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Hi. I'm a little crazy man from Sweden, as my father is a musician playing the banjo I have been interested i music all my life. Started my quest for good sound with a 2x2W Philips tube amp. Have gradually climbed the ladder against the sound nirvana. About 8 years ago I stumbled over a nice set of B&W800 series 80. They sounded nice but thin with my Pioneer M73. I upgraded with NAD318, it became better, then I was offered a pair of Carver PM1.5a and 2x450W made a difference but still I felt that they had more to offer. Bridged the Carvers and WOW I was blown away by the sound origin from the eighties. The bass shaked my walls and neighbours in the next villa complained about bass. Lived happy with this until january this year when I found a couple of B&W800D within my budget. (sold the old B&W800 for more than they cost me) They did better with the Carvers in Bi-amping and now I wait for a PM1200 coming om friday. It will replaced the PM1.5 driving middle/high on B&W. I bought two Marantz Ma-9s1 monoblock to replace my carver amps but they are for sale again, the old Carvers are far better then Marantz hi priced heawy monoblock. As I am in a wheelshair since eight years after an accident and quit work I have lot of time to experiment with my gear and enjoy music and movies with great sound and picture. It's a great hobby. One more thing, I have a PM1.5 driving a Dayton Titanic12 inch DIY sub and it is perfect on both music and movies.

Welcome Max!!!! Great to have you and love your story and equipment. Thanks so much for sharing. You will like it here. Lots of great information and a bunch of guys who are lots of fun. Look around the posts and if you have any question just ask😀. Everyone is always willing to help each other.

I arrived around 6:00..... Took a minute to unload...... (Too Much Again) This year was a test drive for the Big Boys...... SOOOOOOO.....Let the Festivities Begin....

Doobie Brothers - Daughters Of The Sea off the What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits album.

Welcome Max to the site! Thanks for sharing your story and you certainly have a good selection of gear for audio.......grin. We enjoy all things Carver and others as well. Hope you find the site informative and enjoy the company!

Welcome to the group! It's clearly too late to warn you of OCCD, it's got a serious grip on you. Sorry about you being in a w/c - my wife was in one for the last 15 years of her life, so I'm all too familiar with what that means. I'm glad to see you haven't let it stop you from enjoying things - good music is universal. You definitely have an amazing setup. I can well understand your comment about shaking the walls, neighbors, and the next villa. When you get it right, as Bob Carver did, it remains right! Good luck with the PM1200!! Let us know how it goes?

Welcome to the Carversite @MaxNielsenand enjoy everything that is offered here. A great bunch of people with tons of knowledge.

Welcome to the site and thanks for sharing your story. I found it very interesting to hear the perspective from someone on the international level.

Welcome!

Hello Max - welcome to The Carver site !! We're glad you decided to join us. My sister lives near Stocka - where are you located? As Rod said - Swedish banjo music - we'd like to know more about that.

Welcome to the forum Max.... Glad to have you aboard.....

Welcome Max - we are pleased to have on-board!

Fleetwood Mac Hypnotized

Welcome to the group! Good look with the Sunfire sub. There should be some folks here who can help, though they can, apparently, be a bit tricky.

My sentiments exactly. Just think of some of the GREAT films that would be ineligible right out of the gate: Jaws Saving Private Ryan Goodfellas The Silence of the Lambs The Pianist Braveheart Good Will Hunting The Town The Sixth Sense The Great Escape ....I could do this all day The thing I find disturbing is that it’s just the Oscars - for now. How long until this PC agenda is crammed all the way throughout the movie making process? I would bet that before long a movie will not even be able to begin production until “all the boxes are checked”....

Welcome to the site, glad you found us. Lots to see and read here, enjoy.........

Twilight series

Daddyjt, I picked up the SDS8 sub for parts, and intend on repairing the amp and using it as part of a 2.1 system for my computer. I grew up experimenting with car audio, and recently just started exploring home audio. I had sold my Yamaha home theater(Harmon Kardon speakers) which was really only used for movies. And, I missed the enjoyment of music on good speakers, so after I built my Hackintosh, I had to get some tunes in the office.

The Flaming Lips - Money (feat. Henry Rollins)

I am not a fan of any film or TV program that includes scenes depicting NFL/College football players. The uniforms and "actors" never look authentic - neither do the scenes they are depicting. That being said - I believe Debbie Does Dallas is way over rated.

WELCOME @MaxNielsenfrom Sweden! Yes...it is a great hobby. Glad you've joined us. We have a number of enablers here who can help you with your quest for audio nirvana.

Welcome aboard Max. You should fit right in here! Swedish Banjo music? Tell us more please.

Anything with the words "Star" and "Wars" in the title.

What a bunch of losers. You guys couldn't identify great cinematography if it was dropped on your heads via a 70mm IMAX film roll !!! Newsflash - it was supposed to be filmed all herky-jerky. It made it more lifelike and super scary - duhhh !!! Tell me you didn't have terror in your heart when Heather found Mike standing in the corner, screaming his name - and he wouldn't turn around - and then the camera dropped. 😲😲😲😲😲😲 Talk about true talent in cinematography !!! Why don't you Scorsese wannabes take your $60,000 and make a cinematic masterpiece? I'll wait... Next you're going to say that Barney Rubble wasn't a good actor. Stick to reviewing stereo gear guys, stick to stereo gear.

Do largemouth bass lines count?