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  1. Very nice clean setup. Welcome to Carversite, sir. That 500 has to sing with that clean analog signal.
  2. Name the rock group, one was assassinated, three died of natural causes. Wait for it Mount Rushmore. ??
  3. Thanks very much for the legwork, sir. I also learned a ton about digital to analog processing here at Carversite, the weakest link in my system at the time. This does beg the question, what streams /stores the best resolution digital and what can be some restrictions (including even network / home WiFi routers etc.) I will also add this to my followed threads. Thanks again.
  4. What’s old is new again. Everything stated in your last post is spot on. You seem to be on exactly the right track. While the 200 isn’t a power house, it will indeed handle brief transients easily with minimal clipping. I loaded mine at near 3 ohms for hours on end. The headroom obviously isn’t great at that load, so I monitored it pretty carefully, but it never let me down and only shut down thermally maybe once or twice a year.
  5. I wouldn’t worry about the initial power up. I own 2 M-200t amps. One was my first Carver. I beat the hell out of that amp for 10 years at obscene loads before I started seriously building and it has never let me down. Ever. No joke. It was the sole reason I based my system around Carver. If it was stored clean and dry you should have no issues. Clean the external connections with some isopropyl alcohol. Make sure you have a clean source. Enjoy. And we do like pictures. Welcome to Carversite.
  6. I live in GR. I can pick up and ship to you if you need help. Let me know any known markings or I can snap pictures of them for you if needed. Do you have his address ? I’d rather not Get in the middle of a dispute but will gladly pick up and ship. PM me if necessary. Mods has my personal info since 2013 or before. Gosh time flys. Woops. I just noticed how old this thread was.
  7. Welcome Uncle Meat!!! I did much of the same when I was browsing back in the late 80s....I found a decent to me Kenwood reciever, and a pair of CVs to jam with. (I still have both) But I did LOTS of browsing into things that were waaay out of reach. I heard my first pair of Maggies and still remember the exact time and place. Superior Sound, across from Classic Stereo, 28th street, Grand Rapids, MI. And then I came upon a used M-200t, and was sooo proud....I ran that poor sucker at 3-4 ohms for days and weeks at a time....I still have it also. It's never been touched. Welcome to Carversite. We all know why we're here. Its a love for great, affordable audio. And this is some of the best.
  8. Welcome to Carversite, William!! Let me try to help..... I have a CT-17 that I love. I have had a few small cold solder issues with it over the past 15 years...but it has a great Holography circuit, and PLENTY of output voltage for running multiple amps if you need to. Remember the second room output runs flat, the tone controls have no effect on it. (I don't use the second room output on mine.) I have a 400t. The little cube that can. It is very reliable, but I wouldn't run it under a 6 ohm load and expect much headroom. It'll pound out an 8 ohm load all week..... I have a 500t. It is a favorite SS amp around here, and has lots of potential. A recap and a tuning up, plus the possibility of a 'MKII' (one of the masters is Daddyjt) makes it one of the best solid state amps ever built. And it has a musical sound unlike most other Carvers. I use mine for my critical listening fronts. It easily takes my 6ohm load with lots of headroom. And mine is stock. Speaker preference is up to the ear. The best part about Carver power is you have your choice of drivers, since the amps will take just about any reasonable load. Good luck and keep posting.....
  9. Don't do that, Jim's in there. I just heard the echoes from the throes of the sand box....somethin' about a Party Barn..... It seems I'm a bit late to the Party, ma'am. Greetings and Welcome, Ms. Raven, from just south of you in GR. Greg and I chatted the first few weeks I started here and he is one of the reasons I stayed. There is something amazing going on here, the more you see the more you will agree. Some of the most creative, opinionated, generous, free thinking people you will know. Once again, welcome to Carversite.
  10. Welcome CAP!! I have just started into the dimension that is the ribbon driver, so I will be little help here. There are some very very knowlegdeable people here regarding the genre, so be patient, and I'm sure there will be many good opinions on what you are trying to do.
  11. Zoom

    It's Here !!!

    Oh, shit. Ive been gone awhile. Is this really the FARTS disc (kev?) we were talking about 6 months ago?
  12. What a waste. Hundreds of thousands of vinyl stacked so closely together there is now way they can all be kept in a stable enough stasis. There has got to be unchecked moisture and bacteria all over the place.
  13. Ha!! I love this part. The guys here do these mods. Sometimes it takes a couple months to get on a list. But it gives you time to let us tempt you with other shit!! Cost? Not nearly enough. Who are they? The titles of the repair team are in red. There is a thread with specialties, it will probably be unlocked to you after a few posts...... You can contact them directly through the PM button, usually after a few posts to prove to mods you're not some kind of spambot. Welcome to Carversite. The fun is just beginning......
  14. Rush La Villa Strangiato. 'And exersise in self-indulgance in XII parts' off Hemispheres Although technically an instrumental, it was during a Rock period for Rush. just an all out jam Honorable mentions Reo Speedwagon - Roll With the Changes Allman Brothers - No One to Run With Yes - Roundabout Genesis - I'll shut up now.......
  15. Welcome Show!! Hello from across the pond in GR Boy, are you in the right place.....hang around and we can recommend some serious setups.... And ... Lions ftw.
  16. My uncle Sid has been in a Barbershop Quartet, the same 4 guys, since high school. For 50+ years. They still practice at a place called Arnie's bakery on the west side of GR two wednesdays a month. It's definitely a unique and fascinating sound.
  17. This little baby. A gift from my wife for my birthday. With the OPA627 opamp chip upgrade. Its going to receive my Apple TV, my 300 disc Sony, and maybe my Bluray depending on hook ups. Also the usb from a laptop thanks to some of you guys..... I really need to up date my Member's System thread with some new pics...
  18. This is the way I keep it straight, dano, A simple digital signal path looks like this. Source--CD player or Digital storage --are usually a ((digital production circuit, and a digital to analog convertor)) to rca out, or you can bypass the internal dac using the digital/optical out. Many cd players are a financial compromise between features and good quality dac components. The more expensive the player, either it has lots more features, or a good quality dac circuit, or both. **Feeds** Control--a 'pre amp and amplifier' or 'Receiver' -- which steers the analog signal to the amplifier, and amplifies it. Understand if you have a decent rig, I have found that my weak point was the dac I was using do convert my 'digitally stored media' to analog. I have a 390t with a good dac to play my cds, but I was using an Apple TV's digital output and a cheap dac to play anything stored on a harddrive. So, ironically, d-a-c (dazed-and-confused) smacked me up one day and showed me my dac for the hard drive storage was weak. So I shopped a good external dac for my stored digital media.
  19. Ummm. Me too. I plan on doing some listening first. Maybe track nominations should include mp3 links at least??
  20. Well, allrighty then. Maybe the next step would be to start a thread for each section for selections. And then put a poll on top as soon as there are good selections.
  21. FARTS. I like it. "Hey, I really like FARTS on these woofers....."
  22. But wasn't Napster's main problem sharing tracks without royalties? It was soo long ago.....
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