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<blockquote data-quote="Beat_Dominator" data-source="post: 1637820" data-attributes="member: 560107"><p>Well I was searching everywhere for an amp the would give me over 800x1 RMS for my HT woofer project. I really wanted an amp with a passive cooling solution, but the ones available with the kind of power I wanted were out of my budget.</p><p></p><p>My solution is in the form of a Carver PM-900 amp. It is a live sound amp by design, but I hope to tweak it into a quiet HT amp for my passive sub. I went with Carver because the amp in my car that powers my components is a Carver made in '87 and it sounds very very nice. If something that old can work so well..... then you have a customer for life..... even though Carver is closing down //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif</p><p></p><p>This thread will be my worklog of the mods I do to the amp. If possible I will upgrade some of the capacitors and eliminate the fan completely..... if it still runs too hot at the least I will put in a MUCH more quiet fan than the stocker (it sounds like crap).</p><p></p><p>Here are some pics......</p><p></p><p><img src="http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2005-11/1111760/PM900-1.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Teh GiZuts.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2005-11/1111760/PM900-2.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>EWWW a fan!!</p><p></p><p><img src="http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2005-11/1111760/PM900-3.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Ummm, yeah that's a DOMED cap.... deffinately going to replace that one.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2005-11/1111760/PM900-4.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>#169 made in May 1990.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2005-11/1111760/PM900-5.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Let the strip-down and modding begin!</p><p></p><p><img src="http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2005-11/1111760/PM900-6.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>FET action.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2005-11/1111760/PM900-7.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Beat_Dominator, post: 1637820, member: 560107"] Well I was searching everywhere for an amp the would give me over 800x1 RMS for my HT woofer project. I really wanted an amp with a passive cooling solution, but the ones available with the kind of power I wanted were out of my budget. My solution is in the form of a Carver PM-900 amp. It is a live sound amp by design, but I hope to tweak it into a quiet HT amp for my passive sub. I went with Carver because the amp in my car that powers my components is a Carver made in '87 and it sounds very very nice. If something that old can work so well..... then you have a customer for life..... even though Carver is closing down [IMG]//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif[/IMG] This thread will be my worklog of the mods I do to the amp. If possible I will upgrade some of the capacitors and eliminate the fan completely..... if it still runs too hot at the least I will put in a MUCH more quiet fan than the stocker (it sounds like crap). Here are some pics...... [IMG]http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2005-11/1111760/PM900-1.jpg[/IMG] Teh GiZuts. [IMG]http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2005-11/1111760/PM900-2.jpg[/IMG] EWWW a fan!! [IMG]http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2005-11/1111760/PM900-3.jpg[/IMG] Ummm, yeah that's a DOMED cap.... deffinately going to replace that one. [IMG]http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2005-11/1111760/PM900-4.jpg[/IMG] #169 made in May 1990. [IMG]http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2005-11/1111760/PM900-5.jpg[/IMG] Let the strip-down and modding begin! [IMG]http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2005-11/1111760/PM900-6.jpg[/IMG] FET action. [IMG]http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2005-11/1111760/PM900-7.jpg[/IMG] [/QUOTE]
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