Finally get to play with a TFM-75!!

jjptkd · Post by **jjptkd** » Fri Jul 20, 2012 11:57 am

I've wanted to play with one of these amps ever since I heard of their existence and now I finally landed one, should be here next week!! $\:D/$ $\:D/$ I've already established the fact that my speakers don't need even half that much power but I can't wait to touch it, feel it and caress it anyway.

It should be interesting to compare it to my Sunfire 425x5 though and see if my opinion is that of the rest of the TFM line. It's been a long time since I've been this excited about a purchase, can't get here soon enough...

kingman · Post by **kingman** » Fri Jul 20, 2012 12:02 pm

So you got that steal eh Jesse!!! Congrats!!! Woulda like to have had that myself. Contact me before you sell.....

jjptkd · Post by **jjptkd** » Fri Jul 20, 2012 12:19 pm

Yep...

My plan is to take this right into Rita's for a go through and have Mr. Carver sign the top and face then play with it for a bit, make sure it gets broken in properly.

Snoop65 · Post by **Snoop65** » Fri Jul 20, 2012 12:52 pm

Congratulations! What is your opinion of the rest of the TFM line?

elgrau · Post by **elgrau** » Fri Jul 20, 2012 1:08 pm

Nice! Steal? An eBay purchase?

Will be nice to hear from you how you think it compares to everything else, etc.

rah · Post by **rah** » Fri Jul 20, 2012 5:54 pm

jjptkd wrote:I've wanted to play with one of these amps ever since I heard of their existence and now I finally landed one, should be here next week!! $\:D/$ $\:D/$ I've already established the fact that my speakers don't need even half that much power but I can't wait to touch it, feel it and caress it anyway. It should be interesting to compare it to my Sunfire 425x5 though and see if my opinion is that of the rest of the TFM line. It's been a long time since I've been this excited about a purchase, can't get here soon enough...

$999.00 ??????????????

You didn't steal it, you.......I don't know what you did, but it was worse than stealing!

How many seconds was it listed before you grabbed it?

Congrats

jjptkd · Post by **jjptkd** » Fri Jul 20, 2012 6:07 pm

rah wrote:How many seconds was it listed before you grabbed it?

This one was pure luck, I actually worked all day, came home n took a shower then went to the computer and there it was just staring at me....

Snoop65 · Post by **Snoop65** » Fri Jul 20, 2012 6:09 pm

jjptkd wrote:
rah wrote:How many seconds was it listed before you grabbed it?

This one was pure luck, I actually worked all day, came home n took a shower then went to the computer and there it was just staring at me....

Things hard-ons are made of!!!!

jjptkd · Post by **jjptkd** » Fri Jul 20, 2012 6:50 pm

Snoop65 wrote:What is your opinion of the rest of the TFM line?

I like the TFM line and each amp seems to have its own sound but one thing they all seem to have in common is a "rolled off" high end, especially when compared point blank with the Sunfires. Not sure if this is a result of trying to mimic the "tube" sound?

Snoop65 · Post by **Snoop65** » Fri Jul 20, 2012 9:01 pm

jjptkd wrote:
Snoop65 wrote:What is your opinion of the rest of the TFM line?

I like the TFM line and each amp seems to have its own sound but one thing they all seem to have in common is a "rolled off" high end, especially when compared point blank with the Sunfires. Not sure if this is a result of trying to mimic the "tube" sound?

Could be. They do have warmth that makes you think tubes.

angelod307 · Post by **angelod307** » Fri Jul 20, 2012 9:49 pm

see there's deals like that and i missed it for sure this time. congrats, maybe next one right..

treitz3 · Post by **treitz3** » Sat Jul 21, 2012 10:02 am

rah wrote:$999.00 ??????????????

Please excuse my French. Holy Shit!

Man, that's a score of a lifetime!!! Congrat's my man, congrat's!

Wow.

jjptkd · Post by **jjptkd** » Sat Jul 21, 2012 10:35 am

I certainly got a great deal for sure but by the time you add shipping ($125) plus service fees @ Rita's I'll be into this amp close to $1500. Then when (if) I decide to sell this beast it will cost me another $150 in Paypal and shipping fees. So, just to break even on this amp I'd have to get $1650. I have a suspicion though that with it being as nice as it is, having been just serviced and signed by the man, it might sell for a little more then that... who knows though, I may just keep this one. After all, if ever there were a "collectible" Carver amplifier, I'd have to say that this and the original Lightstar are neck n neck for the top spot.

Don · Post by **Don** » Sat Jul 21, 2012 11:22 am

kingman wrote: Contact me before you sell.....

Heck,

You already have a buyer waiting in the wings with the most serious case of OCCD any of us has ever seen.

I just couldn't resist.

angelod307 · Post by **angelod307** » Sat Jul 21, 2012 12:41 pm

Don wrote:
kingman wrote: Contact me before you sell.....

Heck,

You already have a buyer waiting in the wings with the most serious case of OCCD any of us has ever seen. I just couldn't resist.

two for that matter don. king has more than he needs now i say.

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