Bob Carver CorpRaven 200newBob Carver Corp Raven 200 200 watt mono amps-New w/20 year warrantyUnderwood Hifi is glad to now be selling products from Bob Carvers new company, Bob Carver Corp. Ask us about 6 MONTHS NO PAYMENTS or INTEREST thru PayPal Following on the heels of his highly revi...6950.00

Bob Carver Corp Raven 200 200 watt mono amps-New w/20 year warranty

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Ships fromLake Stevens, WA, 98258
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Package dimensions16.0" × 20.0" × 12.0" (80.0 lbs.)
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Underwood Hifi is glad to now be selling products from Bob Carvers new company, Bob Carver Corp.


Ask us about 6 MONTHS NO PAYMENTS or INTEREST thru PayPal


Following on the heels of his highly reviewed previous 180 amplifier, Bob has
created the Crimson 200 and Raven 200 (Black version). Never one to rest
on his laurels, Bob has yet again created a design that sets a new benchmark,
defining what a high power vacuum tube amplifier should be. These amps are
exceptional value at only $6950.00 a pair. 
Feel free to compare them to any tube amps selling at $20,000.00.

Bob increased the energy storage three-fold, compared to the previous 180
.
Utilizing the 6550 beam output tubes,
the Crimson 200 will bring new life to your music library with its
extended dynamic range and abundant output power. These 6550’s are rated for 50
watts of audio output each, and this has six of them for a conservative 200
watts RMS. According to Bob, “The 6550s are near and dear to me, taking me back
to when I designed the Carver® Silver Seven [arguably, one of the finest
amplifiers ever built, tube or solid-state!],
so sweet and delicate
sounding. I love them so much that I designed my new Silver Seven 700™ around
them!”


Using his own unique transformer design, the Crimson 200 delivers 200 watts
into 8 ohms (225 watts into 4 or 2 ohms) of pure sonic ecstasy, regardless of
the loudspeaker’s impedance vs. frequency.
As Bob says, "The new, heavier output transformer
delivers enormous power through an increased turns ratio, with two extra
interleaved windings, each bifilar wound on a core of Adamantine steel and now
with an upgraded
  pure nickel center section."

 

As Bob says, “I could go on and on, but I will say that the bandwidth of this output transformer is
an amazing two hundred and fifty kilohertz - that's a quarter of a megahertz!”

This broad bandwidth ensures perfect
stability, even into one ohm speakers, that possess almost impossible-to-drive
impedance characteristics! The one ohm Apogee Scintillas, or any other speaker
that dips down to 0.75 ohms, including Martin Logan electrostatics, for
example, whose impedance drops down even lower than that at very high
frequencies (to about 0.5 ohms), can be driven by this amplifier with endless
aplomb!

The Crimson 200’s bias is easily and simply adjusted using a
single control, making it unnecessary to adjust the bias individually for each
output tube set.
The DC restorer circuit, an exclusive to Bob Carver
designs, keeps the output tubes running cool, prolonging their life to beyond
50 years!
Prior to the advent of this feature in Bob’s amplifiers, other
amplifiers operated their vacuum tubes at a very high idle power in order to
keep the distortion low, frequency response extended, as well as for a host of
other reasons, related to amplifier performance. And they still do. The
downside of doing so is that the tube life is drastically shortened, about
three to six years at the most. Worse yet, tube performance begins to
deteriorate as soon as the amp is turned on, gradually (and insidiously)
robbing the listener of sonic pleasure. In addition to extended tube life,
thanks to this invention, there is also no need to purchase expensive matched
tubes for the Crimson or Black Beauty 200.


The screen voltage is regulated on speech and music to a difficult and
almost impossible to believe 1%, and the bias regulator has been redesigned to
almost perfectly restore the DC component of the incoming audio signal.

Nothing else can even come close to this performance.

Another significant feature of Bob’s design is its ability to “listen to the
room,” sometimes referred to as the ‘speaker-microphone effect.’
Facilitated
by a special current feedback loop, it allows the amplifier to ‘hear’ the
room’s reverb, along with its unique sonic signature. Each room plays its own
tune, and this amp uses the speaker as a microphone by using the speaker in
reverse (the theorem of reciprocity) to ‘listen to the room,’ thereby allowing
a portion of the room acoustic to be expressed through the main speakers. Think
of it this way, the room becomes an integral part of the music in a way no
other amplifier allows. The sound is more majestic, more realistic, and the
soundstage is larger and more compelling than it would be without this unique,
spooky and strange ability. To be sure, all tube amps do this in small, almost
miniscule amounts (Harry Pearson noted this long ago), but this amplifier does
it to a great extent and in a rather complex manner by very intentional and
special design. This phenomenon is impossible to achieve with normal
solid-state amplifier designs, whose low source (output) impedance effectively
shorts out the speaker’s ability to accomplish this feat.


Finally, Bob has also added upgraded internal parts and a set of XLR balanced inputs as well as the
RCA ins from the previous products.

The Crimson and Black Beauty 200 brings added clarity, life, and presence to
any existing system and loudspeakers.
Matching it with his new Amazing
Line Source loudspeakers
will make every seat in your listening room,
‘front row, center’!

Also available as the Raven 200 in black. New orders are 4-6 weeks to delivery with a $1000.00 deposit

With a 20 year warranty on the Amp AND Tubes it is truly an investment well
made.


We also sell the 350 watt versions at $8950.00. Call to discuss these all
Carver amps and our current pricing.


Read our AudiogoN #1 rated feedback and buy with confidence



We accept Visa, MasterCard, Discover and PayPal as well as money orders.

Call us at 770-667-5633 with questions or to get a pair on order.

GA and HI customers add sales tax.

Typical delivery time is 4-6 weeks with a $1000.00 deposit at order date and the balance before shipment.

Specifications

Rated Power, rms: 200 watts/8 ohms, 225 watts/4 ohms, 225 watts/2 ohms

Frequency Response: 2 Hz to 85 kHz (-3 dB)

Distortion: Less than 0.5%

Power Bandwidth: 24 Hz to 28 kHz without filters

Line Inputs: 2; balanced or RCA

Input Impedance: 100 kohms (RCA)

Gain: 30 dB (8 ohms)

Tube Complement: One 12AX7, one 12AT7, one 6AL5, six 6550

Hum and Noise: Better than 117 dB, referred to 200 watts, A-weighted

Bias: Rear panel potentiometer adjust, front panel meter

Feedback Control: 20 dB, ‘classic’; 11 dB, Contemporary

Output Transformer: Interleaved windings, super wideband, low leakage
inductance, proprietary design

Source Impedance: 1.7 ohms

Speaker Outputs: 2, 4, and 8 ohms

Color: Gloss Black, Natural Aluminum, and Bright Chrome

Dimensions/Weight: 7.2” X 12” x 14” (H x W x D) / 37 lbs. per chassis

Country of Origin: United States of America

Warranty: 20 years, including tubes

Brands carried:

Acoustic Zen, Audio Space, Audeze headphones, Bob Carver Corp, Burson
Audio, Cambridge Audio, Creek, Denon, DSPeaker, Emerald Physics speakers,
amplifiers & USB DAC’s, Epos, Essence electrostatic speakers, Gallo,  Graham Slee, HifiMan headphones, Jolida, LSA amps and speakers,
Marantz Reference, Micromega, Music Hall, Peachtree Audio, Project, PS Audio,
Pathos, Quad, REL Subwoofers, Rolls Bellari, Silverline Audio,
SONOS, Spread Spectrum Technologies Ampzilla
& Ambrosia, Wireworld, Wyred 4 Sound, Wywires

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