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Many thanks gents. I've put some pix up now.

I'll grab the Camera and take them now but i'll post them in the 'Users setups' bit.. I feel at home already!

I guess too much is never enough! Looks like I'll have to get myself some posh speakers and a TFM 75! My home setup is a mish/mash of all sorts. I have a Linear Conchord 30 with two Goodmans Audiom loaded 1x12"s 'stack'. A custom built valve amplifier that my stepdad built using main components from a Linear L50 but the circuit is uprated Marshall using a diode rectifier and a pair of Tung Sol 6550 output valves, it was metered making 62w at clip threshold. It drives an HH loaded 1x15" WEM enclosure. I plan to make a 2x12" + HF for it to drive as I recntly acquired some EVD 12L speakers. These valve amps run full range. I also have a Crest Audio VS650 power amplifier that drives my Goodmans loaded WEM 1x15" and this is used to deal with the low end taking the 75hz lo-pass output from my Mackie mixing desk. Lastly and most shamefully, I have some nasty 2way computer 'HiFi' speakers that deal with the top end. It sounds acceptable just about and for any home recording, I can work round its flaws! I'll post some pix I get chance.

Thanks for the warm welcome folks. I intend to be a long time stayer here although my Phase Linear/Carver/Sunfire product knowledge is limited but i do intend to learn! I have plenty of experience as an engineer on the pro scene so i'll try to help on that front. Its been great to talk to the man himself about my old PT and about those newly made high power valve amplifiers he's putting out, seems a great guy.

It's nice to be among like minded folks. I've never been part of an audio forum but I'm looking forward to becoming part of the Carver community. Maybe i'll buy some Carver HiFi stuff as the PT is a bit big for home use!

Hi Guys. I'm Matt from the UK and I'm a pro live sound engineer based in the midlands/northwest. I largely work at a venue called the Rigger however I also partner in a pro audio hire company called The Art Of Sound. My connection with Carver amps spans 10 years. Our old system at the Rigger consisted of a Martin Audio rig powered by two Carver PT2400s. We later upgraded by adding more subs, making both the Carver PTs drive those whilst a newly acquired Crown Macrotech 1200 ran the tops. This rig was later broken up and most of it sold but I made a point to buy one of the PT2400s as they're such a great monster. These days, we run a tri-amplified Yamaha US spec F15 Pros and custom made 90 degree 1x18" horn system of 7.2kW powered by Crown Macrotechs. The Art Of Sound rigs are Peavey (please don't shoot me, I've spent a lot of time making them work correctlty!) HiSys 3 with dual matching 118XT subs powered by a combination of JBL and Crown amps. We are currently building a monster rig of 4 sets of EAW 695 tops and 8 250z subwoofers for large events and outdoors. I plan to use a combination of Crown Macrotech and Carver PT series power amplifiers. Currently my PT2400 is out of action as it seems to have two ill power supplies but I intend to get it repaired and installed with a number of other PT2400 amplifiers to drive the bottom end. I'd decided to employ the old Carvers for this task as they're still monsterously powerful and in my opinion out stomp and out perform the JBL MPX1200, they out stomp the Macrotech 2400 (but not quite a 3600) and Lab Gruppen amps are far too expensive. Anyway I've been in pro audio for the last 11 years and there's still not many amps that offer the same level of performance as the PT gives. Matt