Guess what I got!!!!!!

TroyD
TroyD Posts: 13,077
edited September 2003 in Speakers
Sit right back and you'll hear a tale, a tale of a fateful trip........

A few days ago (I'm on vacation visiting my folks in Maine, btw) I'm sitting on the crapper and the only reading material available was Uncle Henry's Swap and Sell magazine (which is essentially a large classified advertisement listing for all of New England)....anyway, so I'm thumbing through the new issue, and what do I find listed only 10 mins away from my parents house????

A pair of Carver Amazing Loudspeakers. I tell you, I damn near fell off the throne. I was literally pulling up my drawers RUNNING to find the lovely Wendi (to ask permission and to her credit, she blessed it immediately as long as they were in good shape). After a couple of days of phone tag, I finally got in touch with him and made arrangements to check them out. I found my way out the the guy's house (he and his wife are two of the nicest people that you would EVER have met) and they are the original Amazing Loudspeaker (same that Tour2ma has) in all but mint condition. The ONLY flaws on the speakers are a couple tiny snags in the grill cloth, only noticeable if you really look. The ribbons and 12" drivers (all 8 of them) are as new. He also had the original boxes, packing materials, manuals and receipts.
I must credit the lovely Wendi for being SO understanding about them, she didn't balk on iota on them. I'd also like to thank George Grand for (in addition to a lot of other things) initially introducing me to the Amazing Loudspeaker.

Anyway, they are in the boxes and won't be able to play with them until I get home next week but HELL YEAH, Acoustic Zen Whoopie is on the horizon.

BDT
I plan for the future. - F1Nut
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  • fireshoes
    fireshoes Posts: 3,167
    edited August 2003
    Congrats Troy! Post some pics when you get a chance to open them up.
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  • TroyD
    TroyD Posts: 13,077
    edited August 2003
    a pic...
    I plan for the future. - F1Nut
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  • TroyD
    TroyD Posts: 13,077
    edited August 2003
    in the box...
    I plan for the future. - F1Nut
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  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited August 2003
    Damn Good on ya TD...

    In case you don't know, do NOT transport these speakers lieing flat (can eff up the ribbons).

    Best transport is upright, but if that is not practical, on their side will do.

    What is it, a two-day drive home? I can see the CA's checking into the Holiday Inn now.... :D

    May the rain stay off your road home...

    Congrats bro...

    BTW I'm overpacking the M400 now for FedEx tomorrow.
    More later,
    Tour...
    Vox Copuli
    Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt. - Old English Proverb

    "Death doesn't come with a Uhaul." - Dennis Gardner
    "It's easy to get lost in price vs performance vs ego vs illusion." - doro
    "There is a certain entertainment value in ripping the occaisonal (sic) buttmunch..." - TroyD
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  • TroyD
    TroyD Posts: 13,077
    edited August 2003
    Tour,

    Coolness on the amp, the lovely Wendi has the check, if not IN the mail will be ASAP. I don't want you to think I'm a slo-pay ****.

    Matter o' fact, I JUST made hotel reservations for the trip home next to Giants Stadium as we are seeing Springsteen on Sunday....

    I've got to work on positioning them for transport in the back of the truck for the trek....

    BDT
    I plan for the future. - F1Nut
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  • TroyD
    TroyD Posts: 13,077
    edited August 2003
    500 bucks is what I took 'em for. I honestly felt like I stole something.

    I've had a chub all evening man...

    BDT
    I plan for the future. - F1Nut
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  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited August 2003
    Originally posted by TroyD
    I've had a chub all evening man...
    Maybe this is what Wendi was angling for... :D

    And if I was worried about the check, I wouldn't be packing them now...

    Drive safely!
    More later,
    Tour...
    Vox Copuli
    Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt. - Old English Proverb

    "Death doesn't come with a Uhaul." - Dennis Gardner
    "It's easy to get lost in price vs performance vs ego vs illusion." - doro
    "There is a certain entertainment value in ripping the occaisonal (sic) buttmunch..." - TroyD
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  • TroyD
    TroyD Posts: 13,077
    edited August 2003
    Dude, we are in my parents TINY house in a bed that SQUEAKS like mad AND both my parents are VERY light sleepers....

