CWT50 60 Posted June 2, 2014 Posted June 2, 2014 Hello, New hear long time Carver owner, am looking for your thoughts on these speakers? Will be using a M400a amp with C2 pre, the room is 10 by 14 9 foot ceilings. I can't find any current review s for these speakers, can see review s from 2005,2006 but nothing newer. Is this because of limited distribution in North America? Thanks in advance. Am on several photo sites and this site seems to have very friendly and outgoing people, with no backbiting, just nice people wanting the best for Carver enthusiasts. Wayne
Gene C 1,753 Posted June 2, 2014 Posted June 2, 2014 Nova Scotia eh? Fellow Scotsman? Welcome to the site Wayne! You pegged it right on the head. This is a very relaxed place to hang with everyone. How bout some pictures of your speakers and amps for us to drool on? From the internet those are very good looking speakers. I think your M400a will be fine powering those speakers. Here's your specs. Design: 2-way vented-boxFrequencyRange: 55Hz-40kHz Sensitivity (2.83V/1m): 87dBImpedance: 8 ohms (minimum 6.4 ohms) Power Requirement: 50-200W recommended Tweeter: Model: G2. Purified aluminum ribbon tweeter, the size of aluminum ribbon (LWT): 70mm×8.5mm×0.01mm. High power handling, high output, shielded design, easily field-replaceable for the ribbon. Midwoofer: Model: AC130/50CK, 1×130mm (5.2″). Aluminum frame, the composite cone of Non-woven carbon fiber and Kevlar, 50mm (2″) copper clad aluminum voice coil with flat wire, the special magnet system with Faraday ring and demodulation coil, 120mm×20mm Y30 Ferrite magnet. Crossover Frequency: 2500Hz Crossover’s Attenuation Slope: Woofer -12dB, Tweeter -18dB Crossover Components: M-Cap Supreme MKP capacitors are used for the crossover of tweeter, Aurum Cantus MKP capacitors are used for the crossover of midwoofer. Also, high purified OFC inductors and the metal oxide film resistors with military industrial standard.Connective Cable: Teflon insulated OCC cableDamping Materials: The polyester fiber and the PU foamConnections: 2 pcs 18mm gold-plated copper connectors Cabinet Material: High quality MDF Finish: The standard finish is RosewoodPE high gloss paint. Furthermore, there are also Figured maple PE high gloss paint, Cherry PE high gloss paint, Mapa burl PE high gloss paint and the Black PE high gloss paint for options. Dimensions (HWD): 350mm×226mm×280mm(13.78″×8.9″×11.02″). Net Weight: 11kgs/pc (24.25lb/pc)Gross Weight: 28kgs/pair (61.73lb/pair)Shipping Volume: 0.115m3/pair 1
Zoom 373 Posted June 2, 2014 Posted June 2, 2014 Nice work, Gene. I have a 400t cube, and beat it for years mono showing it a 8 ohm load. Not the smartest thing to do, but have never cracked it open. Its a pretty powerful amp for its dimensions. And those driver/cab/speaker specs look almost ideal for that amp. I see there are caps in the crossovers, but they shouldn't need attention, yet. I'm assuming they are only a couple years old. Those are very high ceilings.....what are your surfaces/reflection? You may need good surface damping to control echo and delayed reflection. Welcome to Carversite!!
fill35U 1,848 Posted June 2, 2014 Posted June 2, 2014 Welcome to TheCarversite, Wayne! You're welcome- and we do try to keep it friendly here. Wow! From the description Gene posted, those are some serious speakers! Your M-400a should do just fine. However, if you've owned her for a long time, she's almost certainly due for having her electrolytic capacitors changed. If you look around here, you'll find some descriptions of the process. Same goes for your C-2. Looking forward to seeing some pics of those speakers, your amp, and the preamp!
zumbini 6,153 Posted June 2, 2014 Posted June 2, 2014 Howdy CWT50 and welcome to the forum. Nice to have you on board. Hope you stick around and participate.
