Emotiva and Bob Carver end their relationship

[mauidan]

http://emotivalounge.proboards.com/thread/33568/official-bob-carver-update?page=1&scrollTo=574892

 

[Nightlord]

Of all things they could have collaborated with Bob they chose tube amps???! World never ceases to amaze me....

 

[MylesBAstor]

Is that the shortest merger on record?

 

[amirm]

I thought it was an odd pairing....

 

[mep]

I thought it was an odd pairing....

I couldn't agree more Amir. I never saw how that merger was going to work and be a good fit for Emotiva and their customer base.

 

[JackD201]

50% of mergers end in divorce. Oh, that stat was for marriages! LOL.

 

[Phelonious Ponk]

I thought Emotiva and tubes was on odd pairing. Nearly as odd as Carver and tubes.

Tim

 

[treitz3]

Hello, Tim. Why would you consider Bob and tubes an odd pairing? BTW, Bob has a new bride and with the time he has left he may just want to spend his time with her and with his hobby [building tube amps] instead of dealing with the corporate environment again. That was still a quick divorce IMO.

Tom

 

[mep]

I thought Emotiva and tubes was on odd pairing. Nearly as odd as Carver and tubes.

Tim

Did you never hear about the Carver Silver 7 tube monoblock amps that Carver designed and brought to the market place? I think at the time they were introduced they were the most expensive pair of tube amps you could buy. HP raved about them when they came out. I don't know how many pairs were built and sold, but you never see them come up for sale on the used market which tells you something. Almost the same for the Quicksilver M-135 amps and the original EAR 509 amps. So, I think that Bob Carver has always had a love for tube amps which is why when he finally 'retired' he designed a series of tube amps and started selling them.

 

[treitz3]

The Silver 9's are even more rare, Mark. 20 tubes instead of 15. He made a Silver 1 preamp to pair up with them of which only two are in existence. Both of them paired together sound fantastic.

Tom

 

[mep]

The Silver 9's are even more rare, Mark. 20 tubes instead of 15. He made a Silver 1 preamp to pair up with them of which only two are in existence. Both of them paired together sound fantastic.

Tom

Tom-I never heard of the Silver 9 amps or the matching tube preamp. Pretty cool. Any pictures?

 

[GaryProtein]

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I found this. Count 'em. 20 power tubes plus 5 smaller tubes in front in the Silver 9 monoblock.

EDIT: I have been told this is one pair. The power supplies are in the center.
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[treitz3]

You can catch a glimpse of it here in this picture at the top in the middle. The other amps you see here are the Silver 6 and the famed Silver 7's. Hang loose, I know I can find a photo somewhere. I had my own photos but lost them, unfortunately. I'll find you a pick though. A complete one next time.

Tom

 

[treitz3]

I found this. Count 'em. 20 tubes in the Silver 9 monoblock. The Silver 9t monoblock is next to it...

Please allow me to correct you. What looks to be the 9t's in the middle are actually the power supplies for the Silver 9's. What you see in that photo is 2 complete monoblock tube amps. These are the Silver 9's. If you look close enough, there are actually 25 tubes per channel.

Tom

 

[GaryProtein]

WOW! Those are mighty big amps then!

I have a higher rez pic if it is OK to post it.

 

[treitz3]

By all means, Gary.

Tom

 

[GaryProtein]

hi rez Silver 9

 

[Phelonious Ponk]

Did you never hear about the Carver Silver 7 tube monoblock amps that Carver designed and brought to the market place? I think at the time they were introduced they were the most expensive pair of tube amps you could buy. HP raved about them when they came out. I don't know how many pairs were built and sold, but you never see them come up for sale on the used market which tells you something. Almost the same for the Quicksilver M-135 amps and the original EAR 509 amps. So, I think that Bob Carver has always had a love for tube amps which is why when he finally 'retired' he designed a series of tube amps and started selling them.

I do know about the silver series. Carver demonstrated that esoteric tube amps were unnecessaryby emulating the sound of a $12,000 Conrad-Johnson with a relatively inexpensive SS amp. Then when he took that amp to market the audiophile community didn't get it. So he built the most excessive and expensive tube amps he could.

They didn't get that one either. Still don't.

Tim

 

[MylesBAstor]

I do know about the silver series. Carver demonstrated that esoteric tube amps were unnecessaryby emulating the sound of a $12,000 Conrad-Johnson with a relatively inexpensive SS amp. Then when he took that amp to market the audiophile community didn't get it. So he built the most excessive and expensive tube amps he could.

They didn't get that one either. Still don't.

Tim

And obviously you only saw the original article and never read the follow ups on the test by JGH and others. It's all online Tim.

 

[Phelonious Ponk]

And obviously you only saw the original article and never read the follow ups on the test by JGH and others. It's all online Tim.

Follow ups to the carver challenge? Yes, I've read them. The challenge was inconclusive. The follow-up was inconclusive. So?

Tim