Kurt

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Folks, the store I promised you all is finally ready. So, check out some Carverfest Merch, and other fun t-shirts at the link below. The gear is decent and price friendly. T-shirts are $15, an embroidered polo shirt is $34 and I even put a mug out there for $10. Other than the trial shirt I modeled a few posts back, I can't say too much about the quality of the gear or printing. But, "Printify" the 3rd party store I used (like "Etsy" for printed stuff) is highly ranked and I chose the gear on the site that is also highly ranked. https://carverfest-and-other-stuff.printify.me/ As I said, the items are price friendly. There's shipping and tax added, all managed by Printify, not me. In fact, once you purchase, you're dealing with a 3rd party company. A perk, because I'm not all that great at customer service :). Note that each item is priced to make a small profit (ranging from $1 to $3, depending on size and color). I will donate all profits received to the Carversite administrative fund to help keep this site working. I'm not trying to get rich here or become a t-shirt baron and I'll gladly share the books on the store if anyone is interested. All of the t-shirt designs are of my own doing, though I'm not really all that great of an artist. I had some help from AI. And, I used internet images of logos wherever I could. If you have a strong desire to see something else (Carver related, please) on a t-shirt, I'm open to it. But, I don't have a lot of skills or time to design it for you. So, send me a .png or .jpg file and tell me what type of product you'd like it on (colors, too), and I'll try to get it added to the store. Try to make it something you think others may enjoy...(not that one polaroid of you and Bob taken back in 1978). Remember that images on t-shirts will be exact to what you send... and since many pictures are rectangular in nature with a white or solid background, you'll probably want to do some editing such that your pic has a "transparent" background color. Otherwise you'll end up with a very rectangular looking t-shirt pic. Enjoy Everyone! And, I look forward to seeing a few of these shirts at Carverfest in September. Special thanks to @straylight, @sea, and @AndrewJohn for tips, artistic ideas, and encouragement.

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Welcome! Where are you from in Argentina? I've been to Buenos Aires twice, and I've been up to the Misiones province to see Iguazu Falls. Beautiful country!

One of my favorite albums from the '80's. Recorded in the Holy Trinity church in Toronto using just a few microphones and an abandoned PA system. Haunting bluesy folksy original music and covers. It's fantastic to listen to on a nice system with soundstage. The DVD they made re-visiting the album a few years ago (with other musicians like Natalie Merchant, joining in) is great, too. But, I love the original album. They're doing a show in Charlotte this month and I'm gonna go see 'em.

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Welcome to the Carver Site! Carver 6250 Receiver is nice. In fact, I think most of the Carver Receivers are very underrated. I've had a couple myself and liked them.. one is now in my daughter's apartment as her main stereo. Unfortunately, I'm not a guru on them technically.... but, I'll bet someone here on the site can help.

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I don't know why....but this song has always spoken to me. I was reminded of that when I picked up some new vinyl today... Speaking in Tongues. It's a very simple song, musically. Until today (when I actually decided to look up the lyrics and meaning), I'd always thought the song had some deep poetic meaning. It really doesn't. It's just a love song. But, it persists as one of the Talking Heads best ever. David Byrne still plays it as he tours. Sean Penn made a whole movie with the same title and the song included (and David Byrne is in the movie). I guess it spoke to a lot of people.

Bought this on vinyl today.... apparently it's a rare pressing, blue vinyl, made in Germany.... not something I usually pay much attention to....but, geez, this particular album REALLY sounds good on my rather modest turntable.

Sample Carverfest t-shirt has arrived, and it's not too shabby....(pay no attention to the elderly man modeling it...he's kind of an attention hog from what I understand). I'm working on a few other options for Carverfest, too. Thanks to those of you who have given me more ideas. An online 'store' will be provided soon where you can order yours .....along with a lot of other "fun" Carver and Audio related merch I've imagined. I'm using a 3rd party ("Printify.com") to handle all the making, selling, distributing of the shirts. Costs will be low. Any proceeds above the store costs will all go toward supporting the operating costs of the Carver Site. Stay tuned :).

That was the first record album I ever had. Still have it. Got it when I was 9 years old and my uncle Alan (my role model of sorts, being only 10 years older than me) was a big Alice Cooper fan.... So, of course, I became an Alice Cooper fan, too. Uncle Al had this poster prominently displayed.... made quite the impression on 9 year old me, lol.

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Welcome back! I've only been here 5 years. But, nice to meet an "OG". You all started a very cool community.

I can see how Discogs would be a problem for serious collectors. I only use it just as a database for my collection and I have used it to buy records that I want from other users. So, it's okay for my use. It also gives me a rough estimate of the value of my collection...but, since I never really intend to sell, that's not all that big of deal for me (other than knowing what I paid for a record is in the ballpark of the market price). But, yeah, there are way too many versions of the same record/pressing.... nobody is cleaning that stuff up. I don't use the forums or get involved with debate over the records.... really didn't even know that was going on in the site, lol. But, knowing the audiophile world, I guess that's par for the course. Hard to find an audio forum where people are having 100% constructive, polite, conversations. That's one of the things I like about this site (though there have been some rough patches here, too).... most everyone gets along with each other and is very helpful on the Carversite.

Okay, folks, Carverfest 20 is coming up around the corner and I committed to coordination of some t-shirts. I've been trying to come up with a design that works. I've gotten input from a few of you. @straylight Thank you so much for your ideas. This is the latest concept pic I've generated. But, I really need some feedback. I am confident that we can get this design printed accurately on t-shirts. And, we can also make polo shirts with just the logo at the top, as I proposed in a prior post. I will commit to setting all that up with a vendor such that all of you can go buy the shirts directly from the vendor (and I don't have to be in the payment collecting/shipping business). Also... and I mean this sincerely, if anyone else would like to take on this challenge, I would be more than willing to defer. I'm not one of the OG Carverfest participants. And, my creativity is limited (I'm an engineer after all). So, you can't hurt my feelings and I certainly don't want to step on anyone's toes! I'm just a guy who likes to fool around with AI to make images, lol. So, here's my proposal/ask: Let's do 1 more week of input from all of you, I'll generate a couple more concepts, you all can vote on those concepts the following week, then I'll get on with setting up the vendor around mid May. Thanks everyone! @sea Do you think I should socialize this in another forum besides this site?... let me know. Thanks.

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