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  1. The soda system pictures are several years old so it's hard to say what was there at the time. I think I can make out a black Carver rack mount handle near the bottom. That's one of my audio overstock areas, both then and now. LOL. That gear isn't hooked up. Today there is a HTPC, SD/A-490T, TFM-15, an Audio Source amp and pre-amp and maybe a 4 head Sony VCR in that area.
  2. Surprisingly no but I do make and build just about everything. You know what they say, "if you want something done right..." It's interesting that you chose that photo. If you look at the shelf below where the stainless hose comes out you'll see more audio gear. Lol.
  3. Thanks guys. I try. Zoom, in love already? I haven't even made you dinner or showed you my soda system yet. LOL. http://www.progets.com/food
  4. This picture will show the cabinet with perspective to part of the room.
  5. Free Lossless Audio Codec. It's like a MP3 but better.
  6. The shelves are adjustable in the cabinet. It was a must since I change things more often then I would like to admit and it is built into the wall. Here's a picture where you can see some of the good, the bad and the ugly. LOL. I built the HTPC. I'm a IT Infrastructure Architect so anything computer/server/network/digital/etc peeks my interest. It's a SilverStone case using a fanless SeaSonic PS with an Asus Maximus VI Gene board, i7, G.Skill RAM, M2 SSD for OS and 7K Seagate drives for libraries. There is a Ceton InfiniTV6 card to provide 6 HD cable tuners and a Hauppauge 2250 card for 2 OTA HD & SD tuners. This of course means that I don't pay the cable company a dime for equipment and they in fact give me a $2.50 credit each month to use their cable card. Every room has access to everything using WMC, MCE, RP, XBMC, Plex, ServerWMC and every other technology at one point or another. All the speakers in the house are currently powered by Carver amps and have access to a massive media library including music, movies, tv series, recorded tv shows, live tv, pictures, emulated video games, etc. All cell phones, tablets, smart tvs, remote computers can also connect to everything via WiFi, BT, internet, 3G, 4G, transcoding, etc.
  7. In short I use MP3 as a generic term for digital music. It's just a habit since most people I usually talk to either don't understand/care about new technology or understand new technology but think that their bluetooth speaker playing their iPod is the best sound out there. Everyone seems to understand the general concept of MP3 though. That being said... digitally I prefer FLAC and physically I prefer CDs. I enjoy LPs too but as a kid my Dad wasn't too keen on me using his record player and cassettes were the "in" thing as well as being portable. Remember when the hottest thing in music was the Walkman? LOL! Anyways, I never invested in a nice record player since I never had much of a record collection. Looking back on things I loved those cassettes as a kid even if they did have that terrible hiss. I guess it shouldn't surprise me that the most popular format is MP3 even if it's not the best choice. Can you say Betamax, LaserDisc, MiniDisc, etc. LOL.
  8. I've been busy the past week but I'd like to respond to some of the questions if anyone is still watching this thread. I mostly like classic rock and blues. I like other things too but I would say that 80% of the time I listen to classic rock. Aside from the obvious Stones, Floyd, Zeppelin, Who, etc. some of the less known artists I like include Morphine, Chris Whitley, Wilco, Son Volt, etc. I understand the "Zen" of listening to your favorite LP or CD vs. a soft copy (computer file). I enjoy it too, though I call it "the ritual". LOL. The issue is that others (girlfriend, wife, friends, kids, teenagers!) don't want to deal with them, and to be honest, I would prefer that they don't touch them. Does that sound bad? Also, as much as I like to sit and enjoy an album I don't always have time to do it. Listening to an mp3 in the car or on the patio isn't a bad thing... it's just not audiophile. I could use a typical big box piece of gear for these areas but why? Besides, they wouldn't sound as good, last as long or look half as cool. LOL. On top of that... I built the cabinet you see in the picture to fit my Carver equipment. Of course it will fit any other gear too but I'm sure that most of you have tried to put a piece of Carver into a cabinet over the years only to realize that it doesn't fit. I'm in Elmhurst (about 10 miles west of Chicago)... someone asked where in Chicago.
  9. Here's the picture that wasn't included.
  10. I like the CT-17 a lot. I find it to be very flexible. I've used it with 2 TFM-35 bridged to ALS Silvers with a 490t and really enjoyed the sound stage and detail. I've also used it with TFM-15s and TFM-6CBs for a whole house system. Do you have any experience/opinion/likes/dislikes with the C-5, C-15v or CT-29v? I've considered these to play with in my whole house system but don't know if I would be happy with the sound. I'm not trying to get top notch quality in every room but the main output is attached to one of my main listening rooms.
  11. Here's a pic of some of my gear. bottom to top TFM-35 TFM-35 TFM-25 CT-17 Miccus Home RTX TFM-15 TFM-6CB TFM-6CB HTCP (Home Theather Personal Computer) Xbox 360 Raspberry Pi
  12. I'm trying to figure out how to post a picture in my reply. I thought I saw the option in the "new post" window. This is my take on things... audio source and technology will always change but at the end of the day you need an amplifier and speakers to make it work. radio-->record-->8 track-->cassette-->CD-->MP3 With a MC (media center) you have one very pretty graphical interface for all of your music, movies, pictures, live TV, recorded TV, streaming radio, etc. that can be controlled or listened to with the touch of a finger. You can quickly search tens of thousands of items in seconds. You can send the lastest movie to your living room TV and stereo for your wife, the top 40 radio station to the basement for the kids and "Blues for Allah" to the deck for yourself without ever having to leave your chair. When you are looking at your library you are seeing the album covers of all the music and movies as well as the descriptions, actors/artists, years, lyrics, etc.
  13. WMC (Windows Media Center), XBMC (Linux based Media Center) and BT (Bluetooth) are technologies to manage and listen to your music and video libraries without have to physically touch any actual media (record, cassette, CD, etc.). This allows you see see all the album covers and create playlists (think of a modern version of the cassettes you made with your favorite songs) from your computer/tablet/cell phone/TV/etc. This also can give you remote access to all of your library from anywhere in the world using the internet as well as share parts of your library with others if you choose.
  14. Hello all. I've been poking around this forum a bit and decided to join. I've been fascinated with Carver equipment for the past 20+ years and have found some of the discussions here pretty interesting. I think I can only see some of the forum right now so forgive me if some of my posts and questions have been gone over before. I'm curious to know if/how/why people here are tying current technology (WMC, XBMC, BT, etc.) to their Carver gear. I'm also looking forward to find out opinions on the sound, design and features on the various amps. If anyone can point me to any large repositories of information here or elsewhere on the web so I can get up to speed on the basics , I would appreciate it. A little about me... I bought my first piece of Carver in the early 90's. It was a 490t at a HiFi store that was going out of business. This was all I could afford at the time (I couldn't even afford this but made it happen) since I was a teenager. Since then I could never accept the typical mainstream audio equipment. Now that I'm a little older I have bought a bunch of carver equipment that I could only dream of having as a teenager and have been enjoying it for years. I've seen the term OCCD on here and was surprised to find out that what I've had for years has finally been diagnosed. ;-)
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