CARVER any idea's-just scored it

boston1450
boston1450 Posts: 7,639
edited August 2013 in 2 Channel Audio
Carver CT-26v A/V preamplifier/tuner--i just picked it up for FREE on Clist. This is the first Carver ive owned. Lol. Any ideas what to do with it now ?i know separate's usually consist of amp/pre-amp/tuner. Does this unit do both pre & tuner. I havent a clue as i just picked it up & still in truck. Attachment not found.also got a cd player too
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  • nguyendot
    nguyendot Posts: 3,594
    edited July 2013
    Time to buy a 2 channel amp and try it out!
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  • cnh
    cnh Posts: 13,284
    edited July 2013
    Well, it says "preamp/tuner" on its face plate so that question has been answered.

    Yeah, get a power amp and hook her up. I have heard, though, that some Carver products like this often have some problems (reliability issues?).

    cnh
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  • boston1450
    boston1450 Posts: 7,639
    edited July 2013
    Attachment not found.Well price was right & 10 bucks in gas was worth it IMO now time to get a amp or flip it
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  • boston1450
    boston1450 Posts: 7,639
    edited July 2013
    cnh wrote: »
    Well, it says "preamp/tuner" on its face plate so that question has been answered.

    Yeah, get a power amp and hook her up. I have heard, though, that some Carver products like this often have some problems (reliability issues?).

    cnh
    kinda looks cheesy for a carver. Even though its in vgood condition. Must be the lower end of their stuff. But price was right
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  • trav0810
    trav0810 Posts: 1,056
    edited July 2013
    That's later production Chinese Carver. Not a "sought after" piece, but for free...hell yeah, give it a try!
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  • Drenis
    Drenis Posts: 2,871
    edited July 2013
    Thats a nice "JVC" cd player you got. They must have stuck a Pioneer logo on at the factory by mistake! :razz:
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  • BlueFox
    BlueFox Posts: 15,251
    edited July 2013
    Drenis wrote: »
    Thats a nice "JVC" cd player you got. They must have stuck a Pioneer logo on at the factory by mistake! :razz:

    Good catch, and the 6 disk player has a single disk tray.
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  • boston1450
    boston1450 Posts: 7,639
    edited July 2013
    Maybe someone beat me there & changed it out & left the Carver behind. It was a curb alert too. I drove like a mad man not knowing what the Carver was. The info on ad. All it said is they work great. Cd player works great. I dont have a amp. So ill tuck it away :)
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  • agfrost
    agfrost Posts: 2,428
    edited July 2013
    BlueFox wrote: »
    Good catch, and the 6 disk player has a single disk tray.

    I think it's one of those cartridge-changer thingies.
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  • nguyendot
    nguyendot Posts: 3,594
    edited July 2013
    Correct its a 6 disc cartridge. I used to have a few that used this.
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  • DaveHo
    DaveHo Posts: 3,526
    edited July 2013
    boston1450 wrote: »
    Maybe someone beat me there & changed it out & left the Carver behind. It was a curb alert too. I drove like a mad man not knowing what the Carver was. The info on ad. All it said is they work great. Cd player works great. I dont have a amp. So ill tuck it away :)

    IIRC, you have a few receivers. Got one with pre-out/main-in jumpers? If so you could try it out that way.
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  • pitdogg2
    pitdogg2 Posts: 25,442
    edited July 2013
    that is Carvers Home Theater pre amp has a decent tuner. They are not really in demand because of the fact that it is Pro-Logic only. Enjoy for free if it works they had some bugs
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  • Easy Runnin
    Easy Runnin Posts: 501
    edited July 2013
    I'm not sure but couldn't you hook it up through an Aux in or Tape deck in on a receiver?
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 32,963
    edited July 2013
    Color me slow today, but I don't get it. You picked up a free Carver pre/tuner....and you want "idea's".....for what exactly ?

    I mean I get free is free and all, and maybe a nice thing to play around with for awhile, but I wouldn't spend the nest egg building anything around that piece.
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  • boston1450
    boston1450 Posts: 7,639
    edited July 2013
    tonyb wrote: »
    Color me slow today, but I don't get it. You picked up a free Carver pre/tuner....and you want "idea's".....for what exactly ?

