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Welcome, @GoldenEye09. Glad you found us! Lots of good info here. I have an M500 as well, driving sound in my office!

Great for playing in the background while focusing...

hi Jim, Isn't this grounds for a "cease and desist" letter from those legal experts able to file a claim for damages, if not stopped? I imagine that if I used "Coke" or "Coca Cola" in such a way, I would find myself in court, being sued for punitive damages to the degree and extent that I profited off their brand name AND to the degree that it damaged and eroded their brand and confused customers. Not a small number. It just sucks that some companies are this slimy..., time for a wake-up call from a lawyer's letter..., or, better yet, since they just re-placed that advertisement, go straight to filing a claim in court pursuing an astronomical number in combined damages. Nope, this is not a time to feel flattered, this is a time to assess damages. Redirecting prospects that you should be selling to by overtly using the Bob Carver name/brand is not competition, it's technically theft, and there are laws against that. ...just how I see it. AJ

Crazy to think how this applies to the dealer model of Automobiles..., a few entities out there are trying to disrupt this, e.g., www.Cars.com, and others..., but they are still a middle-man. Seems that Tesla may be selling direct..., others? I dunno. But it's ripe for disruption..., separation of service from sales..., (pretty much already separated in most dealerships - just housed in the same building)..., something to ponder.

SEARCH is a good friend!!,... Thank you @itchitch 😉

Best place to find an original, is to put a "search" with "notifications" on ebay..., there are a lot of listings there for old remotes from people that find them between the couch pillows, after selling their receiver. I'd search on text "Carver Remote" and look at each listing..., often, people don't recall what model receiver/component the remote they are listing matched to, and they are not listed by "6200"..., And, since you had one, you know what to look for by how it "looks" (button layout, size, etc.) That's the best way to locate an original remote. But it may take patience over weeks, and even months. But it will produce, eventually. Remotes.com will find an aftermarket remote. You might also post a picture of your broken remote..., I have a box of old Carver remotes, for example, and others here might, too. But I don't know what they fit. and one of us might have one that is the right one for the 6200 (we don't have the manual, I just checked, so I can't see the layout...) Good luck!

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Welcome back, Chris. Did you look on Ebay for the Sunfire remote? There are three listings today - not sure if these are the right ones - but the search was for "Sunfire Remote" so you should be able to find them quickly. I think outside of an aftermarket or Ebay, a remote for a sunfire is going to be unobtainium.

Those are "Carver AL-III" Dipole Loudspeakers (Or they might be "AL-III+," can't tell without looking at the back panel label). Like Carver Amazings, they came in stained black, or natural Oak finish. I just pulled mine (in black stained oak) up from reserves, attached to a Sunfire 600x2, and they really opened up better than I remembered when I put them away, last time. I have too many speakers..., any interest in these, let me know - mine are mint, and ribbons are fine (plays Horowitz just fine!).

Hi Dick, Sorry for the delay..., I was doing some rearranging in my music room all morning..., then, of course..., I forgot where I saw these..., so ..., searched. and searched..., just found them. I just PM'd you the link like a lateral lob "dibbs" on the rugby field... - if you don't pick them up, post the link here for others.

Yes, that is a factor. The depth. I think, though (for my listening room) that these backed up to the wall, won't be more intrusive than placing my Amazing's 3ft from the back wall..., (at least I'm convincing myself that is the case ! 😉 ) Where are you located? There is a pair of 3.3's (along with NHT surround and center speakers) in Boiling Springs, SC, for and UNHEARD OF price of $800. I keep contemplating the drive (750mi)..., but just can't add the fuel cost at this time. They are listed on FB Marketplace. Owner want's them "gone" out of the garage... And, another (seen some use) of the 3.3's in Nashville on Craigslist, for $1200. Pair NHT 3.3's w/Custom Stands - electronics - by owner - sale (craigslist.org) There's a pair of 2.9's also, Somewhere in OH. NHT 2.9 Mid 90’s - Black Piano | Reverb And a pair of 2.5i, the least obrusive (I have a pair of these) in Mexico, MO for $300. And another 2.5i in Campbell, CA. NHT (Now Hear This) 2.5i Tower Loudspeaker 1999-2000 - Black | Reverb ... call me an "enabler..." Good luck, do not resist..., succumb to the force. 😉

I swapped out a pair of larger Polk bookshelf (modern, not vintage) speakers for a pair of NHT2.5i (their smaller towers from the original line) in our daily TV watching surround set-up. The difference was remarkable. They are driven by a Carver M4.0t refreshed by Greg/Nelion. My wife noticed the difference, immediately! I don't like using the "speaker critic buzzwords", as I don't know what they mean - but I do know when something sounds "better." That's all I can say. Now I am on the hunt for a pair of 3.3's for my main system, which I hope to replace the entire stable of speakers I've collected over the past 20 years. FWIW, the original line of floor standing speakers (as I understand it) were the 2.6 (small), the 2.9 (medium) and 3.3 (large) towers. They have since redesigned the angled front-face that I think was pivotal in making this initial line of speakers so exceptional. These models were launched in the mid/early 90's and featured a side-firing subwoofer, with forward facing mids and tweets in a chambered cabinet conducive to high-low frequency separation and clarity. A design now common on everything, including the Golden Ear Triton line. The only thing that I don't like about NHT is the grills. They have a plastic "pop-on" or "snap-on" frame that is made of plastic, and the grill cloth is heat-welded around the back edges of the plastic frame. It is (appears to be) a bitch (I have not done it) to replace the grill cloth. Too tight, and it warps the frame (bad aesthetics), too loose also looks funky. And, many used speakers on the resale market have damaged broken frame rails or holes in the grill cloth. My 2.5i's have one 1/4" hole right on the edge of the frame - hidden unless you go looking for it, but since I know it's there, it annoys me... 😉 And, while NHT has pretty good customer service - they answer emails, and often the CEO will respond..., however they don't have factory grill replacements for any of the older models - that I would have gladly purchased, if they offered them. Sorry for the long paragraph - this is just some wisdom from looking and looking in the wasteland of not very much gear I live in, for the 3.3 models, that I still am pursuing.

I didn't know where to share this - so we'll call it a cinema experience. For my birthday, we trekked down to the Adler Planetarium for the Pink Floyd 50th anniversary airing of a new 30-minute, four song, US-re-launch event of the album. I noted earlier that I was pretty bored with the story line of Top Gun, (graphics good, but not enough to carry it for me). My wife and I both agreed that the 30 minutes in the dome-theater was light years of travel and graphics. BTW, Planetarium's "Dome Theater" design is like I-Max on steroids!, it's like being immersed in the visuals. We used this multi-camera-perspectives in Imaginarium-style computer generated subservice modeling O&G exploration - but not to this level of quality. I tried to find more about the redo, and information was limited. I even asked the guy in the back of the planetarium running the show - and all he knew was that the cinema/video showed up a couple of months earlier, and they just play it. Apparently, this new piece has only been played in the London Planetarium Dome Theater and the one here, Adler, in Chicago. I presume it would make the rounds - and if you get a chance to see it, I liked it, and thought it a good value for the $20 a seat. The quality of the graphics and movement had to be done with something like Maya - it was just awesome, to me. Could it be better? Sure, more songs, longer..., and reclining chairs. Hint - Sit in the BACK, or you'll miss half the dome-theater-screen experience. There are a couple of scenes that are memorable, including the lunar launch and landing and the fly-through of the Space Station. Here's some extra information I was able to dig up, trailer, etc., - but a small-computer-screen is nothing like the multiple-projector, 18-channel sound, custom-mastered music that they played in the planetarium's dome theater. It's a bit nostalgic, as 50 years ago (video below) they did something like this, at planetariums around the world, by just adding a turntable to a 2-channel PA system designed for a professor to talk about the stars... CBS story on the Adler presentation. https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/inside-pink-floyd-dark-side-of-the-moon-adler-planetarium/ which has some information on it's origin, and the idea that PF had for it, started about 2 years ago. Official Trailer from Adler Planetarium. If you search on YouTube, there are clips of the original launch video, very different technologically, but still pretty cool, from 50 years ago.

I use an NHT VT-1c, circa 1994 for my center channel. I picked it up off Ebay in mint condition, and it looks good with my 2.6i L-R mains and gives me a good dialog-presentation for spoken words in cinema. I haven't tried any of the newer center channels.

Welcome @Paul Gardner to your first post on the site. Are you asking about the Cinema Grand receiver? Or the 5 and 7 channel standard and signature model Sunfire amplifier? If askign about the amplifier, you can identify the 400x5 or 400x7 by the gold-plated binding posts on the back. The 200x5 and 200x7 have red/black plastic binding posts. The signature model 400x5 and 400x7 have Bob Carver signature on the front faceplate too, upper left. But that may have been rubbed off, so the binding posts are the best way to identify the two power levels apart. If that's not what you are asking, apologies in advance for my misunderstanding.

