Carver silver 7T amps

faster100
faster100 Posts: 6,124
edited March 2005 in 2 Channel Audio
I found a pair for 1100, good deal?? or to much..
MY HT RIG:
Sherwood p-965
Sherwood sd871 dvd
Rotel 1075 amp x5
LSI15 mains
LsiC center
LSIfx surround backs
Lsi7 side surrounds
SVS pb12/plus2

2 Channel Rig:

nad 1020 Pre-amp
Rotel 1080 stereo amp
Polk sda 2B
kenwood grunt Tuner
realistic lab 450 TT
Signal cable IC
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,546
    edited March 2005
    Answer, http://cls.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?ampstran&1114924918
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  • organ
    organ Posts: 4,969
    edited March 2005
    Whoa! Those are sweet looking. What happened to your Dyna?

    Maurice
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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 28,641
    edited March 2005
    Those things look like they could kick your tail man...jeez...

    Awesome looking - I'd pick them up...just to look at...
    - Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit.
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  • George Grand
    George Grand Posts: 12,258
    edited March 2005
    If their 575 watt amps, that's under a dollar a watt, and that's the price ratio I like to buy at or below.

    George Grand (of the Jersey Grands)
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  • faster100
    faster100 Posts: 6,124
    edited March 2005
    They arent mine, I was just checking as i found some myself for that price.. and was curious their worth...


    Thanks Guys
    MY HT RIG:
    Sherwood p-965
    Sherwood sd871 dvd
    Rotel 1075 amp x5
    LSI15 mains
    LsiC center
    LSIfx surround backs
    Lsi7 side surrounds
    SVS pb12/plus2

    2 Channel Rig:

    nad 1020 Pre-amp
    Rotel 1080 stereo amp
    Polk sda 2B
    kenwood grunt Tuner
    realistic lab 450 TT
    Signal cable IC
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  • madmax
    madmax Posts: 12,434
    edited March 2005
    They will do 900 watts into 4 ohms or 1000 watts into 2 ohms. Very clean and powerful sounding. When those meters jump up the lights go down. :D

    One down side, they use monster cable inside...

    madmax
    Vinyl, the final frontier...

    Avantgarde horns, 300b tubes, thats the kinda crap I want... :D
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  • Pauly
    Pauly Posts: 4,519
    edited March 2005
    Can you use Mono's on the SDA's with the cable?

    Pauly
    Life without music would♭
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  • faster100
    faster100 Posts: 6,124
    edited March 2005
    They will do a crap load of power output, But are these up there with parasound and higher end amps qaulity? Plus you cant run these on sda 1b's Huh?
    MY HT RIG:
    Sherwood p-965
    Sherwood sd871 dvd
    Rotel 1075 amp x5
    LSI15 mains
    LsiC center
    LSIfx surround backs
    Lsi7 side surrounds
    SVS pb12/plus2

    2 Channel Rig:

    nad 1020 Pre-amp
    Rotel 1080 stereo amp
    Polk sda 2B
    kenwood grunt Tuner
    realistic lab 450 TT
    Signal cable IC
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  • reeltrouble1
    reeltrouble1 Posts: 9,312
    edited March 2005
    Originally posted by spasticpitbull
    Can you use Mono's on the SDA's with the cable?

    Pauly

    Depends which cable. If it is pin/blade then yes you can use mono's with the AI-1 interconnect. Some mono blocks can be common grounded with a wire between each negative posts, you have to check with the manufacturer.

    If you Blade/Blade then no mono blocks or non-common ground amps.

    RT1
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  • faster100
    faster100 Posts: 6,124
    edited March 2005
    I have blade blade, :(
    MY HT RIG:
    Sherwood p-965
    Sherwood sd871 dvd
    Rotel 1075 amp x5
    LSI15 mains
    LsiC center
    LSIfx surround backs
    Lsi7 side surrounds
    SVS pb12/plus2

    2 Channel Rig:

    nad 1020 Pre-amp
    Rotel 1080 stereo amp
    Polk sda 2B
    kenwood grunt Tuner
    realistic lab 450 TT
    Signal cable IC
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  • Pauly
    Pauly Posts: 4,519
    edited March 2005
    Hold the press...

    My 1C's have Pin Blade and i was asking around few months back if i could run 2 Carver M1.0 in Mono wiht the IC.

    So can i or they have to be Truly Mono Blocks?


    Pauly
    Life without music would♭
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  • TroyD
    TroyD Posts: 13,077
    edited March 2005
    1100 isn't a bad price for them.

    As far as being in the same class as parasound...etc etc. I would say they are.

    BDT
    I plan for the future. - F1Nut
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  • faster100
    faster100 Posts: 6,124
    edited March 2005
    so troy, do you use your silver 7's on your sda's? and if so , How?
    MY HT RIG:
    Sherwood p-965
    Sherwood sd871 dvd
    Rotel 1075 amp x5
    LSI15 mains
    LsiC center
    LSIfx surround backs
    Lsi7 side surrounds
    SVS pb12/plus2

    2 Channel Rig:

    nad 1020 Pre-amp
    Rotel 1080 stereo amp
    Polk sda 2B
    kenwood grunt Tuner
    realistic lab 450 TT
    Signal cable IC
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  • TroyD
    TroyD Posts: 13,077
    edited March 2005
    I have used my Silver 9t's on my 2.3tl's from time to time as I have 'borrowed' an A1 interface cable, however, generally, I use the monos on my Carver Amazing rigs.

