World's biggest amp? check it out,

[G]

Not to change the subject but how do the Carver amps sound? I've seen a lot of the "cube" amp for sale on ebay. It seems to me that if they sounded that good that there wouldn't be so many for sale.

 

[Peter Daniel]

I had Carver amp once, didn't like the sound. I think it was M 1.0t.

 

[Variac]

I don't think big amps are silly. You need a lot of power to get natural dynamic range. Especially if your speakers aren't over 95db. The problem seems to me is that the best sounding amps tend to be Class A which suck up a llot of power constantly.

A great sounding AB or "digital" amp of about 500 watts ch sounds useful to me!

 

[jleaman]

id buy a nice pair of 1000.000 head phones and a nice cdplayer with headphone jack out and use that IT IS BETER.. more naterual than 10million watts of audio and ect ect cables and stuff.

 

[audioPT]

I have seen the schematics, boy, you think that I'm the overkill guy?

He have removed all of his pages. I wonder why?

Hi! I've all the schematics in some of my CD's. I'll find them and put the pictures here.

I lost the contact with Glen, but the amplifier is really BIG!!!
I got the input stage and the OPS schematic.
I have also the PCB's.
It has 3 voltages in the OPS.
Just great.

Please, hold 1 or 2 days!

Regards 4 all of U!

Pedro Martins

 

[thylantyr]

Bolt 16 pass labs X1000 together
so you can call it "one amplifier,"

32kw

hehe

 

[AndyM]

Does anyone remember the amp Sitting Bull by the german company Backes & Mueller? Half a cubic meter and about 100 kilograms...
For home hifi, not for PA. Didn´t find anything left in the web.

 

[MRehorst]

Not to change the subject but how do the Carver amps sound? I've seen a lot of the "cube" amp for sale on ebay. It seems to me that if they sounded that good that there wouldn't be so many for sale.

I had an M100t (if I recall correctly) and a friend had a cube. I can't comment on the sound- never really compared them to anything, but they were incredibly unreliable. Power supply components are under spec'd with the expected result.

My M100t used to make weird noises when connected to electrostatic speakers- it was probably oscillating but I never looked at it with a scope to confirm it.

The cube will probably become a collector's item one day, just based on its "first of its kind" electronic and mechanical design. It was impressive in its day.

MR

 

[Nelson Pass]

They tend to groan a bit with reactive loads, is my understanding:
it probably was not oscillating.

 

[Peter Daniel]

M1.0t

I had to repair power supply twice.

 

[Nelson Pass]

I have heard a lot of complaints about reliability, but
I picked up one used a few years ago and didn't have
any problems. Of course it had already been repaired.

 

[spish]

check out the mark levinson no.33 monoblock:

2400W into 1 ohm, and can take 220v/20A power, not to mention it's 435Lb weight.

http://www.madrigal.com/No33_33Hspec.htm

 

[rwagter]

Not the biggest, but enough power for a seriou setup

 

[promitheus]

what a setup....
So many x amps in one place.
I would have that for my self if I could.

 

[gigatron]

Who really needs THAT much power guys (just read the first few posts regarding 'the biggest amp') thats insane...

 

[lieven]

waw, looks like a central heating system.

Wonder what baffles this guy uses. (the big wilsons probably, or nautilus in surround)

 

[arnach]

I think 2 watts of tubes sounds better than all that.

 

[jleaman]

http://www.klipsch.com/photo_gal/Palladium1Kinside_thumb.jpg


here is a nice amp Klipsch...


lots more too..

 

[Nelson Pass]

Gee, thanks for sending my kids to college.....

 

[Variac]

Re "No one needs that kind of power"

This may shock some of you, but a lot of people would say "No one needs high end stereo"