Belvedere2 170 Posted September 10, 2015 Share Posted September 10, 2015 Whaddup Carver Fan! Enjoy the site. Lots of cool peeps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattsk8 4 Posted September 10, 2015 Author Share Posted September 10, 2015 Welcome to the site Matt. Fantastic work on your speaker projects. How about some pictures of the rest of your system, when you get a chance. Also what types of music and or bands/artists do you enjoy listening to ? I like classic rock such as Led Zepplin, Deep Purple, Scorpions, Black Sabbath etc. And blues guitar rock, Robin Trower, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Gary Moore, Joe Bonamassa, Tommy Bolin, Rory Gallagher, Roy Buchanan, Pat Travers, etc. Enjoy the site, Blues Pwr.......... I'll get some pics of the rest of my system. For my music system I have a Spectral DMC-5 preamp, the Carver M1.5 amp, and a Marantz SACD player, and on this system I use the ER18 speakers I built (first pic, the red speakers). I'm actually just about done with a 3 way that has a 10" SB Acoustics woofer, a Scanspeak Revelator 18w mid, and a Scanspeak HDS tweeter that I hope will replace those. The issue is, those red speakers are my reference speakers and they sound amazing, so they're tough to beat. Here's a pic of the 3 ways, I'm still trying to perfect the crossover for those. Obviously these are still just MDF, I'm not sure yet how I'll finish these cabinets. For my home theater, I have a Yamaha RX-V1065 receiver, a Marantz UD7007 BR player, JBL Northridge speakers for the 5 channels, and a Klipsch subwoofer. This is the system I built the speakers out of the reclaimed maple for, I still need to build a center channel and a pair of rears. Then my garage/shop system is the one I'm building those active speakers I posted the pic of last. Right now, I have a B&K Reference 50ii preamp, a Panasonic CD player (cheap but works), and for now I'm using my Adcom GFA-5500 amp on it. I'm hoping these will be the best speakers I've ever built (at least for me). My goal when I started these was concert level output, and still have a speaker that with crystal clear clarity and depth, and was very musical with a huge soundstage. Once I get these built, I'm going to use the Carver 55 and the 35 on them, so they'll have plenty of power . As far as music, I listen to everything from Slayer to Fernando Ortega to Duran Duran to Eric Clapton to Queens of the Stone Age (I could go on and on... The Specials, The Clash, John Lee Hooker, Clutch), I love music. I'd struggle to pick a favorite, but Pink Floyd would up towards the top. I just saw Social Distortion play in Detroit a couple weeks ago, was an incredible show. Might go see Motorhead and Anthrax this Saturday but not sure yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balok 1,422 Posted September 10, 2015 Share Posted September 10, 2015 Nice collection of DIY speakers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weitrhino 1,425 Posted September 10, 2015 Share Posted September 10, 2015 Welcome to CarverSite! Matt. Your kind of crazy will be embraced here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UncleMeat 1,173 Posted September 10, 2015 Share Posted September 10, 2015 Welcome Aboard Matt! Yer gonna fit right in here! Great work on those DIY speakers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzman53 1,218 Posted September 10, 2015 Share Posted September 10, 2015 Welcome Matt, Wow! Nice speakers and craftsmanship! It's great to have another speaker builder join us. Jazz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weitrhino 1,425 Posted September 10, 2015 Share Posted September 10, 2015 Let the speaker builders mutual admiration society begin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trav0810 586 Posted September 10, 2015 Share Posted September 10, 2015 Welcome to the site Matt! Love this speaker builds! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maddmaster 957 Posted September 11, 2015 Share Posted September 11, 2015 Welcome Matt. Yes, there is a great group of people here and always willing to help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helicopter pilot doug 110 Posted September 11, 2015 Share Posted September 11, 2015 Welcome Very nice looking speakers you have built!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ar9Jim 6,169 Posted September 11, 2015 Share Posted September 11, 2015 Welcome. Very nice work. Your skills are excellent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retriever 1,076 Posted September 12, 2015 Share Posted September 12, 2015 Welcome I too am a DIY builder nice craftsmanship! Be aware we suffer from OCCD Obsessive Carver Collecting Disorder! Just introducing yourself to the site is the early stage! Welcome aboard James aka Retriever Formerly known as the moderator from hell..Mi that is! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RPA-1 Man 602 Posted September 12, 2015 Share Posted September 12, 2015 Welcome mattsk8. This is a great place for all your carver questions and to be with fellow Carver fans. :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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