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Still loving this song and Album that Charlie recommended - their other Album is just as good.

Welcome to the Carversite Doc. Your system looks very nice and that turntable came out great. I’ll bet it sounds every bit as good as it looks - Thanks for the pictures.

Happy Birthday - hope it’s just what a “Grumpy Old Man” is looking forward to. Enjoy!

OK Brian, it’s probably time for your intellectual curiosity to be rewarded. I haven’t used my Russound Speaker Selector for at least 10 years but it could easily be mistaken as brand spanking new. If you want it, it’s yours free of charge. I would like to be reimbursed for shipping costs but I think you’ve more than earned the component itself. Send me a PM with your shipping address and I’ll get it headed in your direction by the end of the week. I’ll also dig out any spec sheets, manuals or paperwork that came with it when I bought it. It will be double boxed and sent USPS Priority and we can settle up on the shipping after I’ve mailed it. Yes, I know you are in Canada. It’s yours if you want it.

Along the same line of thinking I experimented with a third set of speakers (Infinity Kappa 7s) in the same listening space and was quite disappointed. The resulting sound could best be described as a muddy clash of noise. The combination just didn’t play well together no matter how I positioned speakers or tinkered with relative volume levels and other adjustments. My current setup with the Amazing Silvers and Conrad Johnson’s took weeks of critical listening, experimenting and positioning to achieve what I have today and I have marked their position on the floor. I think B-Man raises a very valid point.

Brian - I actually use that Rolls Distribution Amp to run separate speakers in the same room. I Have a C-1 which feeds my Amazing Silvers via either one or two M1.0t MKII option 002 amps on the main channel. I run the Rolls on the secondary channel and it feeds a pair of Conrad Johnson Synthesis Speakers hooked up to either one or two M-200ts. This permits me to set the volume levels independently and I have found the Conrad Johnson’s compliment the Silvers quite nicely.

I haven’t used it in years but I have a Russound box that can be connected to either of two different sources and six pairs of speakers. It maintains an 8 ohm load whether one is using a single pair of speakers or any multiple up to six pairs. It was quite reliable and I used it when I tied several rooms in my house to my main system. It did not however, have independent volume controls. Deviating somewhat from your question, I have a Rolls Distribution Amplifier which permits me to run multiple amps to multiple pairs of speakers using a single preamp. This does have independent L & R volume controls for each amplifier and set of speakers.

Happy Birthday Young Man!

On a side note - AJ, you sometimes amaze me. I haven’t heard the 13th Floor Elevators in 50+ years - they were way ahead of the curve back in the day.

Sk1Bum - Happy Birthday Dick. I hope you have a great one today followed by many more. Your contributions have been a big plus to the content and quality of the Carversite. Now, get some sleep ..........

Happy Birthday Barry ...... young man is oh so correct - do the math. Hope you have a great one and many, many more. ?

I guess I might be the exception based on the various comments I’ve read but I’m an old fashioned guy who borders on becoming an anachronism himself. My vote goes to WAV which one can convert to any format they want. WAV will play on most anything out there component-wise whereas one can’t say the same with other file formats. One lonesome vote for “the old guys” heavily invested in “old gear”. If your music library contains several thousand songs I get the point but I don’t really see the advantage of having several hundred TV channels either. To me, it’s like looking at a 15 page restaurant menu - just give me a steak, salad and a potato.

Welcome to the Carversite. I read your comments re: posting jpegs and after Hashy’s response I see you already started a thread to get that post count and reputation points headed north. You are going to find this site to be a most valuable resource with members that are going to be able to guide you through most anything you are going to encounter. You’ll also find a lot of members that have similar experiences before joining the fold. I was a long time Marantz fan before converting to the Carver community and it didn’t take me long to dump a bunch of high end Vintage Marantz gear in favor of Carver Components. In any event, welcome aboard - Enjoy the ride.

What a great challenge to tackle. Personally, Kevin’s idea of first wrapping it in a microfiber blanket makes a lot of sense. Add to that Dennis’s suggestion and wrap the blanketed sub with stretch wrap and then wrap that package with moving blankets and finally, stretch wrap the whole kit & kabuto. If anything happens and you somehow manage to scratch it, send it to me and I’ll fix it. Then I’ll send you some pictures so you can forever see just what you will forever be missing.