Papajoe

H.- Yes, that 20 Amp one has the funny looking plug on the end. When I started using the Carver amps, I installed a dedicated 20 amp breaker and ran a new line to feed the 20 amp receptacle that I put in the floor behind the cabinet. So, I was ready when this one arrived. Papajoe

Z- When I purchased the Furman, there were two offered a 15 amp one and a 20 amp one. The 20 amp one what I got. As for the power draw:I am not sure what speakers you guys are pushing or how loud you are playing them. My system is comprised of all Vandersteens and, with the surround sound running and the listening level perfect for me, my four M4.0Ts never go higher than the bottom two lights on the power meters. To keep this in perspective, my theater is only 8' X 12', so not much power needed. The volume level on the TG IV is usually in the range of '35' to '28' . So, not much power being used; but, lots more if I need it. Papajoe

Zumbini and Hibernator- The Furman PS-8R II has multiple ways to trigger the unit. The TG IV has a 12 V trigger signal that goes on and off with the power. They talk different languages, meaning different uses of the 12 V. In order to have the two unit talk to each other, I used a 12 V relay to do the translation. As for the power handling capabilities, I have PS-8R II which can handle 20 Amps. I am using the unit in this way: step: '1' powers up 2- M4.0Ts, step '2' powers up my Sunfire Sub and step '3' powers up 2 more 4.0Ts. I actually was powering up the 2 Silver 7Ts this way also. Because of all the power in the Carvers, with all the units on and running at theater volume, I am drawing only 10 Amps. I did not find that out till I actually measured the amp draw. It surprised me. Papajoe

I always have gone by the power amp 'on' last and 'off' first. I learned my lesson when I was setting up the mixer for one of my wife's Spring Performances. The theater had a pair of M1.5 Ts powering their array and I turned the mixer 'off' before the tech had turned the amps 'off'. The loud 'click' brought the stage manager running out of the wings saying some very descriptive language. From that point on I always double checked that the amps were off first, even at home. But, now that I am using the 12V trigger on the TG IV to start and stop my Furman sequencer. When I hit the TGIV 'on' button, it trigger the Furman to powers up 1,2,3. But, when I power down the TGIV, the Furman uses the same sequence 1,2,3. That worried me a lot until I gingerly tried to power down the amps with the TGIV still on and found that it does not matter. I think that the TGIV has a clamping circuit that shuts down the output as soon as the power button is pushed. Papajoe

Welcome to the Forum. If the original components made you want more, the refurbished ones will put you in Nirvana. Papajoe

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What do you call that Surround Sound 19.1 ? LOL

RodH- You are right; but, I think that it had more to do with the fact that, in some of those rooms, that they have multiple pairs of speakers all lined up in rows, facing the listener. Thus the spurious vibrations were directed at them, muddying the sound.

I was once told that when you are auditioning a pair of speakers in an audio store, that all the cones of the other pairs of speakers in the room are vibrating also. In so doing, they are also putting out vibrations that can affect the sound quality of the played speakers. What do you guys think about that?

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Congratulations. I know that you will do a great job.

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Boy, I don't know about putting all my CDs on a hard drive. I have had toooooo many of them fail when they feel like it. I would imagine that some of those high capacity ones cost quite a bit. Do you employ a 'raid' systems to protect them? Then you need twice as many hard drives. Maybe you save them on one of those internet backup sites? Also, how many CD/DVD drives will you go through before you get them all on the hard drive, doing them one at a time could be a 'daunting' task. Beside when you rip them, it is sometimes does not sound as good as the original CD. Maybe I am just 'too old fashioned' , the sound of a CD being played off a hard drive is a far cry from one being played on a high end player especially through an all Carver system. The big question for me would be " what do I do with all the cds that are now on hard drives?" The answer "save them just in case all other fails".

My son has a pair of the Klipschorns that were given to him by a friend who was moving and had no room for them. I have not seen them; but, he told me that they need a lot of TLC. More about them when I get to see them.

To me, MP3 is 'OK' for casual listening through those 'little eary things', while doing something else. Ripping is just that 'ripping the music'. If you really want to see what it does, put the MP3 sound and the same CD sound into a music program like 'Pro Tools' , magnify the stream and compare them. Lots of missing info there. Now that you have all MP3s, do you play them through your stereo?

In the theater: 1 pair of Vandersteen 3A Sigs, 1 pair of Vandersteen VSM 1 (on walls), one Vandersteen VCC-1 (rear) and 1 Vandersteen VCC-5 (center). In the rec room 1 pair of ADS L780-2. In my office- 1 pair of Tannoy System 600

Chatanooga Choo Choo by Glen Miller.

I have had a turntable hooked up to my office system with the 'good intentions' of putting all my records onto CD. Never got to that one. A few days ago I decided to play a record and was I surprised at how good it sounded. I know that when CDs came out I thought that they were far superior to the old records; but, the truth is that records sounded excellent when we used them. It was a real wake up call to realize that the record sounded amazing. So, in my new system in my rec room, I have nothing but older components. The Gemini turntable with the MXR130 that I am rebuilding and I found a pair of ADS L780 speakers in my son's garage. My sister had sent them to him when she upgraded, he had stopped using them quite a while ago, so they were damaged and covered in dust. I found a place on the web that specializes in reconditioning that brand and sent them off to be fixed. For $200.00, I got a completely reconditioned set of speakers to use. Now, I can spin those 'platters' again.

It has been a long time since I put a vinyl record on my Christmas list. But, after listening to some of my saved records, I decided that it was time to get some new ones. I am sure that the people seeing my list were going "what the hell". My choice was the new Florence and the Machine. It should be interesting seeing the faces of my friends when I put on my new record. Papajoe

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Welcome to the forum. Nice to hear that Bob Carver is back to creating wonderful amplifiers. I know that there will be a great demand for them.

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