MaxNielsen 25 Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 Hi. I'm a little crazy man from Sweden, as my father is a musician playing the banjo I have been interested i music all my life. Started my quest for good sound with a 2x2W Philips tube amp. Have gradually climbed the ladder against the sound nirvana. About 8 years ago I stumbled over a nice set of B&W800 series 80. They sounded nice but thin with my Pioneer M73. I upgraded with NAD318, it became better, then I was offered a pair of Carver PM1.5a and 2x450W made a difference but still I felt that they had more to offer. Bridged the Carvers and WOW I was blown away by the sound origin from the eighties. The bass shaked my walls and neighbours in the next villa complained about bass. Lived happy with this until january this year when I found a couple of B&W800D within my budget. (sold the old B&W800 for more than they cost me) They did better with the Carvers in Bi-amping and now I wait for a PM1200 coming om friday. It will replaced the PM1.5 driving middle/high on B&W. I bought two Marantz Ma-9s1 monoblock to replace my carver amps but they are for sale again, the old Carvers are far better then Marantz hi priced heawy monoblock. As I am in a wheelshair since eight years after an accident and quit work I have lot of time to experiment with my gear and enjoy music and movies with great sound and picture. It's a great hobby. One more thing, I have a PM1.5 driving a Dayton Titanic12 inch DIY sub and it is perfect on both music and movies. 7 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RodH 4,820 Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 Welcome aboard Max. You should fit right in here! Swedish Banjo music? Tell us more please. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Receiver2000 2,492 Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 Welcome Max!!!! Great to have you and love your story and equipment. Thanks so much for sharing. You will like it here. Lots of great information and a bunch of guys who are lots of fun. Look around the posts and if you have any question just ask😀. Everyone is always willing to help each other. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dadvw 2,815 Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 Welcome Max to the site! Thanks for sharing your story and you certainly have a good selection of gear for audio.......grin. We enjoy all things Carver and others as well. Hope you find the site informative and enjoy the company! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Meyer 2,038 Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 Welcome Max - we are pleased to have on-board! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis47 856 Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 WELCOME @MaxNielsenfrom Sweden! Yes...it is a great hobby. Glad you've joined us. We have a number of enablers here who can help you with your quest for audio nirvana. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BluesMan57 1,309 Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 Welcome to the forum Max.... Glad to have you aboard..... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Man 4,763 Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 Hello Max - welcome to The Carver site !! We're glad you decided to join us. My sister lives near Stocka - where are you located? As Rod said - Swedish banjo music - we'd like to know more about that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zenith4me 1,393 Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 Welcome! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walrus Gumboot 318 Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 Welcome to the site and thanks for sharing your story. I found it very interesting to hear the perspective from someone on the international level. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob 4,329 Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 Welcome to the Carversite @MaxNielsenand enjoy everything that is offered here. A great bunch of people with tons of knowledge. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie 16,429 Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 Greetings @MaxNielsen ! We're glad you found us!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sk1Bum 9,933 Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 Hello MaxNeilsen, and welcome to thecarversite.com. We're glad you're hear. There is a lot of information here, much technical know how, and a pretty good bunch of folks that are happy to help. Now that you've reached Novice status, please consider uploading some pics of your gear in the Members Systems area. We all like pics of all kinds of audio gear. In the meantime, kick your shoes off, turn up the music, and welcome aboard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian_at_HHH 2,610 Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 Welcome to the group! It's clearly too late to warn you of OCCD, it's got a serious grip on you. Sorry about you being in a w/c - my wife was in one for the last 15 years of her life, so I'm all too familiar with what that means. I'm glad to see you haven't let it stop you from enjoying things - good music is universal. You definitely have an amazing setup. I can well understand your comment about shaking the walls, neighbors, and the next villa. When you get it right, as Bob Carver did, it remains right! Good luck with the PM1200!! Let us know how it goes? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffs 2,704 Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 God dag Max. Welcome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnrotten 1,070 Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 WELCOME!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MRHP 865 Posted September 11, 2020 Share Posted September 11, 2020 Welcome Max! We love to drool over everyone's system so post up them pics friend! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxNielsen 25 Posted September 11, 2020 Author Share Posted September 11, 2020 On 9/10/2020 at 2:08 AM, RodH said: Welcome aboard Max. You should fit right in here! Swedish Banjo music? Tell us more please. My father Egon on banjo. https://m.facebook.com/watch/?v=10150170847469154&_rdr 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Receiver2000 2,492 Posted September 11, 2020 Share Posted September 11, 2020 😁😁😁Standing Ovation😁😁😁 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RodH 4,820 Posted September 11, 2020 Share Posted September 11, 2020 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxNielsen 25 Posted September 12, 2020 Author Share Posted September 12, 2020 14 hours ago, MRHP said: Welcome Max! We love to drool over everyone's system so post up them pics friend! I have some work to do before any pics, looks like crap at this moment. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Community Admin AndrewJohn 8,290 Posted September 12, 2020 Community Admin Share Posted September 12, 2020 Welcome ! Max! Looking forward to pictures. No worries on any messes..., if it sounds good, that's really all that matters ! Where about are you in Sweden? Been there many times. Spent a lot of time in Göteborg (Gothenburg), in the 90's for business. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxNielsen 25 Posted September 12, 2020 Author Share Posted September 12, 2020 On 9/10/2020 at 2:08 AM, RodH said: Welcome aboard Max. You should fit right in here! Swedish Banjo music? Tell us more please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxNielsen 25 Posted September 12, 2020 Author Share Posted September 12, 2020 3 hours ago, AndrewJohn said: Welcome ! Max! Looking forward to pictures. No worries on any messes..., if it sounds good, that's really all that matters ! Where about are you in Sweden? Been there many times. Spent a lot of time in Göteborg (Gothenburg), in the 90's for business. I live about 250 km South of Gothenburg, Olofstrom is a small town of 7000 residens in southern Sweden Try to post a couple of pics. First one is in my listening room, second one is where amps are located. I have until now only Carvers Pro gear so they will need further modifikation before they can be in my listening area. The Marantz monoblock will be sold soon, Carvers amps sound better. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maddmaster 957 Posted September 13, 2020 Share Posted September 13, 2020 Welcome Max. You'll fit right in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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