Carver

Carver

Also known as: Carver Corporation, Bob Carver, Bob Carver Corporation

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Carver is an American audio electronics brand founded by physicist and engineer Robert W. (Bob) Carver, based in the Pacific Northwest. After co-founding Phase Linear in 1969 and developing the landmark Phase Linear 400 and 700 amplifiers that became fixtures in recording studios and touring rigs, Carver launched his eponymous Carver Corporation in 1979 to produce high-fidelity amplifiers, tune...

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Carver is an American audio electronics brand founded by physicist and engineer Robert W. (Bob) Carver, based in the Pacific Northwest. After co-founding Phase Linear in 1969 and developing the landmark Phase Linear 400 and 700 amplifiers that became fixtures in recording studios and touring rigs, Carver launched his eponymous Carver Corporation in 1979 to produce high-fidelity amplifiers, tuners, receivers, and loudspeakers.

The brand is known for proprietary technologies including the Magnetic Field Amplifier, Sonic Holography stereo imaging, and asymmetrical charge-coupled FM detection. Bob Carver also gained notoriety in the mid-1980s for his "amplifier challenge," in which he used null-difference testing to replicate the sonic signature of expensive high-end amplifiers in more affordable units. Later work under the Sunfire name expanded the brand's catalog into high-back-EMF subwoofers and surround processors.

Product lines associated with Carver and its successor company Bob Carver LLC include vacuum-tube designs such as the Crimson and Cherry 275, the Silver Seven mono amplifiers, the RAM 285 reference amplifier, the RPM V12 tube preamplifier, and the Amazing Line Source loudspeaker system. The brand's amplifiers have been used in professional audio and broadcast environments as well as home hi-fi.

Carver has 3 products cataloged on Equipboard, including Power Amplifiers. Their gear is featured by 2 artists, with the strongest followings in Rock. Notable users include Kurt Cobain and Buzz Osborne (aka King Buzzo).

Artists Who Use Carver

Kurt Cobain uses 2 Carver products

Kurt Cobain

Singer, Guitarist · Nirvana

Buzz Osborne (aka King Buzzo) uses 1 Carver product

Buzz Osborne (aka King Buzzo)

Singer, Guitarist · Melvins

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