New Products from Bob Carver 2022

Bob started this company early in 2022 after the closing of a company that had built under license.

We are building Bobs best designs yet and using a team of engineers from the aerospace industry to build the highest performance products Bob has produced.

Our first product is the Reference Preamplifier Model - V12 (RPM V-12) 12 valves . Its a full function unit with headphone amp, phono preamp and line stage. Soon I'll have pictures with the display running. The V12 will be out this year.

The 2nd pictures are of a 2x85 watt tube amp.. Reference Amplifier Model 285 (RAM 285). It will use the same display as the V12 and the other amps, that will be added to the line of new products.

The 285 amp chassis is 17 inches wide for scale. Early renderings.

We are a small company of just a handful of people.
We have a completely new web site / store coming soon.

Trivia.

Back in the day, like mid 1980s, Bob Carver had 500 employees and 500 dealers. Their peak output was 5000 units in one month.

Jim Clark said:

Bob started this company early in 2022 after the closing of a company that had built under license.

We are building Bobs best designs yet and using a team of engineers from the aerospace industry to build the highest performance products Bob has produced.

Our first product is the Reference Preamplifier Model - V12 (RPM V-12) 12 valves . Its a full function unit with headphone amp, phono preamp and line stage. Soon I'll have pictures with the display running. The V12 will be out this year.

The 2nd picture is a 2x85 watt tube amp.. Reference Amplifier Model 285 (RAM 285). It will use the same display as the V12 and the other amps, that will be added to the line of new products.

The 285 amp chassis is 17 inches wide for scale. Early renderings.
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Very cool, Jim.
‘I can’t wait to hear them.

Eventually the tubes in the pre will cost more than the pre itself to replace

Nice, thanks for sharing the preview. Would love some hands-on time with this gear. My heartfelt best wishes for making this iteration of the company be successful.

Having owned many Carver pieces throughout my audio journey, I too am looking forward to seeing these live and getting a chance to listen to them!!!

They certainly look great.

Interesting looking units. The ad says “Aerospace grade audio for superb sound”
What does this mean exactly?

Great question.
Our team is made up of manufacturing engineers and designers from the aerospace industry. We are a group of audio geeks that have been working in aircraft, military and space industries. Personally, I founded an aerospace manufacturing company in 1996 after working in the field since 1986. I sold that company in 2016 to another aerospace company. Our customers were names like GE Aviation, UTC, Boeing, Lockheed etc.. We were certified to ISO and AS standards for aerospace. I'm not an engineer, but have employed some great ones.

My experience in this field let me know that Bob Carvers designs, were leaving performance on the table, by not leveraging the latest manufacturing engineering technology. Our engineers today are amazed at the performance Bobs designs are capable of. Its incredible to change nothing in Bobs design and see the simulation results look so great. Our team continues to be amazed that Bob designed these high performance circuits years ago, and had no ability to run simulations.

Our team works for, or has retired from, technology companies such as: GE Aviation, Lockheed, Raytheon, NASA and others.

We design and build these products using the exact same tools, processes and quality standards as those companies listed. From parts certifications and traceability to avoid counterfeits, all the way to testing, documentation and shipping records, world class is all we know.

Bobs design and this team will produce legacy products that each person on our team is proud of. Its all about the legacy.

Again, I ask for respect for all parties here. This is the Haven.

I did not see anything disrepectful in the posts that were deleted. If this is going to be a "woke" forum, this is my last post.