Magnepan and Bob Carver Raven amps

flemke,

Thanks, I’ll inquire as to their thoughts on the combo.

ozzy

Just got a response back from Glen Poor' Audio. They do have both products on hand and think it is a good match.  I will visit them in the next few months for a demo.

ozzy

m-db,

I'm not sure if the 2,4,8, ohm tap is real. To me they look like they are all connected together. I'll check again.

ozzy

secretguy,

That's why I'm thinking that the Carvers should be ok. But there is no way to try them together.

ozzy

Yes, Jim Clark believes the Ravens should work well with the Magnepans. Not sure about the different taps though. I'll ask him.

ozzy

Well, I do like some rock music! Played loud...

I sent an email to both Magnepan and Carver yesterday but have not received a response.

I may try to track down a Magnepan dealer and bring along the amps just to know for sure..

ozzy

jhills,

Thanks for that reply and info.

ozzy

I never received a response from Magnepan or Carver to my question on compatibility.

Even just a "I don’t know" answer would have been nice.

ozzy

flasd,

Thanks for that info. I will.

ozzy

Well according to Jim Clark he expects there to be no problem running the Magnepans with the Carver amps.

ozzy

Bob Carver actually visited me, and I have a few pictures with him. He is getting up in age (aren't we all?) but he still seemed to have quite the brain power to continue his legacy.

ozzy

So, I just got a reply from Jim Clark as to the Carvers impedance caps.

Just as I suspected both the 4 and 8 ohm taps are wired together. Newer models will only have the one tap.

Here is what he stated.

" 4 and 8 ohm are on the same tap.

There was a transformer update at one time, and the 4 and 8 ohm taps no longer needed to be separate. The binding post were left in place instead on adding covers to the cover the extra holes. Bob buys parts years in advance.

At some point the extra pair of post will be removed and the chassis relabeled 4-8 ohms on the single tap. Functionally 4 and 8 ohm are the same."

ozzy

Found this info that was posted from one of Bob’s former partners the other day. Not sure how true it is though.

"The company was owned by Jordon Gerber, Bob Carver and me from 2016 until Jordan walked out about two years ago. Everything fell apart at that point. Jordan had the product built, painted and assembled and did all the quality control and we never had a defective. Bob’s wife took over a little over a year ago as Bob began to show signs of cognitive decline. Of course she knows nothing about our industry and one of our dealers convinced her that he should he’s a general manager. For six straight years we’ve never built enough product to meet my sales. This former dealer, Jim Clark Stereo, convinced Peggy, Bob’s wife, that he could build the productin his basement that we couldn’t build ourselves! This is absurd. So the two of them got together and terminated all the dealers in the world and all the distributors from Thailand to New Zealand. They were hoping to make more money. I resigned on the spot. their lawyers have already threatened me but I can give an opinion. My opinion is that they have destroyed all the work that I’ve done and the company will go out of business in the near future. That’s just an opinion and it’s entirely subjective and therefore if they come after me, they have no grounds. this is, once again in my opinion, the greatest tragedy in the world of audio in the last decade. The stuff sounded great. Bob is not to blame. He’s pushing 80 years old and has no idea this is all going on."

ozzy