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From: speaker@ttidcb.UUCP (Kenneth Speaker)
Newsgroups: net.audio
Subject: Re: Dynamic Headroom and Carver Power Amps
Message-ID: <496@ttidcb.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 23-Oct-85 12:45:55 EDT
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Posted: Wed Oct 23 12:45:55 1985
Date-Received: Fri, 25-Oct-85 06:42:40 EDT
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Reply-To: speaker@ttidcb.UUCP (Kenneth Speaker)
Organization: Transaction Technology, Inc. (CitiCorp), Santa Monica
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Summary: 

I have a pair of Carver 400t's which, in general, I am very pleased with.
They sound very good on almost everything I put through them, but then,
I am using them in a surround-sound video environment (with Yamaha NS-1000
speakers, a 78" Novabeam projector, and super-beta HiFi/Pioneer digital
audio video disk).  I do have some complaints:

Commutator noise is a buzz, rather than a hiss.  Not loud, just different.
At the 10 foot distance I am from all of the speakers, I can't hear it, but
in a small room it might be audible and disturbing.  Check before you buy.

The commutator injects noise back into the A/C line!  This messes up my
BSR X-10 remote control units.  I can not dim lights from the console
which plugs into the A/C at the same location as the amplifiers, although
other consoles work fine.

I am currently trying to filter the A/C line (unsuccessfully so far) to
remove this noise, otherwise I will have a pair of (slightly) used 400t's
for sale, cheap.

--Kne