Carver Amazing Owners

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  • Audioquest
    Audioquest Posts: 104
    edited November 2010
    thuffman03 wrote: »
    Nice resurrection of an old thread.

    I have a set of Oak ALIII's and Black ALS Plats.

    Which ones sound best to you and why? Are your Plats the ones with the square or white dimpled woofers or are they newer ones with the paper cone/foam surround type?
    HT: Polk SDA SRS 2.3 main fronts, Klipsch RC-25 center channel, Polk RTi-150 rears, M&K V1B sub, Denon AVR-5800, Samsung 52" LCD, Sony BDP-S550

    2 Channel: Carver ALS Platinum, Audio Research LS-2B preamp, Counterpoint SA-100 amplifier, Integra CD player, Denon SL7D tt, TC750 phono pre, Nikko tuner
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  • punk-roc
    punk-roc Posts: 1,150
    edited November 2010
    Got mine from Shizelbs after driving 10hr round trip to haul home my Amazing Plat Mk IV's... Need a bigger room for them, but really like them =)

    Jason
    2-Channel - So far...
    Pre: Dodd ELP
    DAC: W4S-Dac2
    Source(s): Computer and Denon 2910
    Amp: Parasound HCA-1200II
    Speakers: LSi9s - Vr3 Fortress Mod
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  • Odysseous
    Odysseous Posts: 25
    edited February 2013
    Old thread that needs resurrecting! I have two sets of Amazings (one set of piano black and one Oak), which I bought directly from the ORIGINAL owner, and I really mean the real original original very first owner of all Carver Amazings in the world: Bob Caver himself! Since he owned the company all these speakers belonged to him before they got sold to the "original" owners =)

    Anyway, I bought two sets from his personal collection of speakers, loaded them in a U-Haul and drove from Seattle, WA to San Antonio, TX (About 2400 miles one way). I need to restore them with new foam which nobody seems to make and I'm still wary of the Dynavox replacement woofers since I don't know if they are really the exact replacement-these speakers deserve to be brought back to exact new factory condition!
    Carver hand built 305 watts BLACK BEAUTY vacuum tube amps
    Carver C-19 tube pre amp
    Carver SD/A 490t tube CD player
    Carver TFM-45 amps (3 of them)
    Carver TX-11b radio tuner
    Carver TD-1700 cassette deck
    Polk Audio SRS 3.1tl
    KEF Reference Model One
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  • Speedskater
    Speedskater Posts: 495
    edited February 2013
    I think that the one guy that had a stock of the original woofers passed away a few years ago.
    Have you visited the Carver forum (or forums) ?
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,735
    edited February 2013
    The Dynavox replacement woofers are exactly the same. Why don't you buy one and find out for yourself.
    Political Correctness'.........defined

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  • Odysseous
    Odysseous Posts: 25
    edited February 2013
    Hi F1Nut, I've read that the dynavox driver wasn't the same so I've been hesitant to buy them. Today I took all the physical measurements and I'll contact dynavox tomorrow. I'll order 4 and do some good A/B tests between one speaker that has good original drivers and the other one with the new dynavox drivers. If they sound the same to my ears, then I'll order the other 4. Thanks for your input!

    Speedskater, Thanks for replying, I'm already a member of the Carver forum. Thanks!
    Carver hand built 305 watts BLACK BEAUTY vacuum tube amps
    Carver C-19 tube pre amp
    Carver SD/A 490t tube CD player
    Carver TFM-45 amps (3 of them)
    Carver TX-11b radio tuner
    Carver TD-1700 cassette deck
    Polk Audio SRS 3.1tl
    KEF Reference Model One
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  • SCompRacer
    SCompRacer Posts: 8,513
    edited February 2013
    We need pics! Some Carvers I have owned.

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    Salk SoundScape 8's * Audio Research Reference 3 * Bottlehead Eros Phono * Park's Audio Budgie SUT * Krell KSA-250 * Harmonic Technology Pro 9+ * Signature Series Sonore Music Server w/Deux PS * Roon * Gustard R26 DAC / Singxer SU-6 DDC * Heavy Plinth Lenco L75 Idler Drive * AA MG-1 Linear Air Bearing Arm * AT33PTG/II & Denon 103R * Richard Gray 600S * NHT B-12d subs * GIK Acoustic Treatments * Sennheiser HD650 *
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  • gdb
    gdb Posts: 6,012
    edited February 2013
    George Grand wrote: »
    Just post when you got them. I know you're all proud of them, and the wonderful stuff you have them being driven with, and the preamps that feed the amps, and the cd players that feed the preamps, but just state when you got them. The only person to state when they got them was DAGLJAM6. It's not that hard.

    South Amboy. I'll have to relate a very recent story........later.

    If you don't own a pair of these, please feel free to NOT add to this thread in any way, shape, or form.[/ QUOTE]




    Can't resist ............
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,735
    edited February 2013
    Odysseous wrote: »
    Hi F1Nut, I've read that the dynavox driver wasn't the same so I've been hesitant to buy them. Today I took all the physical measurements and I'll contact dynavox tomorrow. I'll order 4 and do some good A/B tests between one speaker that has good original drivers and the other one with the new dynavox drivers. If they sound the same to my ears, then I'll order the other 4. Thanks for your input!

    The ones I purchased were exactly the same, so I'm not sure why someone else would say they were not.

    Be sure to let the new woofers break in before comparing them.
    Political Correctness'.........defined

    "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."

