Internal pictures of a Carver Silver 7 (not a 7t)

Thu Apr 16, 2009 2:03 pm by brentslone

Does anyone have pictures of the guts of a Silver 7? I'm looking at the feasibility of building a pair of replicas from the original schematics and would like to see the original board layouts.

Thanks,

Brent

Thu Apr 16, 2009 3:39 pm by DaveS

Have you got the schematics?

Fri Apr 17, 2009 10:32 pm by Phantom602

See the attacled link

http://www.ampslab.com/SCHEMATICS/CarverSilver7A.gif

Sat Apr 18, 2009 5:47 am by engtaz

Thanks Phantom602

Sat Apr 18, 2009 8:19 am by gdb

There's a lot of top side pics of a silver amp in the thread linked below, plus a tube pre that might be of interest to you as well.

viewtopic.php?f=8&t=7531

Sat Apr 18, 2009 8:37 am by brentslone

The schematics I have has the parts list and an interesting observation is the output transformers. The note in the parts list indicates that the output transformer is a Dynaco A-451, in a dual, paralleled config. Good news as these or functional equivalents are readily available.

Sat Apr 18, 2009 9:19 am by gdb

You know....Bob Carver is extremely open to lending a hand to anyone trying to build gear and seems to be genuinely flattered when people want to discuss his designs, he's offered many times on his ebay auction Q&A sections, to provide drawings etc. to people so that they can build his type of amps (tube). You might want get it straight from "the horse's mouth" by contacting him. Click link for contact info:

viewtopic.php?f=4&t=7093&hilit=Rita

Sat Apr 18, 2009 11:27 am by stereo_buff

brentslone wrote:The schematics I have has the parts list and an interesting observation is the output transformers. The note in the parts list indicates that the output transformer is a Dynaco A-451, in a dual, paralleled config. Good news as these or functional equivalents are readily available.

When I had breakfast with Bob last summer, we had an interesting discussion about the transformers used in the Silver 7. Perhaps if you get hold of Bob he will no doubt relate it to you too. Neat Stuff!

Sat Apr 18, 2009 12:40 pm by weitrhino

gdb wrote:You know....Bob Carver is extremely open to lending a hand to anyone trying to build gear and seems to be genuinely flattered when people want to discuss his designs, he's offered many times on his ebay auction Q&A sections, to provide drawings etc. to people so that they can build his type of amps (tube). You might want get it straight from "the horse's mouth" by contacting him. Click link for contact info:

http://www.carveraudio.com/phpBB3/viewt ... hilit=Rita

For a fact. Bob is working with a friend of mine on his own tube amp designs. When I talked to the guy the other day he told me Bob reviewed his plans, made a suggestion on a design change, and now has doubled the amp's output power. He just loves this stuff!