Magnepan and Bob Carver Raven amps

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

ozzy

Was running my Maggie 1.7s with my Rogue Cronus Mag.II until last AZ Summer persuaded me to switch away from extra heat of tubes back to my old stand-by ADCOM 200/350 W SS amp.

I don’t listen at ear numbing levels, so the Rogue @100W per channel, with KT120 tubes, sounded great (hocked to the 4 ohm tap) and I seldom had to crank the volume knob above 1/4.

In the Summer and through this past Winter I have been using my ADCOM. At 350W @ 4 ohm, it has no problem driving the Maggies very nicely at any volume I care to listen at.

I have no doubt that the Carver Ravens would do a nice job with either the 3.7 or the 20.7 Maggies.

Someday, when I can quit buying trucks and motorcycles, I hope to move from the 1.7s to the 3.7i. Never the less, one way or the other, I will always have Maggies. Best of luck......Jim

jhills,

Thanks for that reply and info.

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

jhills....same here. I went with tubes, but the extra heat isn't need here in New Orleans either. I lucked out on a great deal for a killer SS amp.