Handcrafted Carver Mono Tube Amps on eBay

Big Dawg
Big Dawg Posts: 2,005
edited October 2009 in Electronics
Wow! Has anyone else seen this? Would love to have a few spare $K for these....

http://cgi.ebay.com/Stereo-pair-tube-amplifiers-amps-KT88-Telefunken_W0QQitemZ180422190969QQcmdZViewItemQQptZVintage_Electronics_R2?hash=item2a02002779
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  • george daniel
    george daniel Posts: 12,096
    edited October 2009
    I have listened to a pair that Bob built/gave away at Carverfest 08--built so that the output tubes will give the owner many years of listening pleasure before having to re-tube.YMMV> :)
    JC approves....he told me so. (F-1 nut)
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  • BB3
    BB3 Posts: 297
    edited October 2009
    Absolutely Amazing. What An Awesome Guy Mr. Carver Is.....BB3
    Sony 52in.XBR6
    Sony 32in.XBR6
    Anthem AVM50V
    Anthem PRE-2L
    Sonic Frontiers SFCD-1
    Carver C-9
    Carver C-19 PreAmp
    Carver C-16 PreAmp
    2-Carver Silver 7-T's
    4-Carver TFM55's
    2-Carver TFM35's
    1-Carver TFM25
    Carver 490T
    Denon DCD1560
    Sony BDP-S350
    Sony PS3
    Nintendo Wii
    Panasonic DMK23DVR

    Speakers :

    PolkAudio SDA-SRS
    PolkAudio SDA-SRS 1.2TL
    PolkAudio SDA-CRS+(Compliments Of Mr. Jim Thomas"jtgranby")
    PolkAudio RTA-15TL
    PolkAudio M3
    3-Velodyne F-1500's
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  • TNRabbit
    TNRabbit Posts: 2,168
    edited October 2009
    I"ve heard them, too; they are SHHHHHHHHHHWWWWWWWWWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET!
    TNRabbit
    NO Polk Audio Equipment :eek:
    Sunfire TG-IV
    Ashly 1001 Active Crossover
    Rane PEQ-15 Parametric Equalizers x 2
    Sunfire Cinema Grand Signature Seven
    Carver AL-III Speakers
    Klipsch RT-12d Subwoofer
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 51,028
    edited October 2009
    Yep, they sound good.
    Political Correctness'.........defined

    "A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."

    President of Club Polk

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  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited October 2009
    Why can't he mirror them or make them symmetrical? Looking at them in my rig in that configuration would drive me crazy.
    "He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you." Friedrich Nietzsche
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  • george daniel
    george daniel Posts: 12,096
    edited October 2009
    TNRabbit wrote: »
    I"ve heard them, too; they are SHHHHHHHHHHWWWWWWWWWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET!

    LOL,,Skip,,is there something you wanna' tell us?;)
    JC approves....he told me so. (F-1 nut)
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  • Big Dawg
    Big Dawg Posts: 2,005
    edited October 2009
    Face wrote: »
    Why can't he mirror them or make them symmetrical? Looking at them in my rig in that configuration would drive me crazy.

    I think I could stand that kind of crazy....
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  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited October 2009
    Lasareath wrote: »
    Dawg, He sold a pair like 9 months ago on ebay, I think they went for $5500
    What a bargain.
    "He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you." Friedrich Nietzsche
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  • skipf
    skipf Posts: 694
    edited October 2009
    I want a set of these over any other amp I've heard. I had the pleasure of driving my ALS Plats with a pair of these blocks, and the result was simply amazing (pun intended). I have never heard such lifelike reproduction out of any other rig at any cost. I'm sure there are some out there that could match the sound, but I haven't heard them. What I would really like to do is bi-amp my Plats with my 9t's on the woofers and a set of Bob's tube blocks on the ribbons. If you can afford these blocks (and I can't right now dammit or they would be mine) they are an outstanding value for what the last three sets I've seen on e-prey went for.
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