    Man, I wish all you guys could be there to help me christen the Amazings in the cave......

    tommorow, I'll be working on building a brace for the bed of the truck to secure these in the truck for the trip home....

    BDT
    I plan for the future. - F1Nut
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,987
    edited August 2003
    Awesome Troy, like we've always said, you can have ANYTHING you want, if you are just willing to WAIT.

    The wait paid off! $500 bones? UN HEARD OF.

    Time to get your open-baffle on, time to get your ribbon on!

    **** I'm happy for you, DQ10's, Carver Amazings, SDA coming up on my visit - You've turned into quite the audio connoisseur!!!

    I can't WAIT to come see you, well, come see your gear that is.

    Cheers,
    Happy Russ
    Check your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service.
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  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited August 2003
    You may already be on this road, but nab a couple pieces of cheap, 4 x 8 plywood to help distribute the load to the braces.

    I wish I could be there as well...
    More later,
    Tour...
    Vox Copuli
    Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt. - Old English Proverb

    "Death doesn't come with a Uhaul." - Dennis Gardner
    "It's easy to get lost in price vs performance vs ego vs illusion." - doro
    "There is a certain entertainment value in ripping the occaisonal (sic) buttmunch..." - TroyD
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  • shack
    shack Posts: 11,154
    edited August 2003
    Originally posted by RuSsMaN
    **** I'm happy for you, DQ10's, Carver Amazings, SDA coming up on my visit - You've turned into quite the audio connoisseur!!!

    And let's not forget a recent thread stated by Troy titled:

    "LSi's in the house...."

    I guess you can never own too many GOOD speakers....
    "Just because you’re offended doesn’t mean you’re right." - Ricky Gervais

    "For those who believe, no proof is necessary. For those who don't believe, no proof is possible." - Stuart Chase

    "Consistency requires you to be as ignorant today as you were a year ago." - Bernard Berenson
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  • TroyD
    TroyD Posts: 13,077
    edited August 2003
    thanks guys....man, I am assembling quite a hoard.....

    BDT
    I plan for the future. - F1Nut
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  • Frank Z
    Frank Z Posts: 5,860
    edited August 2003
    :mad: :mad: :mad:
    I've wanted a pair of those since they were first introduced....you BASTAGE!!
    9/11 - WE WILL NEVER FORGET!! (<---<<click)
    2005-06 Club Polk Football Pool Champion!! :D
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,987
    edited August 2003
    This may be a good time for me to call it.

    "Troy, I got dibs, when and if."

    HA!

    Cheers,
    Russ
    Check your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service.
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  • TroyD
    TroyD Posts: 13,077
    edited August 2003
    Don't hold your breath.....

    BDT
    I plan for the future. - F1Nut
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,987
    edited August 2003
    Well, don't be surprised if you hear a noise late at night when I come to visit, and you walk out into your living room and see my fat **** dry-humping them.

    Cheers,
    Russ
    Check your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service.
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  • TroyD
    TroyD Posts: 13,077
    edited August 2003
    Man, if I hear the cordless drill unscrewing the grill covers.......man, I dunno, I suppose I'll just let you finish..

    BDT
    I plan for the future. - F1Nut
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  • TroyD
    TroyD Posts: 13,077
    edited August 2003
    Sorry to keep thumping my chest but man, it's setting in that I've achieved MY Holy Grail of speakers....

    I got Carver Amazings in my sole allday allabout...

    Benevolent BDT has spoken, follow me or pass
    I plan for the future. - F1Nut
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  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited August 2003
    So what's left??? The Maggies?
    More later,
    Tour...
    Vox Copuli
    Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt. - Old English Proverb

    "Death doesn't come with a Uhaul." - Dennis Gardner
    "It's easy to get lost in price vs performance vs ego vs illusion." - doro
    "There is a certain entertainment value in ripping the occaisonal (sic) buttmunch..." - TroyD
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  • TroyD
    TroyD Posts: 13,077
    edited August 2003
    Man, to be honest, I don't even know. My head is still spinning. I've got the SDA box checked for all intents and purposes, although a pair of big SDA's has some allure....

