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Re: Interesting Carver thread on Audio Circle
« Reply #1 on: January 18, 2011, 07:31:04 PM »
Wow. Impressive DIY stuff.


I miss the old Heathkit and Dynaco (and Eico) kit days when you could build your own stuff.   

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Re: Interesting Carver thread on Audio Circle
« Reply #2 on: January 18, 2011, 08:51:53 PM »
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Re: Interesting Carver thread on Audio Circle
« Reply #3 on: January 19, 2011, 04:12:28 AM »
He must have those amps posted at every audio site except this one.
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Re: Interesting Carver thread on Audio Circle
« Reply #4 on: March 25, 2011, 07:13:24 AM »
wonder why not?

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Re: Interesting Carver thread on Audio Circle
« Reply #5 on: March 25, 2011, 07:31:23 AM »
Obviously he is very proud of his work. The real question is...will they ever actually be operative?  :-\
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Re: Interesting Carver thread on Audio Circle
« Reply #6 on: March 25, 2011, 06:55:09 PM »
has he posted his build cost anywhere? IIRC they have granite bases?

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Re: Interesting Carver thread on Audio Circle
« Reply #7 on: March 25, 2011, 09:32:54 PM »
The transformers are gonna be the big bucks of the total cost. Bob is not done designing them yet.
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Re: Interesting Carver thread on Audio Circle
« Reply #8 on: April 05, 2011, 08:27:03 AM »
has he posted his build cost anywhere? IIRC they have granite bases?
George, the only thing he has mentioned is that the final cost will be about 1/2 of what they typically go for.
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Re: Interesting Carver thread on Audio Circle
« Reply #9 on: April 05, 2011, 03:55:45 PM »
has he posted his build cost anywhere? IIRC they have granite bases?
George, the only thing he has mentioned is that the final cost will be about 1/2 of what they typically go for.

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Re: Interesting Carver thread on Audio Circle
« Reply #10 on: April 05, 2011, 05:02:15 PM »
Or the hours of time he spent with Bob and Joe on the phone talking to them about building the amps.
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Re: Interesting Carver thread on Audio Circle
« Reply #11 on: April 05, 2011, 09:04:34 PM »
The 350's are gonna be in the 12K range.
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Re: Interesting Carver thread on Audio Circle
« Reply #12 on: April 05, 2011, 11:11:08 PM »
Has he finished building those yet?
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Re: Interesting Carver thread on Audio Circle
« Reply #13 on: April 07, 2011, 04:04:41 PM »
No, he's waiting on Bob to finish the design of the transformers and then wind them.
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Re: Interesting Carver thread on Audio Circle
« Reply #14 on: April 07, 2011, 07:03:22 PM »
The 350's are gonna be in the 12K range.
Thought he was shooting for 400 watts/per?
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