    President of Club Polk

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  • wkjeffers
    wkjeffers Posts: 139
    edited February 2013
    i went to buy a pair in 1992 and took some cd's. after listening to 3 cd's that sounded terrible, I bought something else. they are brutally revealing. brutally.
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  • leftwinger57
    leftwinger57 Posts: 2,917
    edited February 2013
    I asked this some time ago and got nothing from anyone. I said what's w/ it's name and do they deserve it.Carver Amazings. I did see a pair in C/L months ago and were listed continually .They do look like a pain in the **** to set up and clearly you need a large /high ceiling room. Subjectivety aside do they rate that name Amazings.
    2chl- Adcom GFA- 555-Onkyo P-3150v pre/amp- JVC-QL-A200 tt- Denon 1940 ci cdp- Adcom GFS-6 -Modded '87 SDA 2Bs - Dynamat Ext.- BH-5- X-Overs VR-3, RDO-194 tweeters, Larry's Rings, Speakon/Neutrik I/C- Cherry stain tops Advent Maestros,Ohm model E

    H/T- Toshiba au40" flat- Yamaha RX- V665 avr- YSD-11 Dock- I-Pod- Klipsch #400HD Speaker set-

    Bdrm- Nikko 6065 receiver- JBL -G-200s--Pioneer 305 headphones--Sony CE375-5 disc
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  • amulford
    amulford Posts: 5,020
    edited February 2013
    Subjectivety aside do they rate that name Amazings.

    Get some and go through the pain in the ****. It'll cure itself...
    i went to buy a pair in 1992 and took some cd's. after listening to 3 cd's that sounded terrible, I bought something else. they are brutally revealing. brutally.

    Very true. But when you have high quality, well recorded media, they are something else completely...
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  • George Grand
    George Grand Posts: 12,258
    edited February 2013
    leftwinger57 wrote: »
    Subjectivety aside do they rate that name Amazings.

    All day long and into the night.
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  • Toolfan66
    Toolfan66 Posts: 17,329
    edited February 2013
    I want a set!!
    Polk Audio SDA 2.3tl Fully Hot Rodded. 😎

    SVS SB16 X2

    Cary SLP-05/Ultimate Upgrade.
    Cary SA-500.1 ES Amps
    Cary DMS 800PV Network
    OPPO UDP 205/ModWright Modification
    VPI Scout TT / Dynavector 20x2
    Jolida JD9 Fully Modified

    VPI MW-1 Cyclone RCM

    MIT Shotgun 3 cables throughout / Except TT, and PC’s
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  • tma
    tma Posts: 1
    edited August 2013
    Hello everyone,

    new here and also a new silver amazing -oak version owner.
    just a question about the silvers that i recently got.

    i was able to download the users manual for the silvers and
    it mentioned there that there is a balance control on the speakers
    with controls for the low, mid and high frequencies.

    the pair i got didnt have any of these controls, only the binding posts
    for the speakers.

    was there different versions of the silver amazings, one with the controls and one without?

    thanks for any info and great site by the way.

    cheers.
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,735
    edited August 2013
    IIRC, only the last version (Mk IV) of the Plats came with that feature.
    Political Correctness'.........defined

    "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."

    President of Club Polk

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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,461
    edited August 2013
    Two pairs here but they need a ton of work before they got a shot in my rig.
    The Gear... Carver "Statement" Mono-blocks, Mcintosh C2300 Arcam AVR20, Oppo UDP-203 4K Blu-ray player, Sony XBR70x850B 4k, Polk Audio Legend L800 with height modules, L400 Center Channel Polk audio AB800 "in-wall" surrounds. Marantz MM7025 stereo amp. Simaudio Moon 680d DSD

    “When once a Republic is corrupted, there is no possibility of remedying any of the growing evils but by removing the corruption and restoring its lost principles; every other correction is either useless or a new evil.”— Thomas Jefferson
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  • madmax
    madmax Posts: 12,434
    edited August 2013
    madmax wrote: »
    I bought mine after some guy labeled GG kept talking about them. Got them, auditioned them at work in several rooms, took apart to upgrade the xovers and haven't spent any time on them since. Just ran out of time. Still awaiting upgrades.
    madmax


    Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa, still in the same condition today, sitting in a closet.
    Vinyl, the final frontier...

    Avantgarde horns, 300b tubes, thats the kinda crap I want... :D
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  • hewlew1
    hewlew1 Posts: 154
    edited August 2013
    A pair of originals in 2006 (black). A pair of Platinums in 2009 (oak). A pair of platinums in 2011 (black). And a pair of ALIII's in oak in just over 30 days from today.
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  • George Grand
    George Grand Posts: 12,258
    edited August 2013
    hewlew1 wrote: »
    A pair of originals in 2006 (black). A pair of Platinums in 2009 (oak). A pair of platinums in 2011 (black). And a pair of ALIII's in oak in just over 30 days from today.

    So you're a relative newbie.
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  • SHOKDU
    SHOKDU Posts: 47
    edited August 2013
    Amazing Platinums, bought a year a go. Sold 11 months ago.
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  • Boonaroo
    Boonaroo Posts: 57
    edited August 2013
    There is a pair in Austin on CL. Wish I had the room for them.
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  • B Run
    B Run Posts: 1,888
    edited August 2013
    Boonaroo wrote: »
    There is a pair in Austin on CL. Wish I had the room for them.

    Yep I keep looking at the ad trying to figure out where the hell I could put those, they look sweet though.
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