Hi Rick,
Good to get back in touch. I still have the two M-500t's I bought from you with the blue lights. How are things in Washington? Very few of us original Carver site folks left. Sad but true.
Later,
Skip
"Sashquach"
Polk LSI series are great speakers. I have LSI-9's and they are excellent, but not real powerful on bass. LSI-15's have much better bass response. If you really crave bass, I have some ALS Platinums I could hook you up with, but shipping is next to impossible.
From my experience with both the C-1 and my current C-19 w/ C-9 sonic hologram unit I have heard no drop off in base response at all. The holography seems to put bass and drums center stage. Both have excellent phono inputs, though I prefer the phono on the C-19. Tubes do make a noticeable difference even though I use Silver 9T monoblocks.
Mobil Fidelity Sound Labs (MOFI) still cuts vinyl for the original tape studio master recordings. I believe Telarc does too. The MOFI recordings are excellent, as good as you can get on vinyl. They also do CD's recorded from the original master tapes.