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Welcome! I too, am a Carver fan located in Texas. I'm in the Austin area. Enjoy this wonderful community.

I find this info very intriguing to say the least! I attribute my bi-amping/active crossover failure last year, to my novice/ignorant status. I attempted to bi-amp my ADS 910's with an SAE 4000 2-way active xover, using one M500t, MkII and a stock M500t. Sounded like crap compared to the single amp with the speakers passive xovers. Now the SAE, bi-amp cards and stock M500t are dust collectors. I have notions of re-attempting this some day, but not sure it'll ever happen realistically.

This thread has so much awesomeness! With a couple of young boys at home, I admire your ability to devote the uninterrupted time performing this speaker tournament. I'm not wishing my boys out of the house prematurely, but I do look forward to doing this one day.

AndrewJohn, what great info! I believe I may be dealing with a broken spider on my SF TrueSub Jr. I only hear it if I'm playing very bass heavy tunes loudly, but it sounds similar to the one in the video you posted. I need to open it up to be sure, but I second aholloway's comments, don't think I'll trust my lack of skills for the repair.

Yeah, that's a big number for them. For that they'd need to have had all the drivers and crossovers restored by Richard So already, IMO.

KVE, I have a pair of 910's in my bedroom system and they, quite simply, are amazing! I'm a fanboy of ADS for sure. These are my second pair, I began with the infamous L710/2's. Are you a member of the ADS/Braun FB group? There are several members who love your 730's and I have to admit, I very much wish to audition a pair of them. Regarding the 910's, I promise you won't be disappointed in them, especially if at a good price. But they are pretty big. Each cabinet weighs about 110 lbs.

I’m a/b testing two amps with a couple of tracks: Caedmon’s Call, Close of Autumn and Muse, Madness. The amp battle is between an M500t MkII and a Bill Flannery refurbished Sunfire 300 x 2 amp. Current speakers in rotation are the ugly duckling AR M6’s in place of my main ADS 910’s. Fun times!

Welcome, fellow newbie!

Welcome, Will! I'm a new member also and as stated above, we'd love to see pics of your gear.

Merry Christmas!

Thank you. Assembling this system has been a lot of fun this past year. It’s my 2ch semi-vintage bedroom set-up. Only one amp in use at a time for now. My speakers require a biamp module and an external electronic crossover before I’m able to use both amps in this system. I have a line on the module, but still looking for a crossover.

I appreciate the warm welcome from each of you. This forum will be fun. I hope to get to know more of you and expand my exposure to Carver fandom. My name denotes my allegiance to The Ohio State Buckeyes, but "oldtexasdog," I live in Austin, Texas. Are you in TX? Turbo, nice GTO! I'm a musclecar fan as well and still have my "71 Cutlass from HS. If any of you are also in the Carver facebook group, you've already seen a short video clip of my 2ch rig playing Muse's "Maddness." Dennis47,the speakers in my 2ch system are ADS 910's. I bought them about a month ago. The M500t Mk2 I've not had a week yet. I also haven't had the house to myself yet to stretch its legs. A critical listening sesion comparing the two is still forthcoming. Wattage wise, there isn't much difference as the 910's are 4 Ohm speakers. The stock M500t hits 450w/ch vs. 420w/ch for the Mk2. But I can attest the stock amp hit a peak of 108Db's before running out of gas and my fear of pushing the speakers too hard. They are 40yo speakers afterall. Newbie question, it seems there is a file size limit when posting pics to the site. Is that a function of the capacity or my novice status?

The HR-895 a/v receiver I purchased from a newspaper classified (pre-internet days) while in college kicked off my fandom of Carver gear. I used that receiver for everything through the years. It got nearly daily use for over ten years before resting in a closet for another dozen years or so. Although it’s been retired for HT duty, I now use it as a preamp. I still love it! I updated and went to my first separated HT system prior to getting married and that system remained unchanged since. I got my second Carver at the update time, an AV705x. It’s still going strong. Earlier this His year I embarked on building a semi-vintage 2ch rig employing the HT895 as pre switching also with an Audio Research SP9 hybrid tube preamp. I’ve added two M-500t’s and most recently one with the mkII mod. Until I get the biamp modules and an electronic crossover, I won’t be able to run both 500t’s. I have two Sunfire True Subwoofers MkII series that need attention and recently picked a Sunfire Cinema Grand 5ch amp, but it’s not working at all. There are a couple more components I wish to add to this and then I begin saving to get sub plates and CG refurbed. I am excited about this commmunity and know there’s much to learn and this is the perfect place to accomplish that. Thank you for including me. Once I’ve been cleared I’ll post a pic or two.