    I mean I get free is free and all, and maybe a nice thing to play around with for awhile, but I wouldn't spend the nest egg building anything around that piece.
    i posted the original post 5 mins after i picked it up. Ive never owned a Carver. So i was asking for ideas as to what it was. I had never heard of a pre with a tuner all in one unit. So i was asking for ideas as to what it was...i know most units are a amp--pre amp--tuner.... Im just gonna tuck it away n hope someday to pick up a decent amp to hook it to....thanks for all the advice all
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,557
    edited July 2013
    boston1450 wrote: »
    i posted the original post 5 mins after i picked it up. Ive never owned a Carver. So i was asking for ideas as to what it was. I had never heard of a pre with a tuner all in one unit. So i was asking for ideas as to what it was...i know most units are a amp--pre amp--tuner.... Im just gonna tuck it away n hope someday to pick up a decent amp to hook it to....thanks for all the advice all

    Put it on eBay, take that money and put it towards something else.
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  • headrott
    headrott Posts: 5,496
    edited July 2013
    F1nut wrote: »
    Put it on eBay, take that money and put it towards something else.

    +1 on that!
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  • PolkieMan
    PolkieMan Posts: 2,446
    edited July 2013
    Yea I would play for a day then flip them on Ebay.
    F1nut wrote: »
    Put it on eBay, take that money and put it towards something else.
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  • George Grand
    George Grand Posts: 12,258
    edited July 2013
    "SCOOOOOOORE! But I don't know what I scored. Somebody tell me what I scored."
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  • boston1450
    boston1450 Posts: 7,639
    edited July 2013
    George Grand wrote: »
    "SCOOOOOOORE! But I don't know what I scored. Somebody tell me what I scored."
    Correct George. When i see Carver. Adcom. Marantz. McIntosh for free. I flee
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  • PolkieMan
    PolkieMan Posts: 2,446
    edited July 2013
    I can't even buy/find that stuff, how do you search say Houston for free stuff?
    boston1450 wrote: »
    Correct George. When i see Carver. Adcom. Marantz. McIntosh for free. I flee
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  • boston1450
    boston1450 Posts: 7,639
    edited July 2013
    Id search houston. But my wife just boarded in Austin to come home. She said it was 101 degrees. So she happy after 6 days in Texas to be coming home to Maine tonight
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  • zingo
    zingo Posts: 11,258
    edited July 2013
    F1nut wrote: »
    Put it on eBay, take that money and put it towards something else.

    If you've not going to use it, or don't know how, see if you can get $40 for it and consider it a win.
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  • PolkieMan
    PolkieMan Posts: 2,446
    edited August 2013
    Thanks! Yea it's hot but we never get snowed it :lol:
    boston1450 wrote: »
    Id search houston. But my wife just boarded in Austin to come home. She said it was 101 degrees. So she happy after 6 days in Texas to be coming home to Maine tonight
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  • boston1450
    boston1450 Posts: 7,639
    edited August 2013
    PolkieMan wrote: »
    Thanks! Yea it's hot but we never get snowed it :lol:
    i cant wait. The only bad thing about 20 degrees is the price of heating a big house. Im all set on 80 plus degrees..im gonna flip the Carver then put it toward buying a Adcom tuner. Thanks for feedback everyone.
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited August 2013
    If it hasn't already been said, sell it and move on with your audio life.
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  • PolkieMan
    PolkieMan Posts: 2,446
    edited August 2013
    Well aircond is not cheap (reason I have a small house) yea tell us how you come out on the selling.
    boston1450 wrote: »
    i cant wait. The only bad thing about 20 degrees is the price of heating a big house. Im all set on 80 plus degrees..im gonna flip the Carver then put it toward buying a Adcom tuner. Thanks for feedback everyone.
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    PIONEER PL-510A SONY BDP S5100
    POLK SDA 1C BOUGHT USED 2011,Gimpod/Sonic Caps/Mills RDO-194
    ONKYO HT RC-360 SONY BDP S590 TECHNICS SL BD-1
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