Do these look like Carver Amazings to anyone else?

zingo
zingo Posts: 11,258
edited March 2007 in Speakers
http://seattle.craigslist.org/est/ele/301577601.html
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  • Ricardo
    Ricardo Posts: 10,636
    edited March 2007
    they are....and if they work that's a steal
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  • engtaz
    engtaz Posts: 7,664
    edited March 2007
    HTrookie you should be an alternate for Polk Ambassador.

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  • george daniel
    george daniel Posts: 12,096
    edited March 2007
    yep,, go get em,,,run :D
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  • Shizelbs
    Shizelbs Posts: 7,433
    edited March 2007
    Those are not the Amazings woofers. Those are some odd **** replacement woofer.
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  • Dennis Gardner
    Dennis Gardner Posts: 4,861
    edited March 2007
    Here is an old link to replacement woofers for the Amazings for $25 each a couple years ago. The link still works and I would assume these are the only real OEM replacement option.http://www.polkaudio.com/forums/showthread.php?t=29646
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited March 2007
    They are certainly worth looking into, regardless of the woofer issue but I hope you can actually listen to them. The woofers are simple but the ribbons aren't cheap.
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  • Shizelbs
    Shizelbs Posts: 7,433
    edited March 2007
    You can come over to my place if you want to know what they sound like. The seller is unable to demo them.
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,761
    edited March 2007
    Three of the woofers are Carver's, the top one is not. If the ribbons work, they are a steal.
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  • snow
    snow Posts: 4,337
    edited March 2007
    It looks like there is an extra one of that top driver on the floor to the right of the one speaker. perhaps he is replacing the orginals with those? REGARDS SNOW
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  • ohskigod
    ohskigod Posts: 6,502
    edited March 2007
    that warrants a road trip for anyone in driving distance.

    they are biampable too, something I wish mine were :(
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  • Shizelbs
    Shizelbs Posts: 7,433
    edited March 2007
    If 3 of those are Carver woofers, then why the hell do mine look entirely different?

    Were the silvery honeycomb flat woofers not introduced until the Platinum model?
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  • Shizelbs
    Shizelbs Posts: 7,433
    edited March 2007
    I got an email back from him. He's getting lots of requests for them. He jacked the price up to $650.
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,761
    edited March 2007
    Shizelbs wrote:
    If 3 of those are Carver woofers, then why the hell do mine look entirely different?

    Were the silvery honeycomb flat woofers not introduced until the Platinum model?

    No, the honeycomb woofers were in the original Amazings, some of which were converted via an upgrade kit to the 60" ribbons, yet retained the original woofers.

    Edit: At $650.00 they are no bargain.
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  • Shizelbs
    Shizelbs Posts: 7,433
    edited March 2007
    Cool. I've never seen anything but the honeycomb woofer.
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  • Shizelbs
    Shizelbs Posts: 7,433
    edited March 2007
    So, Zingo, did you end up seeing them or getting them?
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  • zingo
    zingo Posts: 11,258
    edited March 2007
    Well I e-mailed the guy...then he e-mailed me back and told me to call him...so I called him with no reply then e-mailed him back...and have not gotten a reply yet. I am going to call him tomorrow and see what's up. He edit his original ad to say that they are "Carver's" and, like ya'll said upped the price to $650 but I will $350 for them if anything. If he still has them I will take an amp over and test them out. We'll see what happens...
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,136
    edited March 2007
    Good luck from the little experience I have with them they are very tempermental but once set up properly an epiphany.
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  • greyranch
    greyranch Posts: 14
    edited March 2007
    HI Zingo,newbie here to forum.I had a friend that bought the carver amazings years ago.You need a ton of power to run these at decent audio levels.He had a
    Kenwood basic 2 amp 250 wpc amp and wasnt happy.Tried a carver amp with same results.They were a sweet speaker at lower listening levels but definately not a rock n roll speaker to play loud.Depends on what your listening habits are.
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  • Shizelbs
    Shizelbs Posts: 7,433
    edited March 2007
    greyranch wrote:
    They were a sweet speaker at lower listening levels but definately not a rock n roll speaker to play loud.

    Bullcrap. You're right in that they need a ton of power, but if you had a decent amp behind them, they rock like no other.

    I've had my house literally shaking at times with the lights dimming from all the power being drawn during bass notes. Most rockingist speaker I've ever owned.
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited March 2007
    I agree, the speaker can most certainly rock some high SPL.
    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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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,136
    edited March 2007
    Led Zepplin, "Gallows Pole," rocked me nauseous on Antny's Amazings. The kick drum made my spine rattle.
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