Carlton8000 100 Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 I have come full circle back to Carver gear. I recently purchased a set of ALS originals and a TX-11 tuner. Great to have Carver in the house. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weitrhino 1,425 Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 Welcome back my friend, to the show that never ends.... Hope you have a beefy amp behind those Amazing orginals! If you find yours lacking I have a PT2400 to move 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest RodH Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 Hey there Carlton! Next up a Carver amp to drive the ALS's?? Welcome! (EDIT) I see Rodney got there ahead of me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zumbini 6,138 Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 Howdy Carlton and welcome to the forum. Glad you found your way back! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BluesMan57 1,306 Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 Welcome to the forum Carlton. And welcome back to the Carver family............ OCCD only goes into remission it's never cured...... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weitrhino 1,425 Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 Welcome to the forum Carlton. And welcome back to the Carver family............ OCCD only goes into remission it's never cured...... I'm predicting a nasty flair-up! There is no ointment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kve777 6,657 Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 Welcome! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blues Pwr 765 Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 Welcome to the forum, glad you found us. Enjoy the site...... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlton8000 100 Posted November 26, 2011 Author Share Posted November 26, 2011 Thanks 2 all. The ALS are 800 miles away at my daughters place in Tampa. I flew down last week to make the purchase and the buyer delivered them to her place. I will drive back down later next month to pick them up. From previous active amplification of the Apogee Scintilla. I have found a amp the can drive .3 ohm ribbons without shutdown. This will more than likely be a long project as I plan to run them in full active mode. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest RodH Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 Yikes! Those Scintillas were harder on amps than the Ohm Walsh F's! What kind of amp are you referring to? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlton8000 100 Posted November 26, 2011 Author Share Posted November 26, 2011 Yikes! Those Scintillas were harder on amps than the Ohm Walsh F's! What kind of amp are you referring to? I will be using a pair of Digmoda DDC-1050 on the ALS. I had much success with the three channel DDC-552 Tri-amping the Scintilla. They are Icepower amps with full on board DSP that allow almost unlimited tweaking of all speaker parameters. Icepower amps have a love/hate reputation among audiophiles, not unlike Bose/Carver. I just happen to like them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest RodH Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 Fascinating! Those are rated into 4 ohms, and you experienced them handling the deadly load. Thanks for sharing that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balok 1,398 Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 Welcome Carlton8000. 800 miles! Road Trip. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peck555 366 Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 Welcome to the site! Congrats on the new (to you) Carver gear. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichP714 3,151 Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 Thanks 2 all. The ALS are 800 miles away at my daughters place in Tampa. I flew down last week to make the purchase and the buyer delivered them to her place. I will drive back down later next month to pick them up. From previous active amplification of the Apogee Scintilla. I have found a amp the can drive .3 ohm ribbons without shutdown. This will more than likely be a long project as I plan to run them in full active mode. If you plan to actively bi-amp the originals, you have to be mindful of the passive crossover's built-in notch filters (to ameliorate the cavity resonance of the planar transducers). BillD and Reese went down that road with Platinums: http://thecarversite.com/yetanotherforum/default.aspx?g=posts&m=12933#post12933 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlton8000 100 Posted November 26, 2011 Author Share Posted November 26, 2011 Welcome Carlton8000. 800 miles! Road Trip. Not really looking forward to the drive. But the reward will be well worth it. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlton8000 100 Posted November 26, 2011 Author Share Posted November 26, 2011 Thanks 2 all. The ALS are 800 miles away at my daughters place in Tampa. I flew down last week to make the purchase and the buyer delivered them to her place. I will drive back down later next month to pick them up. From previous active amplification of the Apogee Scintilla. I have found a amp the can drive .3 ohm ribbons without shutdown. This will more than likely be a long project as I plan to run them in full active mode. If you plan to actively bi-amp the originals, you have to be mindful of the passive crossover's built-in notch filters (to ameliorate the cavity resonance of the planar transducers). BillD and Reese went down that road with Platinums: http://thecarversite.com/yetanotherforum/default.aspx?g=posts&m=12933#post12933 Yes, and this site is a treasure trove of information. I am grateful to those that have shared all of there experiences. This is one of the great things about the on board DSP on the amps. Great flexibility with slopes filters Q and on and on. All settings can be saved as file to compare and tweak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichP714 3,151 Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 ......This is one of the great things about the on board DSP on the amps. Great flexibility with slopes filters Q and on and on. All settings can be saved as file to compare and tweak. Very handy; good luck with the mod 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlton8000 100 Posted November 26, 2011 Author Share Posted November 26, 2011 Here are a few crappy iPhone photos of the TX-11 the previously mentioned amps that were sold on Ebay and the Scintillas they were used on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madmike46 396 Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 Welcome to the forum Carlton8000. Stick around and enjoy the show. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtexasdog 2,363 Posted November 27, 2011 Share Posted November 27, 2011 Welcome Carlton-this place has contagens galore-you'l love it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest xfritzx Posted November 27, 2011 Share Posted November 27, 2011 nice...all mine is old school carver except my sunfire true sub MK II , and the only thing I have hooked up thats not by bob carver is my speakers. which are cerwin vega re 38's and even though they are ok speakers with 15" woofers I'm afraid to push them too far with my PM-1.5 amp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlton8000 100 Posted December 2, 2011 Author Share Posted December 2, 2011 Welcome to the forum Carlton. And welcome back to the Carver family............ OCCD only goes into remission it's never cured...... Looks like I am going through the early stages of OCCD. Flying out today to pick up a CT-7/M-4.0t combo. They will be part of my bedroom system. Considering a pair of Cinema Ribbons and a True Sub as stable mates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jldeni 439 Posted December 2, 2011 Share Posted December 2, 2011 Hi Carlton. Welcome back! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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