Carver Platinum Amazings
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Both contestants have heard mine in that bigger space.
I think Madness made his move already anyway. -
I have mine in a 13 foot by 12.7 foot by 8 foot room and that still seems a bit small.Expert Moron Extraordinaire
You're just jealous 'cause the voices don't talk to you! -
I have no move to make, other than waiting
I'm sure if Mike picks them up, he'll enjoy them greatly!
James2 Channel/HT:
Sony SS-M9 P's (ES version)
Sony SS-M1CN Center Channel
Polk RT800 Surround Speakers
Odyssey Stratos Dual Mono Amplifiers
TAD 150 Signature Tube Preamp
Harman Kardon HK354
Sony SACD Player -
Are the Plats still available? Very interested....2-Channel: PC > Schiit Eitr > Audio Research DAC-8 > Audio Research LS-26 > Pass Labs X-250.5 > Magnepan 3.7's
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falconcry72 wrote: »Are the Plats still available? Very interested....
Not anymore
:biggrin:
This pic was just taken about 5 mins. ago.
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Pool: Atrium 60's/45's -
Congrats Mike. I'm sure you'll love them!
James2 Channel/HT:
Sony SS-M9 P's (ES version)
Sony SS-M1CN Center Channel
Polk RT800 Surround Speakers
Odyssey Stratos Dual Mono Amplifiers
TAD 150 Signature Tube Preamp
Harman Kardon HK354
Sony SACD Player -
Not anymore
:biggrin:[/IMG]
You SOB!!:mad:
I had just about talked my dad into gettin'm so I could listen to'm!!!
ENJOY!!!:biggrin:2-Channel: PC > Schiit Eitr > Audio Research DAC-8 > Audio Research LS-26 > Pass Labs X-250.5 > Magnepan 3.7's
Living Room: PC > Marantz AV-7703 > Emotiva XPA-5 > Sonus Faber Liuto Towers, Sonus Faber Liuto Center, Sonus Faber Liuto Bookshelves > Dual SVS PC12-Pluses
Office: Phone/Tablet > AudioEngine B1 > McIntosh D100 > Bryston 4B-ST > Polk Audio LSiM-703's -
Just got home. 125 miles/2.5 hours each way.
Now I have to figure out how to get them into the house by myself
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Pool: Atrium 60's/45's -
Just got home. 125 miles/2.5 hours each way.
Now I have to figure out how to get them into the house by myself
:frown:
ah yes, the first in the next long line of Carver Platinum Conundrums..lol
pull em out one at a time, do the side by side one man lift I showed you. watch the ribbons dude.
sad to see them go, though glad to see them stay in the ClubPolk fold. I enjoyed them for 5+ years, time for another to enjoy them......after tedious positioning and planning
Living Room 2 Channel -
Wiim Ultra. Jolida CD player. Fiio k11 R2R DAC, XTZ as300 Edge amp. Focal Cobalt 826 towers,
Upstairs 2 Channel Rig -
Classe Audio 5 Preamp, DIY1200as2 Icepower Amp x 2, Wiim pro streamer and Topping E70 Velvet DAC, California Audio Labs DX1 CD player, Polk LSi15's with MM840 woofer upgrade.
Studio Rig - Scarlett 18i20(Gen3) DAW, Schitt Saga 2 preamp, Topping a90 headphone amp, Mac Mini, Audiophonics Hypex NC252m amp, Polk r200's -
Well, I got 'em in and hooked up. :cool: Pheww to think I did all that with an Inguinal Hernia-I must be outta my frickin gourd :eek::eek:--good thing I'm getting that surgically corrected next week--Hoy!!:eek::redface:
After I got them out of the truck, I carefully put the other grill face on and used a small dolly/truck to wheel them around to the walk-in basement--Only had to maneuver down 2 steps; the rest I rolled down on the grass. Ya know what--these are wide effers--Can't roll them thru a doorway :rolleyes:; that was the most difficult part, getting them sideways thru the door, but I did it and put them in my current 2 ch. rig temporarily.
Hastily positioned--I let them warm up a bit then turned on the juice-everything is in working order. :biggrin::cool:
Been listening for an hour or two now---currently running them from the Odyssey Khartago. I'll tell you one thing, these have some serious dead center imaging. :cool: Some songs sounded great but others the soundstage was super compressed--everything was in the dead center--again not all songs but a good number of them---I have a lot of locational and positional tweaking to do on these puppies.
