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Carver TFM-55: Replace or Repair? Posted by Alan Maier[SysOp] [IP: 129.37.205.211] on December 04, 1998 at 23:01:22: In Reply to: Carver TFM-55: Replace or Repair? posted by Bob Wanamaker on December 04, 1998 at 06:21:17: Bob, Well my hat's off to Carver for taking care of you! This is the sort of service I received when I had a problem with my M500t over a decade ago - they really took care of me. As a matter of fact the problem was the same (hmmm - odd indeed). We all have our preferences in power amplifiers and mine leans toward Adcom and the GFA5500. This is just my opinion and others will have different opinions that are just as good. Your Polks don't require much power at all so in many respects a 200w/ch amplifier is still overkill. However your Polks are very clean and deserve a clean amp. If they were at my house I would be driving them with a Golden Tube SE-40. There is a bright side to your Carver... it has a very good resale value when you do choose to let it go. I have also seen newer MOSFET Adcoms on the used market so you might come across a clean '5500. Best regards, Alan : : Carver Corporation's fixed repair cost pricing is over-priced in my opinion. : [snip, snip] : Yes, I agree with that! I'm pretty limited in my choices, though, so I went the factory route : :They should take care of you. If not - put your money toward a used Adcom/B&K/Parasound or whatever and :sell off the Carver.. and wash your hands of it. : : Alan : To Carver's credit, they are taking care of the problem at zero cost to me; they are having UPS pick-up via call tag, so no more $ goes into this unit. : However, I'm also starting to shop for a replacement. If I might bug you for more advice: I'm using Polk RT-3000p's in a combo music/HT setup, in an fairly large size room that is fairly "dead". I've found a vast difference between the Carver and my stand-by Denon 5600 receiver; the Denon makes music sound like it's playing through a layer of acoustic fog; the soundstage is collapsed, imaging less precise, everything sort of sounds "distant". : I'm very interested in getting the music right, believing that HT sound will follow suit. With the bit of info I've given, what amp would you pop in place? : Once again, tia, and Happy Friday! : bw : btw, I tried posting this message the morning after your post at about 4:30AM EST, and the server would not accept the post...not complaining, I just like to know when my servers act up...
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