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Indeed I did forget - good call. The Sum of All Fears is probably my favorite Clancy book, and the movie wasn’t too bad. Ironic that all 5 have names starting with J...!

Who's your favorite of the 5 for a great "do it to me" action movie?

Welcome Don! You’ve got some nice Carver gear there. most of the techs here are “home grown” - we have an outstanding support community, and we encourage each other to learn and grow. I look forward to your journey, and we all stand ready to help! BTW, what speakers are you running?

Hey Kenny, welcome to the forum! I could take on your M500 in late October/early November. Shoot me a PM if you are interested!

I didn’t realize they had electricity up there....

I assembled a set of those for a member, and auditioned them for a couple weeks when I finished - nifty design, and well thought out kits.

Good lord this guy is talented. I rarely listen to an entire SONG on my 2ch system before I’m flitting off to another - I just listened to this entire ALBUM. And I’ll probably do so again in the next couple days.

Dennis and I talk often, and I cannot tell you how much I value his friendship and technical help. Eternal patience and exceedingly giving of his time and expertise.... thanks Dennis!

Here’s a track that is BRUTALLY difficult for most systems to get right. One of my go-to tracks for checking proper bass delivery. If it’s AT ALL boomy or bloated, there’s work to be done - it should come across as tight and punchy, but subtle at the same time. When it’s right, you’ll know...

Ok, I’ll bite - Tool’s “Prison Sex” has some kick-ass bass...

Best bass I’ve ever seen...

Is he running one pair or two pair of speakers? if he’s just running one pair, and he doesn’t plan to push concert levels, I would think one channel of a TFM 25 would handle two 8 ohm speakers in parallel just fine. If he’s running TWO pair, then run each pair in series, then parallel the two sets, to present an 8 ohm load to the amplifier. Mnd you, this would not be an ideal setup for critical listening, but for a mono outdoor background music duty, is completely acceptable.

I was quite young, but I distinctly remember my mom crying and listening to Staiway To Heaven over and over on 8-track after my father left. Probably because of that memory, the song has always had an overwhelmingly sad connotation for me. And now, for one I find to be the polar opposite and superbly uplifting:

Klipsch and Carver go together like a ribeye and an ice cold beer. Of all the systems I’ve put together, one of the top 3 would have been a Carver 500t mkII into my Klipsch RF7 pair - truly magic. Welcome aboard, glad you are here!

Eclectic... one of those cool words you just don’t get an opportunity to use very often. Welcome to the forum, glad you found us!

This is one of my all-time favorite DVD Audio discs I own. The 2ch mix is stellar. The bass on IGY is quite possibly the most accurate and most well recorded bass I have ever found.

Welcome to the site, Brian. I can totally relate to lusting of audio gear in my younger days. I swear I used to buy the Stereo Review magazine more to lust over the ads than to read the content! Among my favorites were Matthew Polk standing next to the SDA SRS, the Infinity Reference IV, and of course the Carver ads promising incredible power and fidelity in revolutionary new designs. Dont worry at all about the $ you have in your system - most of us here are pretty “beer budget”. Unlike the audio snobs, we prefer to enjoy the music, vs chasing “perfection”... let us us know if we can be of any help!

The iPad interface makes it MUCH better...

I have the DVD Audio version - it’s out of print (as are all DVD Audio titles, I believe) but available used on amazon for about $50: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00006ALA8/ref=nav_timeline_asin?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1 The sense of space the 5.1 mix creates in the room is downright breathtaking - while artificial and annoying on most 5.1 mixes, it works to perfection on Empire. This effect is especially enjoyable on Silent Lucidity. The bass attack and impact on Jet City Woman and Della Brown leave me wanting that level of definition in all recordings. You have to be careful and ensure you are playing the DVD Audio portion of the disc, as I think it has just straight DVD info on it as well. Also be sure your player will play the dvd Audio format - look for this symbol on your player: Pm me your address, and I’ll send it to you so you can audition it and decide whether or not you want to buy your own.

I should qualify here - when I listen to DVD Audio discs, I exclusively listen to the 96(192)/24 stereo mix. The ONLY DVD Audio disc I prefer the 5.1 mix on is Queensrych Empire. The rest are strictly high res stereo. I am a dinosaur, in that I very much prefer to have the physical copy of the media in my hot little hands. So I buy cds and rip them myself. I’m not trusting of owning “virtual rights” to something, I want the hard copy.

The only down side is ripping your CDs into a database - but after that, it’s the cat’s meow. My library has gotten so large now, I have filed some titles into an “archive” folder - titles I will likely never listen to, but I want to keep none the less. I have also created a “reference” file, to keep my favorites close. The flexibility is truly astounding.

Without getting into a quality debate, I do most listening via FLAC for convenience and the quality. For or flat out reference listening, nothing touches DVD Audio, in my opinion. In fact, SACD is the only thing that comes close. That said, I don’t have much experience with the new BluRay audio formats.

You can just use a couple of 4” pieces of speaker wire instead of the straps. In fact, you’ll be better off using wire:-)

I would personally give the nod to the RT16, mainly because I'm a big fan of the Trilaminate Dome Tweeters - I still have my LS70/CS350 S/LSFX 5.1 setup, that utilizes a very similar tweeter.