Gotta love the silky smooth sound that tubes project. No not lucky enough to have any bob father's tube amps but do have some 1962 tube amps that get me by.
How are you liking the sound from your CF tube amp?
Re: How are you liking the sound from your CF tube amp?
Wow been lusting after a pair of Dunlavy speakers for years. It's on my bucket list some day. For now running Martin Logan Monolith ll. Wish I got to have a listen to 2011 tube amp all you guys got to build and now you guys are up for a new build. So cool.
Gotta love the silky smooth sound that tubes project. No not lucky enough to have any bob father's tube amps but do have some 1962 tube amps that get me by.
Gotta love the silky smooth sound that tubes project. No not lucky enough to have any bob father's tube amps but do have some 1962 tube amps that get me by.
Between FrankieD and I we have logged in over 12,000 miles going and coming from Carverfest's. Don't let the miles in between play with your mind. Get over it, jump on a plane get to the fest and have a great time !
Re: How are you liking the sound from your CF tube amp?
I recently was lucky enough to obtain a 2011 CarverFest tube amp. I'm driving a set of JBL L88s (8 ohm 35 wpc) with it.
It came with Tube Amp Doctor (German) EL84s and 6H2n (Russian?) tubes and an extra set of EL84s...Cryo Mullards. I am
very impressed with the improved/enlarged soundstage, improved detail and excellent bass the amp produces. I know
everyone is anticipating the 2018 CarverFest amp build, but these little 20 watt tube amps are great. So far I have just
listened to the TAD EL84s...waiting until I get acclimated to them before trying the Mullards.
@Snoop65:
The GE 5751 imput tubes you mention....I can't find a list anywhere that states they are an equivalent for 6AX7s...
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Are they equivanlent? Secondly what circa (year) are your GEs?
Anyone added a tube guard/roll bar to their amp so it looks more like a Black Magic VAT20?
I read in another thread that there was talk of metal bottom panels being planned for fabrication...did that ever happen
and, if so, how would I go about obtaining one?
Also, does anyone have a schematic for the 2011 tube amp they could send me?
Thanks...
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PL 4000 II / PL 400 II (2) / PL 5100 II / PL 6000 II
PL 7000 II / PL 1000 w/JVD mod (2) / PL 1000 II (2) / PL 1100 II
Carver C-1 w/BillD mod / C-11 / 4000t /M-1.0t MKII opt 002 (2)
M-500t MKII (Daddyjt) / 2011 Carverfest tube amp
M-1.0t / M-1.5t (2) / TFM-15 / TFM-22 (2) / TFM-24 (2) /TFM-45 (2)
CT-17 / HR-752 / DPL-33 / TD-1400 / TD-1700 / TDR-2400
TX-11a / TX-12 / DTL-100 / SDA-490t (2) / TML-3600
Thorens 316 / Roberts 770X (2) / ADC SS3 MKII / TEAC C-1
Teac/ A-3340S (rebuilt) / Altec Model 14 / JBL L88
Polk SDA SRS / Polk SDA SRS 2.3 (XO upgrade)
Polk SDA-2B (XO upgrade)
Polk Monitor 12 & Monitor 5jr.
Polk Monitor 10B (XO upgrade)
Polk Monitor 7C (XO upgrade)
Polk Monitor Series 2 SW6 sub
PL 7000 II / PL 1000 w/JVD mod (2) / PL 1000 II (2) / PL 1100 II
Carver C-1 w/BillD mod / C-11 / 4000t /M-1.0t MKII opt 002 (2)
M-500t MKII (Daddyjt) / 2011 Carverfest tube amp
M-1.0t / M-1.5t (2) / TFM-15 / TFM-22 (2) / TFM-24 (2) /TFM-45 (2)
CT-17 / HR-752 / DPL-33 / TD-1400 / TD-1700 / TDR-2400
TX-11a / TX-12 / DTL-100 / SDA-490t (2) / TML-3600
Thorens 316 / Roberts 770X (2) / ADC SS3 MKII / TEAC C-1
Teac/ A-3340S (rebuilt) / Altec Model 14 / JBL L88
Polk SDA SRS / Polk SDA SRS 2.3 (XO upgrade)
Polk SDA-2B (XO upgrade)
Polk Monitor 12 & Monitor 5jr.
Polk Monitor 10B (XO upgrade)
Polk Monitor 7C (XO upgrade)
Polk Monitor Series 2 SW6 sub
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Snoop65
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Re: How are you liking the sound from your CF tube amp?
My CF amp was configured to run 12AX7 tubes not 6AX7's. 5751's are a military version of the 12AX7 with a little less gain
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Snoop65
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Re: How are you liking the sound from your CF tube amp?
Oh and I forgot, my GE tubes are from the 50's
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Re: How are you liking the sound from your CF tube amp?
Anyone added a tube guard/roll bar to their amp so it looks more like a Black Magic VAT20?
.Dennis here is a pic of one of my four Carverfest amps they all look the same as this one.
"Carver Audio, why settle for less, just ask my neighbors"
C1,C2,CT3,CT6,CT7/3,CT23,CT26,C4000,The Receiver,M500,M500T/6,M1.5T,TFM24/2,TFM/25/3,TFM35,TFM35X,TFM42/2,DTL200,TDR1700,DPL20,TX11/2, 5.2Center,5.1Sub/3,Original Amazings,Platinum Amazings/2,AL3'S,Polk SDA SRS, Polk SDA 1C's, Polk RTA11's, Polk Monitor 10's/2 ,Monitor 7's, Sunfire 300x2 /5, Sunfire pre, Sunfire MK2 Sub/2, 4 Carverfest monoblocks, Carverfest linestage preamp/2, Mapletree Audio Designs Tube Preamp,Phase Linear Andromeda III speakers, Phase Linear 4000 Preamp, Dahlquist DQ-10's
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C1,C2,CT3,CT6,CT7/3,CT23,CT26,C4000,The Receiver,M500,M500T/6,M1.5T,TFM24/2,TFM/25/3,TFM35,TFM35X,TFM42/2,DTL200,TDR1700,DPL20,TX11/2, 5.2Center,5.1Sub/3,Original Amazings,Platinum Amazings/2,AL3'S,Polk SDA SRS, Polk SDA 1C's, Polk RTA11's, Polk Monitor 10's/2 ,Monitor 7's, Sunfire 300x2 /5, Sunfire pre, Sunfire MK2 Sub/2, 4 Carverfest monoblocks, Carverfest linestage preamp/2, Mapletree Audio Designs Tube Preamp,Phase Linear Andromeda III speakers, Phase Linear 4000 Preamp, Dahlquist DQ-10's
CERTIFIED AMPLE PLIERS EXPERT
Some of the best fuckings we get during our lifetime come from a relative!
I don't kiss ass, I dont take peoples shit, so dont expect it from me!
Re: How are you liking the sound from your CF tube amp?
Very nice Harry
engtaz
Carver M4.0T in front channels to Caver AL VI's in SACD & 2 Channel setup
C 16, PT 2400, Slim Device, Carver TX-8, 490T and Rega TT w Grado Gold cart in the 2 channel setup
Bogen SRB20 is computer amp
Carver PM-350 donated for youth church use
Carver M4.0T in front channels to Caver AL VI's in SACD & 2 Channel setup
C 16, PT 2400, Slim Device, Carver TX-8, 490T and Rega TT w Grado Gold cart in the 2 channel setup
Bogen SRB20 is computer amp
Carver PM-350 donated for youth church use
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Snoop65
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Re: How are you liking the sound from your CF tube amp?
Damn that looks good Harry! Fucking show off! 
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Re: How are you liking the sound from your CF tube amp?
EXCELLENT workmanship.... 
Thanks for the photo
I'm thinking of adding a single satin finished aluminum tube roll bar to mine.
It's going to be tedious to drill the holes for the attachment screws
with all the wiring for the tube receptacle underneath.
Thanks for the photo
I'm thinking of adding a single satin finished aluminum tube roll bar to mine.
It's going to be tedious to drill the holes for the attachment screws
with all the wiring for the tube receptacle underneath.
PL 4000 II / PL 400 II (2) / PL 5100 II / PL 6000 II
PL 7000 II / PL 1000 w/JVD mod (2) / PL 1000 II (2) / PL 1100 II
Carver C-1 w/BillD mod / C-11 / 4000t /M-1.0t MKII opt 002 (2)
M-500t MKII (Daddyjt) / 2011 Carverfest tube amp
M-1.0t / M-1.5t (2) / TFM-15 / TFM-22 (2) / TFM-24 (2) /TFM-45 (2)
CT-17 / HR-752 / DPL-33 / TD-1400 / TD-1700 / TDR-2400
TX-11a / TX-12 / DTL-100 / SDA-490t (2) / TML-3600
Thorens 316 / Roberts 770X (2) / ADC SS3 MKII / TEAC C-1
Teac/ A-3340S (rebuilt) / Altec Model 14 / JBL L88
Polk SDA SRS / Polk SDA SRS 2.3 (XO upgrade)
Polk SDA-2B (XO upgrade)
Polk Monitor 12 & Monitor 5jr.
Polk Monitor 10B (XO upgrade)
Polk Monitor 7C (XO upgrade)
Polk Monitor Series 2 SW6 sub
PL 7000 II / PL 1000 w/JVD mod (2) / PL 1000 II (2) / PL 1100 II
Carver C-1 w/BillD mod / C-11 / 4000t /M-1.0t MKII opt 002 (2)
M-500t MKII (Daddyjt) / 2011 Carverfest tube amp
M-1.0t / M-1.5t (2) / TFM-15 / TFM-22 (2) / TFM-24 (2) /TFM-45 (2)
CT-17 / HR-752 / DPL-33 / TD-1400 / TD-1700 / TDR-2400
TX-11a / TX-12 / DTL-100 / SDA-490t (2) / TML-3600
Thorens 316 / Roberts 770X (2) / ADC SS3 MKII / TEAC C-1
Teac/ A-3340S (rebuilt) / Altec Model 14 / JBL L88
Polk SDA SRS / Polk SDA SRS 2.3 (XO upgrade)
Polk SDA-2B (XO upgrade)
Polk Monitor 12 & Monitor 5jr.
