New aquisition: Carver Amazing Silvers

[Will Meyer 2,374]

@Zenith4me and I just completed a deal and now I'm a proud owner of his beautiful Silvers. Here is a picture. I just unloaded them and need to decide where to set these up.  Definately some size to them.

 

Now I have to figure out how to access the crossover.

I'm interested in seeing how its setup.

I noticed while trolling the internet that Carver made a lot of running changes to their speakers.

[RodH 4,866]

Congrats!

 

I'm interested to know how that pic managed to make them look rectangular....🙃

[Zenith4me 1,487]

Hey Will, the person I bought them from said that the crossovers had been restored. Having said that I didn't actually verify it.

 

Enjoy those speakers!

[AndrewJohn 10,507]

Am I seeing right?  Are the ribbons covered with speaker cloth?

 

I've not seen that before..., nice look, though.

 

Or, my eyes are deceiving me, turning my head to the right, pinched an optic nerve... LoL.

[Zenith4me 1,487]

36 minutes ago, AndrewJohn said:

Am I seeing right?  Are the ribbons covered with speaker cloth?

 

Yes, that's speaker cloth. I noticed that when I bought them. The seller said he decided to do that when he was restoring the speakers.

 

I considered removing it but the more I looked at it the more I liked it.

[cuda 527]

When you set them up if there is anyway you can give them at least 3 feet from the back wall you will love them Turns that back area into a nice bass bin. Even a foot on the sides is fine because the sound pattern is like a figure 8 so there is not much on the sides at first.

[BarryG 2,853]

I’d like to see photo of the backside.

[BarryG 2,853]

I am suspicious of  cabinet being original!  Anal exam required! 

1 hour ago, BarryG said:

I’d like to see photo of the backside.

 

[Sk1Bum 11,579]

6 minutes ago, BarryG said:

I am suspicious of  cabinet being original!  Anal exam required! 

 

Damn, Barry. Now the XXX web crawlers will be directing porn traffic here.  

[Rob 6,007]

Congrats @Will Meyer and enjoy them. 

[BarryG 2,853]

Nothing wrong with audio porn!  Lots of naked amps, now naked speakers! 

[oakley104 740]

52 minutes ago, Sk1Bum said:

 

Damn, Barry. Now the XXX web crawlers will be directing porn traffic here.  

Hmmmm......, guess well need to wait of the pics of the backside view 

[Will Meyer 2,374]

I'm on the road today but i have pictures of the crossover on my tabet.

I compared it to the schematic in the manuals section on this site.

 

3 difference from the schematic

1) C1 is listed as 300uF NP but mine is 175uF NP

2) C4 is listed as 12uF Film but these have 10uF Film

3) The schematic shows wiring for BI-Amping, these have only a single pair of terminals.

 

I'm upgrading all rhe caps and have them on order. I'm replacing the two 175uF (per speaker) electrolytic caps with metalized polypropylene Solens. The 2 film caps appear to be mylar, they are also being replaced to Solen poly caps.  I'm keeping the same values, just better caps. I have no plans to change the resistors or inductors.

 

Here are some crossover pics.

 

If you want more pics, let me know and I'll get them this afternoon. 

Edited June 15, 2021 by Will Meyer

[Brian_at_HHH 2,706]

 

Congrats WIll - NICE addition to the ever-growing hoard!!!  Enjoy!!!!!     

 

 

[Walrus Gumboot 371]

Wow, it looks like it is wired with C4?  No wonder those speakers are so explosive.  🙂