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aslan7: I like the Cambridge Soundworks Center a lot. It is about 20 years old but still sounds and looks great. I really like the flat, neutral response for voice reproduction. I definitely could improve things with a newer and larger center speaker that has more punch but I also like the size. Since I programmed the ROTEL to have the Sapphires take up the slack on the low end for the center channel and I do not play my movies with the volume at "11" (which allows the Sapphires to be more than capable), the Cambridge Soundworks Center is perfect for the job. everyone: I took photos with my phone last night after posting but they came out like crap. I will play with the camera settings and lighting tonight to get some posted. As for updates on my BillD upgrade project, I will try but may forget by the time I get the parts (about 17 weeks out). I plan to do the upgrade in one day. Unfortunately, I do not own or have bench equipment available for measuring the various specs people seem interested in. Besides, I am mostly interested in reducing the background hiss that has grown louder over the years. I suspect new speaker wire might help with that also. And, I may post photos of the project but there are so many photos already, it is a little overkill. Maybe I could come up with some "really good" photos that show the process in better detail and improve upon those that have already been submitted.

Well...I have been a Carver fan for over 30 years but ever only owned one piece of equipment. Of which, I will be applying the BillD mod minus the blue LED in about 17 weeks (parts are backordered). Prefer to be as true to the original as I can. I will post my project when complete. Don't know how active I will be here but I love the resources. Great work!!! My system is as follows (will post photos to this site when I figure out how to): Amps: NAD C275BEE (main) NAD 216 (rear) NAD 214 (center: bridged mono) Speakers: Sapphire ST3 MKII (main, bi-wired) Polk Monitor 5B (rear) Cambridge Soundworks Center Channel Plus Martin Logan Dynamo 700W SWT-2 (sub) Cables: Audioquest (rca) Monster (speaker) Preamp: Carver C-1 (with 9db gain reduction) Signal Processors: ROTEL RSP-1572 (surround w/parametric eq for each speaker) HUGHES AK-500 Retriever (used for monaural to 3-D imaging) ART HQ-231 (eq) Sound/Video Sources: Sony CDP-C445 (multi cd) Sony CDP-19 (single cd) Onkyo T-404 (tuner) Sony K890ES (cassette deck) Pro-Ject DEBUT III (turntable w/Denon DL-103R) Sony BDP-S370 (blu-ray) ChannelMaster DVR+ (antenna dvr) Panasonic TC-L42U25 (tv) Hitachi F391 (vcr) XBOX360 Accessories: Sony MDR-7506 (headphones) Logitech Harmony One (universal remote) American Recorder SPL-8810 (spl meter) Salamander Designs (component rack) 1,500+ album collection 200 to 300 movie collection