MORE KLIPSCH PLEASE Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 the other day i was watching an auction for an amp that bob carver built. apparently he builds high end amplifiers and lists them on ebay occasionally. i have always wanted to know if bob carver had ever met paul klipsch. having a line of communication that went to bob carver, i seized the opportunity. following is our communication. i hope you enjoy this as much as i did. -- MKP From: fj40pickupTo: audioshopperSubject: fj40pickup has sent a messageSent Date: Feb-06-15 12:59:08 PST Dear audioshopper, Hi Bob, hope all is good. I just have a question I have always wanted to ask you. Did you ever meet Paul Klipsch? You and Mr Klipsch are my audio heroes.At my house my wall-o-Klipsch is powered by wall-o-Carver amps...lol lol...and also at my auto shop...my Klipsch-Pro's are powered by my TFM42....oh yea we jam at the shop.take care Mark ;-)- fj40pickup Dear fj40pickup, Hi Mark, Well, you certainly have some great audio, that's for sure. Thanks for writing, and YES I did meet Paul Klipsch. It was long ago and he came to visit me in my Phase Linear days at the Phase Linear factory. I cannot remember why he came, but I do remember the visit and the lunch we shared plus a plane ride in his personal airplane. It was during lunch that he showed me how he sand-papered the bottoms of his feet. It was so he could "feel" the rudder pedals better and therefore fly more smoothly. He wore sandals and we could see his sanded toes too. After lunch he took us for a ride in his Cessna 310 twin. We flew over Puget Sound to Vashon island and back, talking about loudspeakers all the way. He commented that he was very happy that he was not in the amplifier business, and I was just as happy not to be building speakers at the time. Warmest and best my new friend, Bob Carver - audioshopper 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Steven1963 Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 Thanks for sharing. I finished reading and realized I had a little smile. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimer Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 Awesome. Never heard the sanded feet anecdote. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joessportster Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 Great post thanks for sharing 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minermark Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 Awesome. Never heard the sanded feet anecdote. You need some "Hanger Rat Time" 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimer Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 What are the hours? And what's the pay? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustang guy Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 Cool! I was reading something Carver wrote a while back how he reverse engineered a transformer winding pattern of some great power supply, and uses that pattern to wind his own. I thought that was pretty cool. Not only that he is using the winding pattern of that great PS, but that he admits he copied it. That is character, IMHO. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimer Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 I can't fault his Sunfire 7X200 amp. Works great for me. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deep3shot Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 Thanks for sharing this post. A great read. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChuckAb3 Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 Thank you for posting. Good stuff. I had a chance to briefly meet Paul in the late '70s in St. Louis at Filip's Stereo Place. Flip was an audio dealer and PWK fan and had asked Paul to give a presentation to prospective and past customers. Being new to audio, I just listened. Wish I could have heard the details of his conversation with Mr. Carver!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mallette Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 If it was Bob's Phase Linear days and Bob enjoyed the encounter it's because Paul restrained himself from saying "What this country needs is a good 5 watt amplifier." Dave 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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