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Jeff Beck Stratus -- Live

Mark Knopfler Brother in Arms - Live

Satriani, Potter and Others Cortez the Killer

Frank Zappa - Sexual Harassment in the Workplace

Sneaker Pimps - 6 Underground

Grand Square Dance - Lullaby cover

The Cult - She Sells Sanctuary

Pixies - Gouge Away

I'm going to watch that movie tonight .....

Welcome! Nice array of gear!

Welcome!

Good score on the speakers. I bought my brother a pair of SDA2B. After a 1/2 day of listening, I had to turn them off. I was fatigued, the tweeters were far too bright. I bought a pair of the RD0194 and the difference way night and day. Not sure how your Vifa tweeters compare to the sl2500 or rd0198? If you go with the RD0198, you're basically doubling you outlay, and the crossovers are going to add as well. (I did resell the sl2000 for 1/2 the cost of the new rd0194.) I used dayton poly caps in my JBL xovers and happy with the results. Sounds like a fun project!

Welcome. Good choice in gear .....

Welcome ... and yes the M1.5t was my first Carver Amp as well.

I bought a 103 a few months back, paid just under $400 shipped ... all original parts and packaging, mint. I felt a little sore afterwards, but didn't want to wait on a better deal to come around. Now I'm glad I did it then. just keep going up ....

I purchased this disc a few weeks ago. Being stuck at home, I wanted to add to my SACD collection. Listened to some parts of it almost every day since. The audio quality excellent.

John - I have no sympathy - you did this to yourself. You probably need to stop construction on the home theatre room. You already have a bunch of amps, only seems right that you have speakers piling up as well. They tend to be a lot more difficult to hide...

I think there are combinations that are better than others. Speaker impedance, listening level, speaker efficiency, and a number of other factors come into play here. In the end it's all pretty subjective. I have a number of speakers and amps. To my ear the m500t "wins" in most of my cases, but there are exceptions. I think the m1.0t mkII is an excellent match for Polk SDAs, beats out the tfm-45 by a hair (IMHO). I have an inefficient set of speakers that seem to pair best with a m1.5t. Who knew? A/B testing can be challenging. Unless the amps all have the same gain, switching back and forth can be a difficult evaluation. Level differences are often interpreted as differences in tone.

There is a C-6 on ebay right now. That will be a good judge of how much you're going to pay for a C-16, it's the silver model, otherwise same I believe. The C-6 might be rarer, not sure. Anyway - it's day1 of a 10 day auction and it's already at $335..... feels like it's going to go pretty high?

Welcome!

+1. My bench/office system consists of C-1, M-500t, JBL4311B. It's a nice combination. I also have listened to a TFM-25. It has a traditional transformer. Probably good for rear channel use. If I had to power my house with a generator for any length of time and was jonesing to turn on the HiFi, I'd probably go with the TFM-25. The traditional transformer is likely less susceptible to self destruct when running off crap power ....LOL. The Mag coils configs are not going to do very well. You need to get rid of these at all cost. I'll take them off your hands ... need my address??? LOL.