Ribbon Repair

[winterluver 8]

Has anyone on here have had money taken from James Sauter at carveraudio.com

 

I sent him my core and $500 June 11 2014 and he said for a year he was having trouble locating materials and for the last year will not return e mails. Did not want to go down this road but he has my money and core.

 

Thanks, Rob

[aslan7 954]

You are just too impatient Rob only giving him two years. ;-)

 

Seriously though, I hope something hasn't happened to him healthwise. Don't know him personally but I can't imagine he would go on a forum and cheat people out of money. There is an individual here in Pittsburgh who fixes carver audio components. Apparently he has had some serious health issues and folks are waiting for their equipment. I wonder if it's the same individual.

[PMAT 2,042]

Nope, diff thing altogether.

Sorry Winterluver, there may be others, don't know.

[weitrhino 1,443]

His signature line used to read: "It's not that I'm lazy, it's that I just don't care."

 

21 months seems an unreasonably long time to wait for a repair or refund and return of your ribbon. Gather all your documentation and file for a judgement against him. It's this kind of unconscionable behavior that drove me from his site and planted the seeds of CarverSite.

[dazed_and_confused 194]

I had a set of Plats with a buzzing ribbon and agonized over sending them off to be repaired....there were one or two less than satisfied customers who were starting to come out of the woodwork and voice their discontent with the service/treatment received, so in the end I made the painful decision to dump my speakers for pennies and walk away.

I miss them, but I sense I would probably never have got them back up and running via the guy in FL.

 

Sorry to hear about your situation, hope you can get it resolved.

 

 

 

[Carlton8000 100]

There is a gentleman on Ebay that has been advertising Carver Ribbon repair for a while and I was wondering if anyone has any feedback they can share on his work?

[UncleMeat 1,173]

For a long time it has been kapton availability from vendors who are willing to make the ribbons at a reasonable cost.

 

I'm trying to develop a DIY way to replace the ribbon, but a suitable donor ribbon that is damaged is needed. Cuda said he would send a piece of ribbon from his failed 60" ribbon. Once I get that I can start working on a way to make the kapton ribbons.

[sea 675]

 

 

There is a gentleman on Ebay that has been advertising Carver Ribbon repair for a while and I was wondering if anyone has any feedback they can share on his work?

 

I spoke to him at length a month or two ago. So far he had not sold any repair services. I tried to encourage him to reach out to the forums to gain some credibility but he did not seem to see the need.

[aslan7 954]

Thanks for reaching out to him Sea.

Did he say why?

 

My ribbons are perfectly running on all cylinders but it would be nice to have options if they begin to misfire someday.

[sea 675]

 

 

Thanks for reaching out to him Sea.

Did he say why?

 

My ribbons are perfectly running on all cylinders but it would be nice to have options if they begin to misfire someday.

 

No. Not really. He did not seem all that interested. I told him that I thought his pricing might not be so far out of line but that people would be skeptical given no outside information or reviews of the service. It is basically an unknown quantity.

 

 

[winterluver 8]

Well if I had a core, I would give it a try.....couldn't be worse than I got in Florida!!

[aslan7 954]

Thanks sea.

 

You're right.

Even if he just posted his name and number as well as a background introduction--that would certainly help get the ball rolling in the right direction. Thank you for planting the seed.

 

Maybe it will happen someday.

[666mojo 0]

Hello i have a set of the silvers and the bigg unns and they have been down for 2 years ive fixed them once and then the one i dident fix had a mag go bonzi and ripped the Kapton i refuse to get rid of them but just cant belive some one hasent figured out this stuff along time ago WHAT A LET DOWN I MISS THEM BADDLY !

[aslan7 954]

 

 

Hello i have a set of the silvers and the bigg unns and they have been down for 2 years ive fixed them once and then the one i dident fix had a mag go bonzi and ripped the Kapton i refuse to get rid of them but just cant belive some one hasent figured out this stuff along time ago WHAT A LET DOWN I MISS THEM BADDLY !

 

Hey welcome to the forum 666mojo!

So glad you found us.

 

The great news is SEA has a fix for these babies. He will chime in shortly or you can PM him.

 

How did you acquire your platinums?

[sea 675]

Welcome to th forum.

 

I can help you with those ribbons.  Check out this thread.......

 

 

http://thecarversite.com/yetanotherforum/default.aspx?g=posts&t=28126

[AndrewJohn 10,502]

Welcome to the TheCarverSite!, 666mojo

 

Consider starting another "Welcome Thread."  Send us some pictures (we love pictures) of your gear.

 

Looks like you have a good lead on getting the ribbons repaired with SEA.  We hope you stick around, and join the OCCD therapy here at TheCarverSite! 

[jvandyke_texas 436]

Sounds like if you have a Carver Platinum with a ribbon problem you are stuck.

True?

[cuda 526]

no there are options now thanks to Sea read the above posts and links.

http://thecarversite.com/yetanotherforum/default.aspx?g=posts&t=28126