Carver Tl-3100

[Aron Eugine]

Ihave an older Carver cd player. model TL3300,, Its approx. 14/15 years old, works good.. NOW my question is how do these older cd players compare to the newer units. What do you gain or loose? Is it worth investing in a newer model unit.. When I purchased this Carver tl3300, it was the top of the line in its time.. I currently have a NAD DVD/CD combo player, and I (hear) the Carver as sounding more clearer. I paid $699.00 for this NAD unit.. HOW ABOUT SOME FEEDBACK!!!

I can't remember the model name, but there is a Carver CD player that I've heard that has the absolutly best sound that I've ever heard from a cd player. We use it both the studios that I have access to and I can't begin to describe the positive differences in this player. I wouldn't doubt that it sounds better than your NAD.

Aside from that, dedicated cd players tend to sound cleaner than dvd/cd combo units. I don't know the reason, but it seems the trend in both what I hear, and the comments from others all over the place.

I still have a TL3100 I'm using in my study at home. It works fine even though the remote gave up. I keep it around because it will play CD-R's just fine. The sound, however isn't up to snuff with my McIntosh MVP841 (CD,DVD, Video-CD) player. It's not listed on the machine as having 1 bit DAC anywhere but I did see on the net somewhere that someone listed a whole bunch of parts that could be swapped out to better the sound.

Yes, they have had digital connections for a while now...DAT decks come standard with both optical and digital coax. ADAT is an 8 channel format that has had digital connections for a long time as well (basically recording 8 channels onto a VHS).

From what I can see on the front face plate, this is digital/audio, 18bit 8 times oversampling with the carver digital time lens? I have this hooked up to the CD RCA hook ups on the back of my receiver. I also have a multi disc DENON DCM-320 CD player, good unit but the carver does seem to sound more true.

The 490T was a much better class player than the other Carver players. The 490T has a tube output stage, making a smoother silky analog type sound. It was designed to be matched to bob carvers C15 tube pre amp and siver 7 mono tube amps.

As for the time lens series, they were a middle of the road player in thier day. Not great, but not horrid either. There are MANY players today that out spec and IMHO have a broader, deeper more detail sound stage than the older players.

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