BOY I MUST ADMIT I DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT NAD, BUT THE CARVER SURE GIVES YOU A LOT FOR YOUR MONEY. POWER,TRANSIENT RESPONSE AND LONG LIFE. I HAVE FOUR OF THEM AND THAT IS SINCE 1982.THEY RUN COOL FOR THE MOST PART AND ARE FAIRLY SIMPLE IN APPEARENCE AND DESIGN(MAGNETIC FIELD). A TECHNOLGY MORE THAN 20 YEARS OLD.....BUT ALSO A MAJOR PROBLEM WITH THE VIDEO AGE. MAGNETIC FIELDS INTERFERE WITH THE IMAGE GUNS IN TELEVISION AND THEREBY CAUSE RAINBOWS ON TV SCREENS WHEN PLACED TOO CLOSE TO THE "TUBE". HOWEVER WHEN BOB CARVER INVENTED THIS AWSOME POUND-FOR-POWER DYNAMO THE INDUSTRY WAS STILL USING "STEREOS" FOR RECORDS AND TAPES.INCIDENTLY THE "t" IN THE MODEL IS SUPPOSED TO STAND FOR "TRANSFER", A CHARACTERISTIC THAT GIVES THE AMPLIFER A CLOSER TO TUBE TYPE HARMONICS THAN SOLID STATE TRANSISTORS CAN DELIVER.SIDE BY SIDE COMPARISON TESTS MIGHT BE IN ORDER,BUT MY MONEY IS ON CARVER!
Carver M1.5T amp VS. NAD 2600PE amp
My NAD 2600 Power Envelope AMP is always overloading when used in conjunction with my Maggie 3.5's, I'm unable to go over 4.5 on the volume scale, if I do it just cuts out. I've heard many complaints regarding the Carver M1.0T No Bass, Pops and cracks when turning on and shutting down, etc but I've heard nothing about the M1.5T. It seems either people love Carver...or think Carver is to amps what Dr. Bose is to speakers.