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What's so funny is that Carver came out with the compatible amplifier as a product. But it didn't sell.

So then he build the Carver Silver 7, as something of a joke.[1] It has fourteen tubes per channel. The power supply is on a separate chassis. All wire is silver, soldered with silver solder. It costs $17,500. Per channel. Here's a picture of a pair of them.[2]

It sold quite well. Versions of it are still selling.

[1] https://www.stereophile.com/content/carver-silver-seven-t-mo...

[2] https://www.underwoodhifi.com/sites/default/files/Carver%20S...




wow that is hilarious. I think it reminds me of the Saturday Night Live spoof of zenith system 3. There was an advertisement:

https://youtu.be/VhRu8aWHchY

"the quality goes in before the name goes on"

and SNL had a spoof called Horizon System 12 where

"The parts go in before the name goes on"

With parts flying in like in the zenith ad, but an enormous number of parts...

can't find a clip, but I found references:

http://www.snlarchives.net/Commercials/?198003153

http://www.snlarchives.net/Episodes/?19800315

p.s. for a long time all I could think about were two cube amps, one for each (stereo) speaker. Could never afford them. :)




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