Carver/SRS 1.2TL

Big Dan R
Big Dan R Posts: 131
edited August 2003 in Basic Hookup/Wiring Questions
Can anyone tell me if a Carver M1.5T amp is compatible with the Polk SRS 1.2 TL's? Ive heard unofficially that there might be a common ground incompatability. The power rating is 350/ch
Thanks,
Dan
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,645
    edited August 2003
    From a previous thread......

    "One of the things that George and I talked about this weekend was using Carver and SDA. It would appear from George's literature (he sold Carver products for a while, with that damn fine butt of his) that the Carver m1.5t IS fo' sho' a non-common ground amp (I knew that) but it is also the ONLY non-common ground amp. So if you are using anything other than the m1.5t with your SDA's, you should be good to go."

    BDT


    You will need to use the AI-1 interconnect cable or build one using a isolation transformer.
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  • Big Dan R
    Big Dan R Posts: 131
    edited August 2003
    So what does that mean??
    Dan
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  • Loud & Clear
    Loud & Clear Posts: 1,538
    edited August 2003
    Welp, two things: sounds like you don't want to use the Carver M1.5T with the SDA's, and George has a killer **** ... the latter of which seems most significant.

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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,645
    edited August 2003
    It simply means that you need to use the AI-1 interconnect cable or make one. You will not be able to use the Carver with the SDA's without either. Of course, you could get a different amp which is a common-ground type and that would solve your problem too.

    For the record, I haven't nor do I desire to see George's ****, that statement was from Troy and I've got no idea what the two of them have going on.
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    "A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."

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  • Big Dan R
    Big Dan R Posts: 131
    edited August 2003
    What exactly is this AI-1 cable and how is it connected? How much does one cost? I guess at this point I would rather go with this cable than get another amp. I can make an amp change in the future if im not satisfied with sound quality.... I just bought the SDA's and have not gotten them yet.
    Dan
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,645
    edited August 2003
    Dan,

    You've got mail.
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  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited August 2003
    Again I have to say that I ran my SRS's on a M-1.5t for ten years with just the standard SDA IC and no problem.

    I owned a M-500t and returned it as it was not a common ground design and got the 1.5t, which I was told was a common ground design.
    More later,
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  • Big Dan R
    Big Dan R Posts: 131
    edited August 2003
    Thanks Tour for the good news, now I have to get my cable selections, ie speaks, component inters and of course the TL's, and rock on...
    BTW, was born in Cleveland!
    BDR
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