Lou, it was great meeting you and your wife again. I had a great time just hanging out and listening--and again thanks for dinner!! I'll tell ya man, Tom Hanks and Norah Jones go well together--time to put together a music video
Oh yeah thanks for all the help getting them loaded up in the Blazer--they were rock solid and didn't move a bit--although I about sh&# myself when I first turned the truck on--the key triggers the seat memory, repositioning the seat automatically to my preferences--the seat started moving back and I was like 'NOOOOooooooo'... but I caught it just in time :cool:--Holy crap man...
Looking forward to sprucing these things up back to top notch shape and getting them located and positioned optimally in the coming months (years??:redface:)
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Pool: Atrium 60's/45's -
Congrats Mike. I'm sure you'll love them!
James
Thanks Jim, I'm sure you'll be here some day soon to hear them yourself. :cool:falconcry72 wrote: »You SOB!!:mad:
I had just about talked my dad into gettin'm so I could listen to'm!!!
ENJOY!!!:biggrin:
Lol!, Thanks FC, tell your Dad he waited too long
. Actually Lou and I worked this out the other day--I was going to pick them up in a few weeks after my Hernia surgery, but today worked out good for both of us, and I figured it'd probably be a better idea to do it before the surgery :redface: ____________________
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Pool: Atrium 60's/45's -
Mike, I'm glad you got them....I see you were able to sneak them in the back door, but how are you going to hide those from your wife???

Jimmy -
Mike, I'm glad you got them....I see you were able to sneak them in the back door, but how are you going to hide those from your wife???

Jimmy
Hehehe, yep ironically I successfully snuck these beasts in, only this time she knew they were coming, although she wasn't too happy about another set of speakers coming in the house. :redface: This morning I asked if she heard me come in and she said she didn't--actually she didn't even hear me playing them last night/this morning either---Ahh Nyquil-I'll have to remember that next time--The best time to sneak speakers in is when she's not feeling too good and doses Nyquil before going to bed
:biggrin:
Of course she still has no idea what they look like yet--this outta be interesting :rolleyes:____________________
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2-chnl : Pio DV-46AV (SACD), Dodd ELP, Emotiva XPA-1s, XPA-2, Odyssey Khartago, LSi9, SDA-SRS 2 :cool:, SB Duet, MSB & Monarchy DACs, Yamaha PX3 TT, SAE Tuner...
Pool: Atrium 60's/45's -
Of course she still has no idea what they look like yet--this outta be interesting :rolleyes:
I sense another sale coming. :eek:
Speakers
Carver Amazing Fronts
CS400i Center
RT800i's Rears
Sub Paradigm Servo 15
Electronics
Conrad Johnson PV-5 pre-amp
Parasound Halo A23
Pioneer 84TXSi AVR
Pioneer 79Avi DVD
Sony CX400 CD changer
Panasonic 42-PX60U Plasma
WMC Win7 32bit HD DVR -
Nice Score!
Out of curiousity, what is in the top left of your photo that looks like a sea serpent?VTL ST50 w/mods / RCA6L6GC / TlfnknECC801S
Conrad Johnson PV-5 w/mods
TT Conrad Johnson Sonographe SG3 Oak / Sumiko LMT / Grado Woodbody Platinum / Sumiko PIB2 / The Clamp
Musical Fidelity A1 CDPro/ Bada DD-22 Tube CDP / Conrad Johnson SD-22 CDP
Tuners w/mods Kenwood KT5020 / Fisher KM60
MF x-DAC V8, HAInfo NG27
Herbies Ti-9 / Vibrapods / MIT Shotgun AC1 IEC's / MIT Shotgun 2 IC's / MIT Shotgun 2 Speaker Cables
PS Audio Cryo / PowerPort Premium Outlets / Exact Power EP15A Conditioner
Walnut SDA 2B TL /Oak SDA SRS II TL (Sonicaps/Mills/Cardas/Custom SDA ICs / Dynamat Extreme / Larry's Rings/ FSB-2 Spikes
NAD SS rigs w/mods
GIK panels -
inspiredsports wrote: »Nice Score!
Out of curiousity, what is in the top left of your photo that looks like a sea serpent?
That's the speaker cable--I had them hooked up and rocking on the way home :biggrin:, actually that's the wire for the rear window defogger thingey--it came off the window sometime back--Another thing on my Honey-Do list.____________________
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Pool: Atrium 60's/45's -
Mike, you shoulda said something to me. Amazings fit in my truck no problem and I would have had no issue helping you out with them. Say something next time. You're not even 45 minutes away from me. I would have gladly driven to your place, picked you up and boogied on up to Lou's.