Welcome to the site, @Motosu. Don't forget to fill out your profile, and add an avatar..., get personal! Glad you found us. This is a super place for Carver enthusiasts to sustain the legacy of their Carver gear, and of Carver in general. Welcome!

welcome to the site..., Glad you found us, @awmcgowan Don't forget to fill out and complete your profile, add an avatar or ? We love to know more about the people here..., post a picture of your gear, make yourself at home and a part of the community. "Search" is your friend on this site. There's over a decade and a half? More? I forget when the site launched..., but a LOT of history and threads here that will help. It's a site that has enthusiasts. No one here is "paid tech support," and some who lurk here also run their own service/repair business, so beware of that overlap. But mostly, the site membership here is real, and real helpful, "Carver Enthusiasts," that have come and gone over time, that all want to keep the Bob Carver Legacy alive and well, and that have created an entire braintrust of knowledge - just seek it out (search first, then ask)..., patience, and proper expectations. All good. Glad you found us..., and I trust your participation adds additional threads to the braintrust of knowledge here. Welcome again!

At AXPONA, there were a lot of hallway and elevator discussions on this..., that I overheard. My observation..., most were saying, "who cares"..., others were saying "MQA? What's that..., why do I care?" Sales folks showing streamers that I was looking at from NAD, Cambridge, Rose, Aurender and others, all seemed to be unable to respond. MQA must have failed to publish an FAQ to help them with questions. These vendors that engineered in MQA into their streamers had nothing to say to people at the show..., and embarrassingly quickly switched the conversation..., often to say "Roon, that's all the majority of our customers need these days. Roon handles everything beautifully." At which point, I would ask, "then why do I need to spend $x,000 on your streamer?" LoL. I'm sure that all the top MQA vendors will have a PR statement prepared in the next week or two. Lots of customers bought into MQA, with big bucks. FWIW, Roon was everywhere..., btw. 90% of the rooms I visited were running Roon, either as the app or with a Nucleus or RoCK Server in the room. Bottom line among those I interfaced with (overhead conversations in the halls, rooms, elevators, and the bar end of day) was that losing MQA was a big yawn..., and it will simplify streaming to have it gone. Others may have observed differently..., of course. But this was my takeaway. And, full disclosure, I did not buy into MQA.

How about a few more inches? World's largest subwoofer? At about 12:50 there's more on the sub itself (the LED displays nearly shake off the walls and ceiling).

60 hours..., coast to coast, and back. 😉 There are some things Ayn Rand had to compromise to make the book happen..., the end is definitely accelerated..., it could have been a 5 volume epic..., And, well, it's not always that black and white. However to do the story, she did a great job. And, she is a self-professed "author of fiction"..., and in her later interviews did not like being called a philosopher.

Welcome. Glad you found us. Lots of knowledge to be gleaned here. Carver is unique under the hood.

Saw Maverick (Top Gun 2) ... Thought it was "meh..." Anyone else? Glad it was on Prime, vs. over-paying to see it in a theater. Story was predictable (cameos, context in the conflict with superiors, love interest, etc. etc.). There wasn't anything thought provoking (for me), and watching/following the story line, I didn't have to think, ... More of a milk-toast movie someone wanted to do, but didn't have a reason/purpose/story-line..., and it got produced to make money - and even that reason, didn't work for me. Finally, I like Lady Gaga, and her voice, but having her do the final music intro to the credits? It has no tie-in to the very weak story, unlike "danger-zone" did for the first TG movie. And danger-zone didn't fit this one..., but was played to kick off the movie? Lady Gaga got short-changed, and her pipes could have helped the story, if inserted much much earlier..., just my opinion. Curious to know what others thought. Did I miss something? (Yeah, I played it in my HT, with big screen, lots of atmos sound..., the "immersive experience" was there - just didn't get what I thought was hyped out of it.)

