last 7 years?
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mitch4t
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Spud.....I'm sure they'll still repair old Sunfire stuff.
maineiac
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I think Bob sold Carver and then started Sunfire as a completely different company. I have the sunfire ultimate receiver for home theater and it is very nice, 200W of pure guts. Customer service is top notch, very helpful. I once had one of the engineers on the phone with the schematic trying to help me figure out an issue (which was my own issue btw). I have also heard the new 400W sunfire home theater seperates - really nice stuff.
a71spud
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Didn't he sell off Sunfire last year? I don't know if Carver is even associated with Sunfire anymore. I could be wrong... I hope I am.
maineiac
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This is from Sunfire's website, it looks like Bob sold but they've got him on one of the classic "consulting" type arrangements. He is going to trade shows, etc. for them so he is probably working out the rest of his contract.

from the sunfire website"


Last fall, Sunfire announced a collaboration with ELAN, the leading multi-room A/V and home control brand, as a result of Sunfire’s 2005 acquisition by ELAN’s parent company, Nortek. The companies jointly announced that they would leverage and share technologies, wherever synergistic, in order to best serve their dealers and present them with the best in state-of-the-art audio and home theater product offerings.
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