More Carver / Phase Linear gear

Picked up a second Carver M-400 cube amp + a Carver C-1 Preamp and a Phase Linear Model 5100 tuner this afternoon via craigslist.

I'm going to use the two cube amps to bi-amp the Phase Linear Andromeda speakers, one for the subwoofer module and one for the panels.

That's sweet! My first Carver purchases were the M-400t, C-1, TX-11 tuner, and the DTL-100 Time-Lens disc player back in the early '80s. Later sold the C-1 for the C-4000, and upgraded the 1st generation disc player for the 1-bit SD/A-450, and added a TFM-35x and another used M-400t for a DIY sub. I do miss my Carver gear...if my budget permitted I would've kept them all with my Maggies (MGLR1) for a second system. Such is life...

Hope you get many years out of your latest purchases...that C-1 with the brushed aluminum knobs is mighty fine!:yes:

Very nice, congrats! :thmbsp: Those Carver cubes aren't really much to look at, lol, but the preamp is just beautiful.

Nice finds. I hope I can come across a TFM series amp locally someday.

my first garage sale score wasw a m400t ,c1 and a nikko tuner ,soundshaper EQ .The m400t is a power house and a very cool looking amp to boot.I don't use it much lately .It was what got me started into vintage gear

jt1stcav said:

That's sweet! My first Carver purchases were the M-400t, C-1, TX-11 tuner, and the DTL-100 Time-Lens disc player back in the early '80s. Later sold the C-1 for the C-4000, and upgraded the 1st generation disc player for the 1-bit SD/A-450, and added a TFM-35x and another used M-400t for a DIY sub. I do miss my Carver gear...if my budget permitted I would've kept them all with my Maggies (MGLR1) for a second system. Such is life...

Hope you get many years out of your latest purchases...that C-1 with the brushed aluminum knobs is mighty fine!:yes:

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Thanks for that picture of your two cube setup with the Maggies - I bet that was sweet sounding.

spaceman said:

Very nice, congrats! :thmbsp: Those Carver cubes aren't really much to look at, lol, but the preamp is just beautiful.

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Heh, yeah the cubes don't do much but when the front panel lights start dancing you are rocking the house. The M-400 has a silver finish, and the M400t has a really nice looking bronze finish - kind of a Yamaha bronze.

I tested out that C-1 pre-amp this afternoon with another thrift store find from last week - an Adcom GFA-535 II power amp, driving a set of Speakerlab 1 speakers. Those little bookshelf 2-ways with the 8" woofers were sounding very nice.

audio-ed said:

my first garage sale score wasw a m400t ,c1 and a nikko tuner ,soundshaper EQ .The m400t is a power house and a very cool looking amp to boot.I don't use it much lately .It was what got me started into vintage gear

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Yeah I definitely like the look and sound of the M400t. Wow, running into a M-400t at a garage sale probably doesn't happen very often, about as frequent as how we came into my M400t. Rat44 ran into it at a thrift store with a $4.99 price tag. :yes::thmbsp: