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Funny that this thread would start here is me today just picking up a pair of Plats (ones)

Usually it says MK-I or II etc on the same sticker that has the serial numbers on the back below the woofer dust covers. Usually Plats that have the Dual Binding posts are Either MK I or II's. But I have seen or heard of people with III's that had the biamp posts also, I have MK-III's that do not have the dual posts but have the tuning pots that the MK-IV's have. MK-IV's are considered the best because they had the last version of the factory X-Overs so they where Bobs last tweaking of the sound of the speakers. There are not enough of the Amazing Platinum left around in good shape to really be picky and wait for the IV series when I nice pair that have the 60" ribbons show up you buy them and tweak them if you simply must have the MK-IV series. There are even some Hybrids that have 60" ribbons but have the larger non paper woofers and a different x-over than all of them.

Just for the record I love the 48" and 60" ribbons! I only wrote that as a warning that you have to be all in if you pick up the Carvers. Once you get a set in a room set right and with the right amp they will make your jaw drop. And that pair of Amazings with 60" ribbons I posted that where for sale at $600 bucks I bet they would go $500 and they are closed now also because of the lockdown, but in a few weeks they may go $200 who knows.

My theory since 2018 on all the ribbons new in a box NOS to in use daily is that glues after time (20 years plus) will turn brittle and the magnets if given enough of a bump or flex will fly into ribbons. I have had these apart and some of the glue will be holding just fine and strong and it takes me a lot of effort to remove them, then I will get to some and they take only the amount of effort to over power the magnetism to the steel frames. If one does buy some of these you really need to put extra effort (2 guys) and move slow and even, no impacts really treat them like nitroglycerine

Yea I did it up on Tidal to give it a listen, not my music really but it did sound good on SH

Tidal HiFi and my oppo-105 are a perfect match it does not have the MQA setting as an option but on my PC Tidal app it is there, I never use it though.

School!

You can really only buy the 600 series amp and have or do the mod or buy 2 series 300 amps and do the mod or buy the 400x7 signature amps and do the mod plus cable it to use all the power into 2 channel. They are not all the same amp under the hood.. I myself have been looking for some sinsi speakers to drive with my 2 x 600 sunfire signatures but am still looking for some. And to put it in perspective a few months ago there where several 600x2 and 625 x2 signature amps on ebay that shrunk down in price to around $1500 so they are not that rare or expensive since jkid stopped driving up the price of them on ebay.

Only thing I do not like on spotify is one day you may listen to a song but a week later that song will be grayed out because it is no longer under license, and it happens a lot. Even if you check the save/download of the song.

no there are options now thanks to Sea read the above posts and links. http://thecarversite.com/yetanotherforum/default.aspx?g=posts&t=28126

I decided this week end to give my silvers a serious work out just to see what they could take, mine are bi amped with a 600 signature driving the ribbons and a 600 driving the woofers and I actually saw the ashly crossover clip warning light flicker at 14 on the volume. Volume is 100 back to 0 on the sunfire pre. It was pretty darn loud.

The ribbons have daughter boards at the bottom and can either get loose or wear through the trace, use a multimeter to check.

welcome!

Grew up on Zep! I do not know why but I Love anything on the 2nd to the last album, In through the Out Door. If I had to pick one off of it then Fool In The Rain