PMAT 2,061 Posted June 2, 2014 Posted June 2, 2014 Excellent speakers. The G2 is a great ribbon with a relaxed, detailed sound and considerable output. I've seen the bass driver and it's built like a tank but with all the advanced goodies. Both drivers will take the Carver power and love it. With a good sub you can rock the house with those but even without one they will sound great. Are you trying to buy a pair?
CWT50 60 Posted June 2, 2014 Author Posted June 2, 2014 Thank you for the welcome. I have not bought the speakers yet as I have not found a local dealer, thats why I was trying to get a current review of them. The room is unfortunately all plaster walls, will try to get wife to allow some sof surface treatments And yes my 400a will probably get a recap and binder post upgrade soon, I will post pictures soon. Thanks, for the encouragement.
BluesMan57 1,664 Posted June 2, 2014 Posted June 2, 2014 Welcome to the forum Wayne. Glad to have you.
CWT50 60 Posted June 2, 2014 Author Posted June 2, 2014 Hear are some pictures of my system, C9 with blue led inbamboo case , 400a with blue leds and my x10 tube buffer kit with separate power supply.
Community Admin AndrewJohn 10,967 Posted June 2, 2014 Community Admin Posted June 2, 2014 Sweet set-up. We like blue LEDs. Welcome to the forum. It's a great place to be. Hoping you stick around and participate.
Bean 384 Posted June 2, 2014 Posted June 2, 2014 Hear are some pictures of my system, C9 with blue led inbamboo case , 400a with blue leds and my x10 tube buffer kit with separate power supply. Link to that kit? That setup looks VERY nice and very modern (with housing the transformer external and all...)
zumbini 6,153 Posted June 2, 2014 Posted June 2, 2014 Hear are some pictures of my system, C9 with blue led inbamboo case , 400a with blue leds and my x10 tube buffer kit with separate power supply. Thanks for not making us beg for photos. Nice job on the X-10D tube buffer! Looks similar to the one Rich built and had on road show a few years ago. I have an original Musical Fidelity X-10D (the oversized beer can ) and I'm in the process of mounting an X-10D "clone" in a presentation box.
CWT50 60 Posted June 2, 2014 Author Posted June 2, 2014 Thank you for your comments about the tube buffer. I made the unit up from an X10 board kit from Hong Kong and a 80va torrodal transformer from Maine. The cases I made from red oak and accented with purple heartwood. On the board I removed the RCA jacks and ps jack so that they could be hidden on the back of the case. Still waiting for 2 tube dampers to arrive to finish it off.
zumbini 6,153 Posted June 2, 2014 Posted June 2, 2014 Have you rolled any tubes through her? My favs are Amperex USA 6922 gold pins and Amperex Holland E88CC gold pins. 1
CWT50 60 Posted June 2, 2014 Author Posted June 2, 2014 No I have not tried any other tubes in the unit other than the 6N11 tubes that came with the board.Can you let me know how the sound differs with the tubes you mentioned
zumbini 6,153 Posted June 2, 2014 Posted June 2, 2014 Will try again with pictures Most of us use the INSERT IMAGE applet (Post a Reply toolbar, 4th icon from the right). You can upload photos from your HD or insert a hyperlink to a public photo. 1
CWT50 60 Posted June 2, 2014 Author Posted June 2, 2014 Hopefully the pictures will upload now.Nope not yet file size to large, will figure something out.
zumbini 6,153 Posted June 2, 2014 Posted June 2, 2014 No I have not tried any other tubes in the unit other than the 6N11 tubes that came with the board.Can you let me know how the sound differs with the tubes you mentioned By definition "tube rolling" is the process of trying out different tubes and choosing one that sounds best TO YOU. Sometimes the difference is very subtle, other times it smacks you in the face. Either way it's a lot of fun.
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