I owned a Carver TFM-35 amp that was used to drive the speakers in my whole house set-up a few years back. When I had a new cabinet built I decided to move the amp and everything else into the enclosure where I was concerned that the carver might generate a bit too much heat. I replaced the unit with a Rotel Class D unit. Unfortunately the Rotel couldn't handle the loads placed by the quality switcher for the whole house setup and some of the speakers could't get the power they required. I finally tired of this a couple of months ago and traded the Rotel for a Krell S-300i. Yes this puppy generates a lot of heat at idle but it drives the speakers just like the Carver did.
Bottom line, try a good Carver over the Rotel (at least their Class D)
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