Refined, with an elegant confidence. This limited-run from legend Bob Carver is exactly what a preamp should be, without a hint of bravado. On the faceplate is a simple glass window that exposes the warm candlelight glow of tubes. Outfitted with the optional phono stage, this premium piece silently shoulders some of the most important work in your system.
- Production
- 1998-2001
- Condition
- 9/10
- Serial No.
- 98050600615
- Restoration
- The Carver Sunfire “Classic Vacuum Tube Control Center” is an audiophile level Phono/Contour/Line preamplifier with both moving coil and moving magnet inputs. This unit is truly a control center. Balanced output along with two RCA pre out and tape out.
We have matched all the tubes, triode to triode and tube to tube, adding high performance, low microphonic phono tubes. Critical signal path capacitors have been replaced with excellent musical performance ones.
- Factory Specs
Phono Section
Gain (to tape out) 40dB (MM); 60dB (MC)
Overload (@ 1 kHz) (MM); (MC)
Input Impedance 47Ω (MM); 470Ω standard, (setable to 22Ω, 47Ω, 150Ω or 470Ω) (MC)
Noise better than 82 dB, IHF-A(MM); better than 82 dB, IHF-A(MC)
High-level Inputs
Frequency response 5 Hz to 50 kHz +0/-3dB
Line Gain 12dB
Infrasonic Filter 5 Hz to 50 kHz +0/-3dB
Noise better than 96 dB, IHF-A, below 2 Vrms
THD 0.5% or less, below 3 Vrms out
IM (CCIR or SMPTE) 0.5% or less
Input Impedance nominally 50kΩ
General
Power Consumption 45 Watts with phono upgrade (1.4W stanby)
Finish Black anodized front panel and cover
Dimensions 19"W x 6.5"H x 18"D
Weight 25 pounds
- Documentation
Sunfire Classic Owner's Manual
- Liner Notes
"This is one of the quietest preamps I've ever had in my system, solid-state or tube. The sound is very detailed, bass seems well extended and tight, and the highs are not rolled off. It seems to have its own sound signature, but probably leans a little toward ARC type sound, detailed, yet not fatiguing in any way. Musical tones seem accurate, and individual instruments are not blurred. This is a pre that invites hours of listening."
@bostonaudio
- Stock No.
- 7512776081629
Refined, with an elegant confidence. This limited-run from legend Bob Carver is exactly what a preamp should be, without a hint of bravado. On the faceplate is a simple glass window that exposes the warm candlelight glow of tubes. Outfitted with the optional phono stage, this premium piece silently shoulders some of the most important work in your system.
Production
1998-2001
Condition
9/10
Serial No.
98050600615
Restoration
The Carver Sunfire “Classic Vacuum Tube Control Center” is an audiophile level Phono/Contour/Line preamplifier with both moving coil and moving magnet inputs. This unit is truly a control center. Balanced output along with two RCA pre out and tape out.
We have matched all the tubes, triode to triode and tube to tube, adding high performance, low microphonic phono tubes. Critical signal path capacitors have been replaced with excellent musical performance ones.
Factory Specs
Phono Section
Gain (to tape out) 40dB (MM); 60dB (MC)
Overload (@ 1 kHz) (MM); (MC)
Input Impedance 47Ω (MM); 470Ω standard, (setable to 22Ω, 47Ω, 150Ω or 470Ω) (MC)
Noise better than 82 dB, IHF-A(MM); better than 82 dB, IHF-A(MC)
High-level Inputs
Frequency response 5 Hz to 50 kHz +0/-3dB
Line Gain 12dB
Infrasonic Filter 5 Hz to 50 kHz +0/-3dB
Noise better than 96 dB, IHF-A, below 2 Vrms
THD 0.5% or less, below 3 Vrms out
IM (CCIR or SMPTE) 0.5% or less
Input Impedance nominally 50kΩ
General
Power Consumption 45 Watts with phono upgrade (1.4W stanby)
Finish Black anodized front panel and cover
Dimensions 19"W x 6.5"H x 18"D
Weight 25 pounds
Documentation
Sunfire Classic Owner's Manual
Liner Notes
"This is one of the quietest preamps I've ever had in my system, solid-state or tube. The sound is very detailed, bass seems well extended and tight, and the highs are not rolled off. It seems to have its own sound signature, but probably leans a little toward ARC type sound, detailed, yet not fatiguing in any way. Musical tones seem accurate, and individual instruments are not blurred. This is a pre that invites hours of listening."
@bostonaudio
Stock No.
7512776081629
