Are Carver Preamps Any Good?

I"ve had a Carver C2 Preamp for many years. It's probably the more bare bones of the preamps they ever made. Very plain and simple and clean. If one preamp sounds different than another it would be because one or the other is adding something to color the sound that one person thinks is better or worse than another. Just look at the frequency response, signal to noise ratio and harmonic and intermodulation distortion specs. Carvers specs speak for themselves. A lot of tube amps sound so good because they tend to have more harmonic distortion. Makes them have a warm smooth sound. When I bought my C2, the intermodulation distortion was unmeasurable. I could hardly believe some of the negative comments being expressed here regarding Carver equipment. They are well built, as clean as it gets and what more can anyone ask for. Spend as much as you like to make yourself feel like a good "audiophile" but don't be stupid about the end results. That's all I have to say about that!