Carver TFM-35 sells for stupid money.

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• pitdogg2 Posts: 17,048

  July 15

  Maybe this one will not get paid for either.
  That's crazy even for new in box.

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• DaveHo Posts: 2,777

  July 15

  I take very good care of my gear & always keep the boxes. I'm sure I could pass off some of it as NOS. I'd never do that, but it's not that hard. I never believe these type of auctions. Treat it as you would any other piece of 30 year old gear.

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• krazypolk Posts: 732

  July 15

  If it had been a very good condition but used amplifier what price would been fair?

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• nooshinjohn Posts: 22,850

  July 15

  400 tops, and that’s with a recap. I had one and aside from the meters, it wasn’t very good.

  The Gear... Carver "Statement" Mono-blocks, TriangleArt Reference SE with Pass Labs Xono Phono Preamp, Walker Precision Motor Drive, ClearAudio Goldfinger Diamond v2 cartridge and Origin Conquerer Mk3c tonearm, Polk Audio "Signature" Reference Series 1.2TL with complete mods, Pass Labs X0.2 three chassis preamp, PS Audio PerfectWave DAC MkII, Krell Evolution 505 SACD Player, Pioneer Elite SC-LX701, Oppo UDP-205 4K Blu-ray player, Sony XBR70x850B 4k, Polk audio AB800 "in-wall" surrounds.
  
  I swear by my life and my love of it that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine.” .
  
  “If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.”

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• ambiophonics Posts: 691

  July 16

  The "X" version is a real pain to recap compared to the regular TFM-35 and I fully expect that amp needs a recap.

  2 Channel - Polk SDA-2BTL, Carver TFM-35, Peachtree iDAC, Chromecast Audio (optical), Bugle II phono pre, Technics SL-1500 w/ M97XE, DIY Passive Preamp/Input selector

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• teekay0007 Posts: 2,244

  July 16

  Original MSRP was $900.
  
  "Was still packed in the box as new. Just pulled it out to plug in, test, and take pics."
  In the few minutes that he had it out of the box, he lost the little wire twist tie that was wrapped around the cord from the manufacturer, so he had to use a rubber band?
  Hmmmm.....
  

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• Clipdat Posts: 8,494

  July 17

  I was thinking the same thing. If that rubber band was "original" it would be cracked and dry rotted.

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• msg Posts: 5,920

  July 17

  It was deejay'd, with the bag on.

  I disabled signatures.

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• Clipdat Posts: 8,494

  July 17

  Hey don't bag on my NIB Carver, bro!

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