Gathering amps (bought 1, need another) and parts together to do 2 Carver Mono M-1.0t amps (just have to flick the switch and change the speaker wire connections to go back to Stereo), and thought I'd chronicle it here. I built ONE of these about a year back but it sold so fast, along with the 4000t I built, that I didn't get a chance to have any fun with it but it was powerful and sounded GREAT so I thought I'd do a pair of them and see how they stack up against the WOPL. There are a ton of mods for these things and I'm gonna go all out and do them all. My memory sux and it is possible that I recorded the build here somewhere but what the hell.... I have the time so I can look at and compare some of the specs and do an A-B comparison. Does this mean I'm getting rid of my WOPL(s)??? OH HELL NO..... Just thought I'd do something constructive for a change. The first amp of the pair will be here on Tuesday and between now and then, I need to get some parts. I had some left over from the last build so I'm ahead of the game a little bit.
This is one of Bob's Challenge amps (you can read it here http://carvermk2.com/Docs/Carver Stereophile Challenge.pdf ), and was highly touted and now with the upgrades (MKII and OPT2), it is supposed to crank out 460 WPC, stock was 200 @8ohms. With a boost in Rail Voltages(set at +/-112vdc), adding some current sharing transistors, adding some parallel output transistors, some Bias work, some Gain Stage work, pre-driver work, and some nice to have features like new Binding Posts and some Oxygen Free rubber feet, the amp is upgraded to higher performance specs. They have a pretty good following around the interweb too and upgraded or not, they aren't cheap. They also don't weigh a half a ton so wrestling them around should not wreak havoc on my fake shoulder. They have been doing these upgrades since about 2009 and I have not heard of any crazy shit going on with them so it must be fairly well thought out.
This is one of Bob's Challenge amps (you can read it here http://carvermk2.com/Docs/Carver Stereophile Challenge.pdf ), and was highly touted and now with the upgrades (MKII and OPT2), it is supposed to crank out 460 WPC, stock was 200 @8ohms. With a boost in Rail Voltages(set at +/-112vdc), adding some current sharing transistors, adding some parallel output transistors, some Bias work, some Gain Stage work, pre-driver work, and some nice to have features like new Binding Posts and some Oxygen Free rubber feet, the amp is upgraded to higher performance specs. They have a pretty good following around the interweb too and upgraded or not, they aren't cheap. They also don't weigh a half a ton so wrestling them around should not wreak havoc on my fake shoulder. They have been doing these upgrades since about 2009 and I have not heard of any crazy shit going on with them so it must be fairly well thought out.