    I have a Carver TFM-45 that has plenty of power for my SDA's.

    BDT
    I plan for the future. - F1Nut
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  • faster100
    faster100 Posts: 6,124
    edited March 2005
    Ok cool, was wondering about the whole common ground amp thing and sda's..
    MY HT RIG:
    Sherwood p-965
    Sherwood sd871 dvd
    Rotel 1075 amp x5
    LSI15 mains
    LsiC center
    LSIfx surround backs
    Lsi7 side surrounds
    SVS pb12/plus2

    2 Channel Rig:

    nad 1020 Pre-amp
    Rotel 1080 stereo amp
    Polk sda 2B
    kenwood grunt Tuner
    realistic lab 450 TT
    Signal cable IC
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  • madmax
    madmax Posts: 12,434
    edited March 2005
    I have used mine with the standard cable with no problems but do so at your own risk. I bought the transformers but never put them together.
    madmax
    Vinyl, the final frontier...

    Avantgarde horns, 300b tubes, thats the kinda crap I want... :D
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  • faster100
    faster100 Posts: 6,124
    edited March 2005
    what sda's do you have max
    MY HT RIG:
    Sherwood p-965
    Sherwood sd871 dvd
    Rotel 1075 amp x5
    LSI15 mains
    LsiC center
    LSIfx surround backs
    Lsi7 side surrounds
    SVS pb12/plus2

    2 Channel Rig:

    nad 1020 Pre-amp
    Rotel 1080 stereo amp
    Polk sda 2B
    kenwood grunt Tuner
    realistic lab 450 TT
    Signal cable IC
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  • madmax
    madmax Posts: 12,434
    edited March 2005
    I have many. :) But the ones I used with the carvers were the SDA-SRS blade blade combo. I bought some transformers for the 1.2's I have (just to be safer with the mono-blocks) but never made them.

    There are different types of mono blocks here. Some are set up like a bridged stereo amp while others are just like a single non-bridged channel. The bridged stereo amp type MUST be isolated with the transformer. It is my belief that the carvers are not the bridged style and therefore can be used with the standard interconnect. You take your chances though because if you (me in this case) are wrong it can get real expensive.

    madmax
    Vinyl, the final frontier...

    Avantgarde horns, 300b tubes, thats the kinda crap I want... :D
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  • Pauly
    Pauly Posts: 4,519
    edited March 2005
    Worse case scenerio what would happen (what would get fried)?

    Pauly
    Life without music would♭
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  • faster100
    faster100 Posts: 6,124
    edited March 2005
    ah just your amp, and possibly the tweeters maybe? they would know better then me, however i think like max said... its a take a chance thing that no one really knows the answer to, unless it happens to them... not many dare to test the theory
    MY HT RIG:
    Sherwood p-965
    Sherwood sd871 dvd
    Rotel 1075 amp x5
    LSI15 mains
    LsiC center
    LSIfx surround backs
    Lsi7 side surrounds
    SVS pb12/plus2

    2 Channel Rig:

    nad 1020 Pre-amp
    Rotel 1080 stereo amp
    Polk sda 2B
    kenwood grunt Tuner
    realistic lab 450 TT
    Signal cable IC
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  • madmax
    madmax Posts: 12,434
    edited March 2005
    It would pulll a lot of power from your amp and eventually kill it. The reason is that the negative speaker terminal of a bridged amp is not necessairly at ground potential like a non-bridged one. If you can hook a ground between the two amps without harm then you can use any sda with it.
    madmax
    Vinyl, the final frontier...

    Avantgarde horns, 300b tubes, thats the kinda crap I want... :D
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  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited March 2005
    max,
    So did you jumper the negatives of your 7t's together?

    faster,
    $1100 looks to be about the median ebay price for the eleven auctions I've saved. Low I have record of was $750 (a BIN auction); high was just set at $1375.

    If they are cosmetically nice, $1100 is fair. Many are nicked as they are usually set on the floor.

    A pair of 9t's go around $200 higher.
    More later,
    Tour...
    Vox Copuli
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  • madmax
    madmax Posts: 12,434
    edited March 2005
    My negatives were left floating. Actually I have the 9T's but from my understanding there are only a few resistor value differences.
    madmax
    Vinyl, the final frontier...

    Avantgarde horns, 300b tubes, thats the kinda crap I want... :D
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  • TroyD
    TroyD Posts: 13,077
    edited March 2005
    I was going to ask what the differences in the 7's and 9's were that would merit such an price difference.

    BDT
    I plan for the future. - F1Nut
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  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited March 2005
    Same reason it's better to have a pre-amp that "goes to 11"?
    More later,
    Tour...
    Vox Copuli
    Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt. - Old English Proverb

    "Death doesn't come with a Uhaul." - Dennis Gardner
    "It's easy to get lost in price vs performance vs ego vs illusion." - doro
    "There is a certain entertainment value in ripping the occaisonal (sic) buttmunch..." - TroyD
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