[USAudio]

There's a picture of a 1980's advertisement for the Carver M-400 in a Bob Carver interview in the latest issue of The Absolute Sound magazine.
I noticed how the CIAudio D-200 is somewhat similar to the Carver M-400 in form-factor and output;
Both are rated at 200w @ 8 ohms and are similarly-sized compact cubes.  The similarities pretty much end there though!
Unfortunately, Bob didn't have nice things to say about Class-D amplifiers in the article but I've sure been happy with my D-200's!

If you're not familiar with the M-400, here's some pics:
http://www.doebbe.com/hifi/items/carverm400a.html

CI-Audio D-200:
http://www.ciaudio.com/D200.html

[richidoo]

I think the Carver could use more heatsink? Yikes!!

Thanks for posting the pics. Cool comparison! Times sure have changed!  The CIA is definitely audio jewelry, but the Carver looks pretty crude in outward appearance. Was WAF a non-issue back then, or was that state of the art audio jewerly of the day?
Rich

[Bill O'Connell]

You can fry an egg on those Carvers when pushed. Used them for about a year back in the day, push them harder and you can have scrambled. You thought tubes ran hot

[USAudio]

You can fry an egg on those Carvers when pushed. Used them for about a year back in the day, push them harder and you can have scrambled. You thought tubes ran hot

The D-200's are sure polar opposites of that, they're cool customers ... even when pushed hard those eggs would still be raw!   

[THE_ANSWERS]

There's a picture of a 1980's advertisement for the Carver M-400 in a Bob Carver interview in the latest issue of The Absolute Sound magazine.
I noticed how the CIAudio D-200 is somewhat similar to the Carver M-400 in form-factor and output;
Both are rated at 200w @ 8 ohms and are similarly-sized compact cubes.  The similarities pretty much end there though!
Unfortunately, Bob didn't have nice things to say about Class-D amplifiers in the article but I've sure been happy with my D-200's!

If you're not familiar with the M-400, here's some pics:
http://www.doebbe.com/hifi/items/carverm400a.html

CI-Audio D-200:
http://www.ciaudio.com/D200.html

i was just talking about the little carver amp earlierr today!     those were the days, and the channel islands amp does sort of look like that .   hmmmmm.

those m400 amps were " gimmick audio" and a friend of mine blew his out    maybe because of heat

interesting!!!!!!  check this out   http://www.doebbe.com/hifi/items/carverm400a.html