New Carvers, sub and a few other toys in my HT Rig
specd_out
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Been a while since I have been on the board. Since them I have made a few changes to my HT setup.
I picked up two Carver Tfm-15cb from a local guy. One was working and one had a bad buzz in both channels. I paid $200 for both. Spent $45 on new caps and a few bucks on new rca inputs and speaker terminals. Got them both up and running and within spec. I installed new leds for the VU lights. I choose a warm white and tweaked the output with a resistor to get it to look more "vintage". I know the blue leds are popular but the warm light appeals more to me. I am running them bridged into my Rtia5's for now. I may switch them up to a vertical bi-amp setup and give that a try. They sound great now. Much more tactile bass when listening to music.
I also upgraded my power supply to a panamax 5300-pm from my older monster 1650. Cant say I noticed a difference but I feel more secure with a panamax and having 12v switching is great.
I also designed and built a new HT sub. I used a Dayton Audio Ultimax 15" sub in a ported 8cuft box. Its running off of a Crown Xls1000 bridged running 1100watts. I got a mini dsp and use rew to calibrate the sub for the room modes.
Recessed the ports and the sub into the the front face.
Thats a MicroPro 4000 box on top LOL
I have plans to fill the screw holes and give a it a piano black finish. It will be kind of a large end table
These DIY projects have been a ton of fun to do, and give an awesome sense of accomplishment when you get them running. I would advise to anyone thats somewhat handy to try doing something on your own. I am hooked now and will be looking for other things to build.
I picked up two Carver Tfm-15cb from a local guy. One was working and one had a bad buzz in both channels. I paid $200 for both. Spent $45 on new caps and a few bucks on new rca inputs and speaker terminals. Got them both up and running and within spec. I installed new leds for the VU lights. I choose a warm white and tweaked the output with a resistor to get it to look more "vintage". I know the blue leds are popular but the warm light appeals more to me. I am running them bridged into my Rtia5's for now. I may switch them up to a vertical bi-amp setup and give that a try. They sound great now. Much more tactile bass when listening to music.
I also upgraded my power supply to a panamax 5300-pm from my older monster 1650. Cant say I noticed a difference but I feel more secure with a panamax and having 12v switching is great.
I also designed and built a new HT sub. I used a Dayton Audio Ultimax 15" sub in a ported 8cuft box. Its running off of a Crown Xls1000 bridged running 1100watts. I got a mini dsp and use rew to calibrate the sub for the room modes.
Recessed the ports and the sub into the the front face.
Thats a MicroPro 4000 box on top LOL
I have plans to fill the screw holes and give a it a piano black finish. It will be kind of a large end table
These DIY projects have been a ton of fun to do, and give an awesome sense of accomplishment when you get them running. I would advise to anyone thats somewhat handy to try doing something on your own. I am hooked now and will be looking for other things to build.
HT Rig Samsung 64F8500 |Pioneer Elite BDP-52FD|Pioneer Elite VSX-32| Two Carver TFM-15cb Bridged for mains|Polk Audio RTiA5 Cherry|Polk Audio CsiA6 Cherry|Polk Audio T-15 Heights|Polk Audio FXia6 Surround|DIY 8cuft Dayton Ultimax 15" powered with a Crown XLS1000
2Channel Rig Polk Audio LSi9 Cherry| Carver C-1BillD Mod|Carver M1.0t MkII Opt2|Pro-ject RM 1.3|SpeedBox S|AQ King Cobras|AQ Rocket88|
ISF Level 2 Certified Calibrator
2Channel Rig Polk Audio LSi9 Cherry| Carver C-1BillD Mod|Carver M1.0t MkII Opt2|Pro-ject RM 1.3|SpeedBox S|AQ King Cobras|AQ Rocket88|
ISF Level 2 Certified Calibrator
Comments
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Boy thats huge. Nice looking sub and Amps you brought back to life. I wish i was good with those projects like that (working on learning all the time:) Looks great Congrats..
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Congrats! & Nice Job! those amps sure look sweet together.2 ch- Polk CRS+ * Vincent SA-31MK Preamp * Vincent Sp-331 Amp * Marantz SA8005 SACD * Project Xperience Classic TT * Sumiko Blue Point #2 MC cartridge
HT - Polk 703's * NAD T-758 * Adcom 5503 * Oppo 103 * Samsung 60" series 8 LCD
