Carver Receiver 2000 (c. 1985–1988)
Almost everything known about the Carver Receiver 2000 comes from Carver's own period advertising, not from independent reviews. The ads kept making the same claim. The Receiver 2000 put three of Bob Carver's signature technologies in one chassis - the Magnetic Field Amplifier, the Sonic Hologram Generator, and the Asymmetrical Charge-Coupled FM Detector. Audio (October 1985, p.62) described that same combination. It also mentioned the large, easy-to-use knobs and the unswitched power sockets on the back.
Carver's advertising called it the world's most powerful receiver, citing 200 watts RMS per channel from the Magnetic Field amplifier. Later ads touted operation "at the touch of a remote control button." The documented ad run spans 1985 through 1988, which roughly brackets its commercial life. Beyond that, the record is thin. No measured review data, production figures, or original pricing have surfaced in the sources available to the Archive.
Known specs from period advertising:
- Magnetic Field Amplifier, 200 W RMS per channel
- Sonic Hologram Generator
- Asymmetrical Charge-Coupled FM Detector tuner
- Remote control (by 1987 advertising)
- Unswitched power sockets; large front-panel knobs
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