I would have done the trip in about 1 hour 45 minutes from your place!
Expert Moron Extraordinaire
You're just jealous 'cause the voices don't talk to you! -
Congrats Mike! Glad to see two Polkies (Lou/Mike) hook up on a great deal!
And I empathize...my SDA 2Bs are currently in a closet in the basement because my wife thinks I have too many speakers and she really dislikes the big ONES. So what I do is switch them out. Listen to the pair I have out now for a few months...then box them and roll out the SDAs? I need a house with BIGGER rooms! And your Carvers kind of dwarf my SDAs! lol
cnhCurrently orbiting Bowie's Blackstar.!
Polk Lsi-7s, Def Tech 8" sub, HK 3490, HK HD 990 (CDP/DAC), AKG Q701s
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That's the speaker cable--I had them hooked up and rocking on the way home :biggrin:, actually that's the wire for the rear window defogger thingey--it came off the window sometime back--Another thing on my Honey-Do list.
No, not the power cord, the Loch Ness "Tessy" serpent-like looking thingy with it's tongue hanging out . . . :biggrin:VTL ST50 w/mods / RCA6L6GC / TlfnknECC801S
Conrad Johnson PV-5 w/mods
TT Conrad Johnson Sonographe SG3 Oak / Sumiko LMT / Grado Woodbody Platinum / Sumiko PIB2 / The Clamp
Musical Fidelity A1 CDPro/ Bada DD-22 Tube CDP / Conrad Johnson SD-22 CDP
Tuners w/mods Kenwood KT5020 / Fisher KM60
MF x-DAC V8, HAInfo NG27
Herbies Ti-9 / Vibrapods / MIT Shotgun AC1 IEC's / MIT Shotgun 2 IC's / MIT Shotgun 2 Speaker Cables
PS Audio Cryo / PowerPort Premium Outlets / Exact Power EP15A Conditioner
Walnut SDA 2B TL /Oak SDA SRS II TL (Sonicaps/Mills/Cardas/Custom SDA ICs / Dynamat Extreme / Larry's Rings/ FSB-2 Spikes
NAD SS rigs w/mods
GIK panels -
Been listening for an hour or two now---currently running them from the Odyssey Khartago. I'll tell you one thing, these have some serious dead center imaging. :cool: Some songs sounded great but others the soundstage was super compressed--everything was in the dead center--again not all songs but a good number of them---I have a lot of locational and positional tweaking to do on these puppies.
yeah you do, those speakers are brutally honest too, not terribly forgiving of shoddy recordings yet reward you greatly with awesome recordings.Lou, it was great meeting you and your wife again. I had a great time just hanging out and listening--and again thanks for dinner!! I'll tell ya man, Tom Hanks and Norah Jones go well together--time to put together a music video
Oh yeah thanks for all the help getting them loaded up in the Blazer--they were rock solid and didn't move a bit--although I about sh&# myself when I first turned the truck on--the key triggers the seat memory, repositioning the seat automatically to my preferences--the seat started moving back and I was like 'NOOOOooooooo'... but I caught it just in time :cool:--Holy crap man...
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Good to meet you to brotha, glad to have ya.
I laughed when I read about the seat memory.....eeesh that hadda be scary.Living Room 2 Channel -
Wiim Ultra. Jolida CD player. Fiio k11 R2R DAC, XTZ as300 Edge amp. Focal Cobalt 826 towers,
Upstairs 2 Channel Rig -
Classe Audio 5 Preamp, DIY1200as2 Icepower Amp x 2, Wiim pro streamer and Topping E70 Velvet DAC, California Audio Labs DX1 CD player, Polk LSi15's with MM840 woofer upgrade.
Studio Rig - Scarlett 18i20(Gen3) DAW, Schitt Saga 2 preamp, Topping a90 headphone amp, Mac Mini, Audiophonics Hypex NC252m amp, Polk r200's -
inspiredsports wrote: »No, not the power cord, the Loch Ness "Tessy" serpent-like looking thingy with it's tongue hanging out . . . :biggrin:
LOL!! I see what you're seeing now-hee hee--its an optical illusions of sorts. Its just an outdoor seat cushion used to pad and secure the speakers in place-it's actually square but the way it was wedged and the pattern on it kinda turned out that way-the 'toungue' is the velcro strap on the back of the cushion that holds it onto the chair. You can see another cushion like that on the right side. Ha what are the odds that that would turn out like that? Awesome :biggrin:____________________
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Pool: Atrium 60's/45's -
Mike, you shoulda said something to me. Amazings fit in my truck no problem and I would have had no issue helping you out with them. Say something next time. You're not even 45 minutes away from me. I would have gladly driven to your place, picked you up and boogied on up to Lou's.
