Bob Carver Vacuum Tube Amplifiers
Now Available From Sound Ingenuity
These one-of-a-kind, individually handmade amplifiers are designed and engineered by the legendary audio engineer Bob Carver. With over 40 years of experience developing innovative, "audiophile" quality components, Bob Carver has returned from retirement, bringing back the highest performance audio components and true quality to you.
Sound Ingenuity is proud to be an authorized dealer of Bob Carver vacuum tube amplifiers, reinforcing our commitment to delivering quality products, quality performance and quality service to our customers.
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BLACK BEAUTY 305 (VTA350M)
The Black Beauty 305 Mono Block Amplifier (305 watts) is the perfect blend of form and function and the ideal choice for serious music listeners. This amplifier was designed to drive the most demanding speakers and features a high impedance input, an automatic DC restorer circuit, a "set and forget" bias adjustment, and low idle current which greatly increases output tube life. It has an ultra-wide bandwidth output transformers with interleaved windings capable of the most nuanced voice as well as huge peak output capacity. Selectable feedback control allows the user to change the sound of the amplifier from vintage classical to modern contemporary.
CHERRY 180 (VTA180M)
The Cherry 180 Mono Block Amplifier (180 watts) is the little brother of the Black Beauty 305 and provides the same sonic performance at a more affordable price point. This amplifier was designed to drive the most demanding speakers and features a high impedance input, an automatic DC restorer circuit, a "set and forget" bias adjustment, and low idle current which greatly increases output tube life. It has an ultra-wide bandwidth output transformers with interleaved windings capable of the most nuanced voice as well as huge peak output capacity. Selectable feedback control allows the user to change the sound of the amplifier from vintage classical to modern contemporary.
BLACK MAGIC 20 (VTA20S)
The Black Magic 20 Stereo Amplifier (20 watts) is the perfect blend of form and function and the ideal choice for serious music listeners. It is conservatively rated at 20 watts per channel in stereo mode and 40 watts in monoblock mode.
This stereo amplifier offers outstanding performance that is difficult to believe, with a high impedance input, an automatic DC restorer and bias circuit for each channel. Output tube idle current is very low, which greatly increases tube life. It has ultra-wide bandwidth output transformers with interleaved windings capable of the most nuanced voice as well as huge peak output capacity.
From a listening perspective these amplifiers provide a warm, rich sound with a sumptuous and enveloping sound stage, a great front to back depth of field, and very tight, pinpoint imaging within that larger acoustic. A special current feedback circuit allows the amplifier to “listen to the room” via feedback from the speakers acting as microphones (using the law of reciprocity). The room-speaker-amplifier interaction provides a sense of believable ambience and acoustic space that is thoroughly realistic and quite enjoyable. Additionally, the transformer output impedance allows the signal to follow the impedance curve of the speaker system, allowing more voltage to be delivered to the loudspeaker at very low frequencies – providing an exceptional and satisfying low end response.