Carver Amazings in Atlanta area

billbillw
billbillw Posts: 6,869
edited April 2007 in Speakers
I know there are a lot of fans around here for the Amazings.

http://atlanta.craigslist.org/ele/318591836.html

No affiliation. I don't keep track of the pricing on these, but it looks like a good deal to me.

EDIT: I noticed that this guy has been trying to sell these for a month or more. Price has come down slightly, but they must be in pretty bad shape if nobody has taken them yet.
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  • ben62670
    ben62670 Posts: 15,969
    edited April 2007
    Damn thats cheap.
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited April 2007
    @#^()*^% why couldn't they be closer to ME???? UGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    somebody better jump on these ASAP.. before I start to drive down there.. ha ha ha
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  • engtaz
    engtaz Posts: 7,664
    edited April 2007
    george you going to hold them for me? LOL
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  • Shizelbs
    Shizelbs Posts: 7,433
    edited April 2007
    Somebody road trip these ****.
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  • george daniel
    george daniel Posts: 12,096
    edited April 2007
    engtaz wrote: »
    george you going to hold them for me? LOL

    if you want em,,yep I'll hold them
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  • Bill Ayotte
    Bill Ayotte Posts: 1,860
    edited April 2007
    I bet at least one of the ribbons is bad if he is selling those that cheap....or all of the bass drivers are bad....I may call this guy.....These would be worth stretching myself out for....
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  • hoosier21
    hoosier21 Posts: 4,413
    edited April 2007
    seen these before, when I ask if he listened to them lately no they were stored, never got back to me "after" he was to listen to them

    be cautious
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  • Bill Ayotte
    Bill Ayotte Posts: 1,860
    edited April 2007
    I am calling dibs on these, I am waiting for him to tell me how to pay his ****....I plan on a complete rewire/rework of these before they see any power anyways.....I have talked to him twice so far and he said that all of the drivers were good, the grill cloth was kinda iffy, and one ribbon needed a magnet re-bonded, it worked but it was separating a little.....I am willing to take the risk, and George Will be inspecting them before they leave...I am so damn happy right now....
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  • JimBRICK
    JimBRICK Posts: 1,543
    edited April 2007
    good show dood. Those speakers are very impressive looking. I've always wanted to hear them. Still dont know 100% how they work
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  • SCompRacer
    SCompRacer Posts: 8,513
    edited April 2007
    Bill Ayotte wrote: »
    I plan on a complete rewire/rework of these before they see any power anyways.....



    The Silver’s are great speakers. I had a pair in Oak before going to electrostats.

    Do you know if the speakers are bi-wirable or just have two binding posts per speaker? If you get them, let me know and I will locate and copy the wiring diagrams I have and send them to you.

    The wiring for the non-biwirable Silvers is different than the bi-wirable ones. The woofers on the non-biwirable Silvers are intentionally wired out of phase from the crossover (Black to positive, Red to negative) at the first woofer. The color code should be normal (Red to positive, Black to negative) from the first woofer to the remaining two. The ribbon grounds at the Positive terminal on the lower woofer (which is actually Negative due to the reversed phase from the crossover). They used really small gauge wire to jumper the woofers. I had fully rewired mine using larger gauge wire.

    Some folks have reported finding the two lower woofers out of phase from the upper one. The reason being the lower two woofers are orientated 180 degrees opposite from the top one (the terminals are pointing up instead of down) and they failed to observe polarity and cross the wiring to the second woofer.
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  • Bill Ayotte
    Bill Ayotte Posts: 1,860
    edited April 2007
    That would be great man. I am a member of the carver forum as well, that is how I got here....I have more links to info and upgrade ideas than I know what to do with...Haha.
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