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Thank you for accepting my application! I have been meaning to come here for several months now, as I was sent here by another member to read-up on the Carver C1, and a modification called the Bill D. Early last winter, I was selling a subwoofer on the local classifieds. I received a call within a few hours from a guy saying he was interested, but was about 45 minutes away, and couldn’t make it out for 2 days (Toole is about 1/2 hour from Salt Lake). I agreed to hold it for him, and he came out as promised 2 days later. When he got here, I had the sub hooked up to demonstrate, and we listened for a couple minutes to a disc set he brought that is actually from this very site. I was blown away by the tracks he played, and said as much. He insisted that I keep the CD set, as he said he had another. I love the set, and use it a lot. When we went to get the box for the sub, he saw my Polk SDA 2 speakers, and asked if they were for sale. When I said no, he asked why I wasn’t using them. I showed him that 2 of the speaker wire nuts were broken, and that I didn’t have the cable connecting the 2 speakers together any more. At his insistence, we removed the plates that hold the speaker nuts, and he methodically marked and removed all the wires. He said he could fix me up, and get my Polks back up and running, so I trusted him to take the plates. 2 weeks later, he was back at my house. He had replaced ALL or the speaker wire nuts with beautiful gold ones, AND made a new cable to connect the speakers together! He installed all of this, and helped me move the speakers into position. We (mostly him, as I am not up to too much of that any more) got everything hooked up, and I was speechless. That wonderful Polk sound I remembered was back! I have listened to them almost every day since. And on top of all that, he wouldn’t let me pay him for any of it - he said he already had all the parts, and it was an easy job. We talked a little bit about the Polk sound, and he said what if I told you there was an even greater audio genius than Mr Polk? That of course Mr Carver. He told me that Carver made the Polk SDA sound into his preamps instead of the speaker, so the effect could be used on many other speakers. So here I am, looking at the C1. I have a feeling this is going to be a fun place to visit, and I thank you again for accepting me. Brian

https://www.amazon.com/Childhoods-Clarke-Arthur-Market-Paperback/dp/B00OVMABW0/ref=sr_1_3?keywords=childhood's+end&qid=1566347858&s=gateway&sr=8-3 A classic read

A SyFy channel adaptation of the Arthur C. Clarke novel; they did a fair job

Have you read the 'Rendezvous with Rama' stories? They started out as a small novel when he was young. He returned to the story in a big way in later life, (and with the help of another author, both good) Rendezvous with Rama (1973) ISBN 978-0-553-28789-9 Rama II (1989) ISBN 978-0-553-28658-8 The Garden of Rama (1991) ISBN 978-0-553-29817-8 Rama Revealed (1993) ISBN 978-0-553-56947-6 Along their journey, they run into resource crises, which are, of course, denied by what has become the de-facto leadership (eerily similar to what's going on today, yet this story's last book was written in 1993; Fractal geometry comes into play, an overall wonderful series

WELCOME @Bwest! Thanks for sharing how you got here. Polk and Carver are a great match!

Welcome to CS, @Bwest. If the person you mention is from CS, most likely it is @Daddyjt. Either way, you are (were?) in good hands. I have several C1s, including one listed in the FS listings on this site. The various faceplates are Silver C1... Anthracite C1/Black C11

I watched the mini-series recently, and remembered that about him as well; you really CARE about his characters, and the backdrop may be some futuristic situation, but the stories are about being a human and what that entails

Clark could always balance really interesting tech, with a really great story. These days I find SF is all focused on the tech with little or no story. I miss writing like Childhood's End and the Rama series. Oops, I suppose I should have added one, so it would be in 3's.

That's a good read; I like Arthur C. Clarke's style of writing....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCopcNpzc60 A group of 'A' list session players get it cooking four minutes in...

That's a great book that I've not read in 20 years.