Vintage HiFi Audio Forum
Audio Discussion => CARVER => Topic started by: Sir Thrift-a-Lot on March 23, 2014, 08:20:26 PM
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I asked in the shout box but got no responses. What is the consensus on the C-2? My brother grabbed one for me for $30. I won't be in possession of it for a while. Reviews on line seem mixed at best.
I'm hoping to use this in front of one of my console pulls. What should I expect?
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For $30 u could not have gone wrong.
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I figured that, but am curious how it will sound. Will it be good in front of the stereo 20?
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I don't think it's necessarily something to write home about, but it's definitely not a bad piece. For 30 bucks, it's a steal. They sell between 100 and 200, so if you put less than 70 bucks into it, and it's in good shape physically, you'll make a quick buck. It's a Carver piece; how bad could it be?
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I have one, it has a nice phono section. Now I am old and lazy and a big fan of the remote which a C2 does not have.
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Nice to hear the phono pre is decent. I don't care about a remote, so that's fine too.
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It's a Carver piece; how bad could it be?
>:D
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It's a Carver piece; how bad could it be?
>:D
Yeah, that too
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Both the Lightstar and Lightstar Pre are on my buck-it list.
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Believe the C-2 is the scaled down later version based on the C-1. Different face and no sonic holography. Use mine for awhile and it was decent. For $30 it was a good deal. Also believe Tom does a upgrade mod on it. Enjoy and congrats!
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Agree, for that amount of $ you can't go wrong. I have owned almost every carver pre, except the c-2, but Tom loaned me his modded one to give it a listen. It sounded very good.
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Mark: My take is that the C-2 is a very good looking preamp (subjective, but my take) in the Carver line up that sounds decent out of the box (I have played with one at the shop and at a friends house). If you replace some of the caps with better ones and upgrade the op amps you can have a decent pre for low $$. If your brother paid 30, add $15 for op amps and $20 for a few key caps and that thing should be an excellent pre for your console pull power amps, IMO.
:)
OBG
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I'm open to that. How do I know what op-amps to use?
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find out what is there already, then do some internet research on what people recommend as compatible updates.
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I see.