just a thought on this..., (Take it as free advice, worth nothing, and feel free to ignore it...) Anything on Ebay, is going to be suspect. Ebay sellers can say anything, and Ebay is "buyer beware." Ebay is great to find an amp with a solid core, good or better cosmetics, etc. However, a seller can say anything..., like "performs okay" or can say "tested", or "powers up"..., or, "tested by powering up" or my favorite, "worked fine when I last used it..." (not finishing that sentence that it was over 20 years ago it was put in a storage locker! 😉 Unless a seller can give provenance to who, when, and what was done to recently (last 5 years or so) refresh the amp, any core amp 30+ years old is going to likely need to be refreshed/restored. There are "consumable" components in vintage amplifiers that degrade over time. The quality of the sound produced if things like the 30-year-old capacitors are not replaced, or service bulletins are not applied, is going to be less than what the amp is capable of producing. Simply stated, the quality of capacitors produced 30 years ago is much lower than those available (and installed by the top two authorized servicers) today. And many amps never had post-production service bulletins applied, making them less valuable. Occasionally, an amp comes up on Ebay that the seller says was rebuilt by HiTech Audio, or Nelion..., but if they don't also show in the pictures a copy of the service invoice, or sticker, or something, that proves what was serviced, and when that work was done, you should take that into consideration. anyone can say anything in an Ebay listing. Just my opinion, but want to throw it out there, so you are not disappointed. And, to be clear, I'm sharing this from experience. I have bought (and overpaid) more than one pretty poor specimens on Ebay, and Greg @Nahash5150 at Nelion slogged through what I purchased and restored it sonically - I dealt with the poor cosmetics, myself. For me, when I pick up a component, I assume nothing has been done. And the amount that I am willing to pay for that component is adjusted accordingly... (And, as well, LOTS of other factors go into what I will pay, including budget, rarity, availability, distance to ship, and so on...) BUT, I always go into an amp, considering the added cost that I'll send it out for refreshing and internal electronics restoration. No matter how good an ebay seller says the amp sounds, if it's been untouched, even if it has been sitting on a shelf new in original box, it's going to have aging components or other reasons to have it looked at. And you should bear that in mind. Look at it like this..., If you were buying a vintage automobile, and came across a barn find that had never been driven since it was manufactured, sat covered in a garage for 30 or 40 years..., wouldn't you change the oil, and have a mechanic look at it before taking it out on a road trip?

I couldn't find one..., but would love to compare this image to the internals of a Sunfire TG IV, or? to see if they are identical, or very close.

Time to resurrect this thread that Mark started. Been a while and I am guessing a few books have been read since the last post. New members may also read!! (And the non-fiction thread..., search "what are you reading non-fiction") OK, here's my reading for the last three books. In this order listed below. I went through these over the last 2 months to keep my sanity as I exited my job (finally, on Friday, past). I read Ayn Rand in school, but it was "forced" as it was an assignment, and I was too busy chasing other things a 17-year-old did in those days... Revisiting these three books now, where I am, with my life experience, in our current socio-political and economic climate..., Was just AWESOME to re-accomplish. Loved every minute of the reading. There are many perspectives one can take and learn from these works. I'll leave it at that. Ayn, limited by the medium of fiction, had to sharpen the story to make her points, and she does. Of course, the intelligent reader can discern and filter to see how and what can be applied to find the obvious balance between the main point, and reality..., (there's a good book that Ayn is quoted that points out this "balance" between having to write a perfect story, to make a point, and reality - obviously, the "looters" and "idiots" are not going to all disappear like in Atlas Shrugged - and of course, new ones are born every day. I'll leave it at that. "Critical Thinking." Encapsulates "discernment" and "filtering". For me, a main point and two-word takeaway from reading these. Book one: Ayn Rand's Anthem. As a dry, unembellished statement this short text sets a foundation for Ayn's lifetime perspectives on contrasting objectivism with collectivism in defining her philosophy. Book two: Ayn Rand's The Fountainhead. One of my absolute favorites. I spent 25 years working with architects and met some of the greats who are way WAY out there, Gehry, Pelli, and others. If you've watched the PBS documentary on Frank Loydd Wright's "Buffalo", there is a scene in it showing the Martin home designed by FLW, you can see one project in The Fountainhead with a statue at the end of a corridor outside the window in the garden..., which is speculated as the basis for parts of this story. (Youtube serach for "FLW Buffalo", if you know Ayn's story, it will connect the dots. Play to about 32:00 in the posted video where the narrator describes the conservatory with a statue of Nike representing ..." . Book three: Ayn Rand's epic, Atlas Shrugged. Nearly 1500 pages (in bible-sized text 4pt?), but with characters so well developed you feel you know them Dagne Taggert, John Galt, Francisco d'Anconia, Ragnar Danneskjöld, Henry Reardon, and the struggle, conflict, and evolution of revelation and epiphany. The "looters"... 'nuff said. Worth the read. Ayn Rand did an interview with Mike Wallace, that is also on YouTube, as well as one of Ayn's final public lecture (also on YouTube) to where she is working on a miniseries script..., she died before she could finish it. And, spot-watching some of the "clips" from productions of the Atlas Socienty..., pale in comparison to reading the book. Would have been good to get this full story, in Ayn's own mind's presentation, to more people (that don't read).