Carver TFM-25 with SDA SRS 1.2

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SelvagemKC
SelvagemKC Posts: 5
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Anyone here have experience running this combination? It's common ground, but I came across someone claiming in the thread linked below that Carver amps use a hot ground on one channel. Is that true?
https://audiokarma.org/forums/index.php?threads/is-my-carver-m-1-5t-a-common-ground-amplifier.106736/
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  • Unknown
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    edited September 2025
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  • SelvagemKC
    SelvagemKC Posts: 5
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    Awesome, thanks so much!
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  • honestaquarian
    honestaquarian Posts: 3,275
    edited September 2025
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    Oh you HAD TO KNOW if I was around I would jump in on this thread.
    The TFM-45 would definitely be a better match for those bigguns. OR if you still wanted to stay with Carver, try Sunfire amps.
    Ivan aka @pitdogg2 knows exactly what he is talking about though.

    I had TFM-45 amps driving my old pin/blade SDA-1C's that @lightman1 has now.
    I currently have yet another Sunfire Cinema Grand Signature driving my SDA-SRS 3.1TL's and making wonderful sounds.

    P.S. The oldest Carver amps-that being the M series-were not common grounded between the two channels. The TFM series which replaced them are common grounded.
    I still have a letter from Bob Carver himself about my first SDA-1B's and a Carver M-400t.
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