Polk Monitor 10B (XO upgrade)
Polk Monitor 7C (XO upgrade)
Polk Monitor Series 2 SW6 sub
Re: How are you liking the sound from your CF tube amp?
Does anyone have a schematic for the 2011 CarverFest tube
amp (wired for stereo) that they could send me?
Thanks...
amp (wired for stereo) that they could send me?
Thanks...
PL 4000 II / PL 400 II (2) / PL 5100 II / PL 6000 II
PL 7000 II / PL 1000 w/JVD mod (2) / PL 1000 II (2) / PL 1100 II
Carver C-1 w/BillD mod / C-11 / 4000t /M-1.0t MKII opt 002 (2)
M-500t MKII (Daddyjt) / 2011 Carverfest tube amp
M-1.0t / M-1.5t (2) / TFM-15 / TFM-22 (2) / TFM-24 (2) /TFM-45 (2)
CT-17 / HR-752 / DPL-33 / TD-1400 / TD-1700 / TDR-2400
TX-11a / TX-12 / DTL-100 / SDA-490t (2) / TML-3600
Thorens 316 / Roberts 770X (2) / ADC SS3 MKII / TEAC C-1
Teac/ A-3340S (rebuilt) / Altec Model 14 / JBL L88
Polk SDA SRS / Polk SDA SRS 2.3 (XO upgrade)
Polk SDA-2B (XO upgrade)
Polk Monitor 12 & Monitor 5jr.
Polk Monitor 10B (XO upgrade)
Polk Monitor 7C (XO upgrade)
Polk Monitor Series 2 SW6 sub
PL 7000 II / PL 1000 w/JVD mod (2) / PL 1000 II (2) / PL 1100 II
Carver C-1 w/BillD mod / C-11 / 4000t /M-1.0t MKII opt 002 (2)
M-500t MKII (Daddyjt) / 2011 Carverfest tube amp
M-1.0t / M-1.5t (2) / TFM-15 / TFM-22 (2) / TFM-24 (2) /TFM-45 (2)
CT-17 / HR-752 / DPL-33 / TD-1400 / TD-1700 / TDR-2400
TX-11a / TX-12 / DTL-100 / SDA-490t (2) / TML-3600
Thorens 316 / Roberts 770X (2) / ADC SS3 MKII / TEAC C-1
Teac/ A-3340S (rebuilt) / Altec Model 14 / JBL L88
Polk SDA SRS / Polk SDA SRS 2.3 (XO upgrade)
Polk SDA-2B (XO upgrade)
Polk Monitor 12 & Monitor 5jr.
Polk Monitor 10B (XO upgrade)
Polk Monitor 7C (XO upgrade)
Polk Monitor Series 2 SW6 sub
Re: How are you liking the sound from your CF tube amp?
Mbskeam
SILVER 7's
Amazing Line Source
2 SVS PB16 SUBS
#1 BLACK BEAUTY's made by the man, the myth, the legend Bob Carver
CARVER: TFM-75, TFM-45(3), SD/A-490T
SUNFIRE: Tube pre
WTL Amadeus GTA+DV DRT XV-1t
2 sets of ALS'3, set of SILVERS, set of PLATS
AUDIOCONTROL: phase coupled activator
KENWOOD: BASIC M2a (2)
“Youth ages, immaturity is outgrown, ignorance can be educated, and drunkenness sobered, but stupid lasts forever.”
― Aristophanes
The only thing I'll feel......will be the RECOIL
Necronomicon Ex-Mortis....... Klaatu Barada Nikkto
"We should seek the greatest value of our action"
SILVER 7's
Amazing Line Source
2 SVS PB16 SUBS
#1 BLACK BEAUTY's made by the man, the myth, the legend Bob Carver
CARVER: TFM-75, TFM-45(3), SD/A-490T
SUNFIRE: Tube pre
WTL Amadeus GTA+DV DRT XV-1t
2 sets of ALS'3, set of SILVERS, set of PLATS
AUDIOCONTROL: phase coupled activator
KENWOOD: BASIC M2a (2)
“Youth ages, immaturity is outgrown, ignorance can be educated, and drunkenness sobered, but stupid lasts forever.”
― Aristophanes
The only thing I'll feel......will be the RECOIL
Necronomicon Ex-Mortis....... Klaatu Barada Nikkto
"We should seek the greatest value of our action"
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Magnaryder
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Re: How are you liking the sound from your CF tube amp?
Nice rollcage Harry!
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Magnaryder
Its going to be used equipment when I sell it, so it may as well be used equipment when I buy it.
"Racing is life, the rest of the time you're just sitting around."-Steve McQueen
Its going to be used equipment when I sell it, so it may as well be used equipment when I buy it.
"Racing is life, the rest of the time you're just sitting around."-Steve McQueen