. Bob Carver just designed a new reincarnation of his famous Silver Seven Tube monoblock amps. A pair of them sold for over $32k on eBay last night. 900 wpc, 4 chassis tube beasts. 25 tubes per side for a total of 50 tubes! Carver Monoblock Beasts . |
Carvers are the best bang for the buck in terms of wattage/power for consumer/home hifi. PRO pyramid/pyle PRO amps are about the same quality as Carvers for half the price, which also has low feedback and high dynamic range up to 4000 watts and bigger sound stage output. I have own M1.5, M1.5t, M4.0ts, TFM-55s, and Carver Silver 7t. Carvers are ok for the beginner audiophile. If you want serious high resolution listening i would take the Mcintosh/Levinson monoblocks. |
Hi all ! The Carver amps are a heck of a lot better than their preamps . The TFM 35 I had sounded pretty good , not great but good for the price . The preamp ( cant remember the model ) was horrible , no dynamics and very veiled . Didnt really notice this until I put an ESS preamp in the system . After looking at the Carver preamp it was obvious what the problem was ...the whole power supply was no bigger than a walnut , well maybe 2 walnuts but I sure was tiny . |