I would have done the trip in about 1 hour 45 minutes from your place!
John, you rock--Thanks man, much appreciated. I'm not one for imposing on anybody if I can do it myself in anyway. John you've got true Polkie spirit, man!!:cool:____________________
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Pool: Atrium 60's/45's -
Congrats Mike! Glad to see two Polkies (Lou/Mike) hook up on a great deal!
And I empathize...my SDA 2Bs are currently in a closet in the basement because my wife thinks I have too many speakers and she really dislikes the big ONES. So what I do is switch them out. Listen to the pair I have out now for a few months...then box them and roll out the SDAs? I need a house with BIGGER rooms! And your Carvers kind of dwarf my SDAs! lol
cnh
Right now I have my SDA-2B's, SRS 2's and these Amazing's out in the same room right now--it doesn't look good for me--People are going to start thinking I have some kind of speaker hording problem or something. :rolleyes::redface:____________________
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2-chnl : Pio DV-46AV (SACD), Dodd ELP, Emotiva XPA-1s, XPA-2, Odyssey Khartago, LSi9, SDA-SRS 2 :cool:, SB Duet, MSB & Monarchy DACs, Yamaha PX3 TT, SAE Tuner...
Pool: Atrium 60's/45's -
Don't worry about. You got a long way to go before you get into speaker **** territory.
Polk HT system 1: LSIC, LSI25 mains, LSI F/X rears, Lsi F/X rear centers,
Yamaha RX-V2500 System, Carver A753 3 channel amp.
Polk HT system 2: , SRT system with f/x 1,000's rear speakers on 7.1 system currently using Onkyo TX-RZ820 receiver, powered by Sunfire Grand Theater amp
Polk Speaker collection: SDA SRS 1.2tl x 2, SRT system, SDA SRS 2 P/B, SDA 2A, SDA 1C Studio, SDA CRS+, Monitor 7B & 4, SRS 3.1tl, RTA 15tl, LS90, LSI 9 -
Don't worry about. You got a long way to go before you get into speaker **** territory.

Oh that's not even close to the speakers I have, just the bigger ones that are out right now around 2 channel rig--and I've already parted ways with a couple pairs to boot.
You however might have a problem...I may need to come up there and help you start the 12 step program. :biggrin:____________________
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2-chnl : Pio DV-46AV (SACD), Dodd ELP, Emotiva XPA-1s, XPA-2, Odyssey Khartago, LSi9, SDA-SRS 2 :cool:, SB Duet, MSB & Monarchy DACs, Yamaha PX3 TT, SAE Tuner...
Pool: Atrium 60's/45's -
Any time my friend. Congrats on the Carver Amazings.Polk HT system 1: LSIC, LSI25 mains, LSI F/X rears, Lsi F/X rear centers,
Yamaha RX-V2500 System, Carver A753 3 channel amp.
Polk HT system 2: , SRT system with f/x 1,000's rear speakers on 7.1 system currently using Onkyo TX-RZ820 receiver, powered by Sunfire Grand Theater amp
Polk Speaker collection: SDA SRS 1.2tl x 2, SRT system, SDA SRS 2 P/B, SDA 2A, SDA 1C Studio, SDA CRS+, Monitor 7B & 4, SRS 3.1tl, RTA 15tl, LS90, LSI 9 -
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You however might have a problem...I may need to come up there and help you start the 12 step program. :biggrin:
You're going to need a bigger truck!!!......and a case of Nyquil... -
Just a quick pic to show them in their current home. I'm sure theyre way too close to the back and side walls-but I have to try this first to see if they'll even work in this room with the 106" screen.
They're about 8' apart and the seating is about 12' back.
The room is about 14x18'
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2-chnl : Pio DV-46AV (SACD), Dodd ELP, Emotiva XPA-1s, XPA-2, Odyssey Khartago, LSi9, SDA-SRS 2 :cool:, SB Duet, MSB & Monarchy DACs, Yamaha PX3 TT, SAE Tuner...
Pool: Atrium 60's/45's -
That's the front wall son, and they are too close. Get them closer together also.