    Actually, next will probably be a pair of Quad-63's. I'd like a pair of the Quad 57's but have heard too many horror stories about arcing and so forth.

    Maggies are for Russ to bag....I can't bag ALL the good stuff and give him a complex and all.

    BDT
    I plan for the future. - F1Nut
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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 28,748
    edited August 2003
    Hey dude.....

    Ill trade you my RTi70 for your Amazings........
    - Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit.
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  • TroyD
    TroyD Posts: 13,077
    edited August 2003
    Lemme think Sid. No.

    BDT
    I plan for the future. - F1Nut
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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 28,748
    edited August 2003
    MUAHAHAHHAHHAHHAHAHAHAH......hey.....

    Atleast I asked

    "No question is a dumb question." But that was VERY close to being REALLLLLLLLLLY dumb
    - Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit.
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,987
    edited August 2003
    And to think Sid, they cost about what your 70's did.

    Remember that word we discussed on aim? *patience*

    Cheers,
    Russ
    Check your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service.
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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 28,748
    edited August 2003
    Yep. even if I found them at that price, I could NOT buy them. Them things LOOK HUUUUUUUUGE!
    - Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit.
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited August 2003
    Troy - Very nice eye, congrats on your new speakers. It always pays to look in the Penny Saver, and like publications....you just never know.
    CTC BBQ Amplifier, Sonic Frontiers Line3 Pre-Amplifier and Wadia 581 SACD player. Speakers? Always changing but for now, Mission Argonauts I picked up for $50 bucks, mint.
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  • hotwheelman
    hotwheelman Posts: 1,300
    edited August 2003
    Troy congrats on the amazings, I used to hang out at the local audio store at the mall just to listen to those in the back room when they first came out and all I can say is that they ARE truely amazing. They powered thiers with a couple of carver mono blocks and damn those sounded sooooo good, they had to run me off at closing time every weekend.

    There are a pair of maggies for sale here local for 150, if anyone is interested in them I will call to see what model # they are, I have been meaning to call but havn't had a chance.


    Cheers,
    Mike
    "Its worked so far but we're not out yet."
    "Hey big man let me hold a dollar"
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  • organ
    organ Posts: 4,969
    edited August 2003
    CONGRATS TROY!!!!!!! Are those the same ones that Mr. Grand owns? Please tell us how they sound once you have them hooked up(dynamics, soundstage, etc). Man I want some big speakers now. A Klipsch La Scala is on my list once I have another 2ch room. I hope I could score cheap on a pair of those. How may watts/channel will they receive in your rig? What's the nominal impedance and sensitivity?

    Maurice
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  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited August 2003
    Thank you on behalf of TD...

    The CA's he "stole" are the originals, as are mine. GG's are the Platinums, which were the third and last generation of the CA line.

    Spec-wise they're 4 ohm and sensitivity is only 85 dB, so they do take a bit of power. Carver recommends 1200 wpc (8 ohm amp rating) to drive them to their full potential with a 200 wpc min.

    I know Troy is fixing to have a pair of Carver M-400's, which can be bridged to 400 watts continuous with some headroom. But he may have something else in mind...
    More later,
    Tour...
    Vox Copuli
    Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt. - Old English Proverb

    "Death doesn't come with a Uhaul." - Dennis Gardner
    "It's easy to get lost in price vs performance vs ego vs illusion." - doro
    "There is a certain entertainment value in ripping the occaisonal (sic) buttmunch..." - TroyD
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  • hoosier21
    hoosier21 Posts: 4,413
    edited August 2003
    Great deal Troy, man that room is filling up quick. 500.00 what a steal.

    I have always wanted a pair of those, two failed purchases later I still don't have them. Oh well they will get here someday.
    Dodd - Battery Preamp
    Monarchy Audio SE100 Delux - mono power amps
    Sony DVP-NS999ES - SACD player
    ADS 1230 - Polk SDA 2B
    DIY Stereo Subwoofer towers w/(4) 12 drivers each
    Crown K1 - Subwoofer amp
    Outlaw ICBM - crossover
    Beringher BFD - sub eq

    Where is the remote? Where is the $%#$% remote!

    "I've always been mad, I know I've been mad, like the most of us have...very hard to explain why you're mad, even if you're not mad..."
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