w33rd0h 50 Posted August 31 Share Posted August 31 (edited) Short time lurker, first time poster. Handle is pronounced "weirdo" if you were wondering. Recently secured a pair of Original Carver Amazings (S/N 1227) that are in surprisingly good condition for the $400 I gave for them. After replacing some screws on the ribbons, gently tightening, and gluing one of the honeycomb woofer's "cone" back to its motor assembly they have been pleasantly coming back to life. Currently powered by a 150ish w/ch Honey Badger amplifier I built to power a pair of Infinity RS6000s that were my mains until the Amazings arrived...and the Amazings will definitely need more juice!! That juice will be provided by a couple Slewmaster amps I have yet to build, hopefully in the 500w/4r ballpark (5pair Sanken MT-200 outputs each)... Searched for these speakers for roughly 5yrs and super grateful to have found a pair to call my own. They will be relished until my last breath. Anyway, very thankful this forum exists and hopefully I can reach out to sea (Ed) about 30" ribbon repair (or purchasing a pair of 60" ribbons)! If you've read this far, thanks for your time!! Edited August 31 by w33rd0h SEA > sea 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobTFM35 1,934 Posted August 31 Share Posted August 31 Welcome to the Carver Site. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sk1Bum 10,152 Posted August 31 Share Posted August 31 Hello w33rd0h and welcome to thecarversite.com. @sea is the goto guy for Carver ribbons. Once you get to Novice status, please consider uploading some pics of your system in the Member's Systems area. We all love pics of all kinds of gear. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurt 1,961 Posted August 31 Share Posted August 31 Welcome to the Carver Site! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
w33rd0h 50 Posted August 31 Author Share Posted August 31 Thanks for the warm welcome! I'm happy to showcase my setup and projects once Novice status has been achieved. The Carver Site might get a kick out of the Quasimodo looking crossover upgrade I did on the RS6000s...good thing they sound better than they look!! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sk1Bum 10,152 Posted August 31 Share Posted August 31 1 hour ago, w33rd0h said: I'm happy to showcase my setup and projects once Novice status has been achieved You're now good to go. I look forward to seeing the pics. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Receiver2000 2,803 Posted August 31 Share Posted August 31 Welcome, great to have you with us!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Rob 4,491 Posted August 31 Share Posted August 31 Welcome to the site!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis47 880 Posted August 31 Share Posted August 31 WELCOME @w33rd0h! Great buy on those Carver Amazings. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
w33rd0h 50 Posted August 31 Author Share Posted August 31 2 hours ago, Dennis47 said: WELCOME @w33rd0h! Great buy on those Carver Amazings. Thanks @Dennis47! They are shaping up to be my best speaker investment to date😍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Community Admin AndrewJohn 8,631 Posted September 1 Community Admin Share Posted September 1 Welcome @w33rd0h. Glad you found us, and a satisfying pair of Amazing Speakers... 😉 Send @Sea a PM here on the TCS website forum. He is a semi-regular here. Alternatively, you might find him on Facebook, his name is Ed Atkins. Again, glad you found us. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BluesMan57 1,328 Posted September 1 Share Posted September 1 Welcome to the forum Sir, glad to have you aboard. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
w33rd0h 50 Posted September 2 Author Share Posted September 2 On 9/1/2024 at 9:25 AM, AndrewJohn said: Welcome @w33rd0h. Glad you found us, and a satisfying pair of Amazing Speakers... 😉 Send @Sea a PM here on the TCS website forum. He is a semi-regular here. Alternatively, you might find him on Facebook, his name is Ed Atkins. Again, glad you found us. Thanks @AndrewJohn! I've PM'd Ed here. Currently in negotiations for an entire set of replacement drivers and 30" ribbons, plus 4 additional 30" ribbons needing repair...so the Amazings should survive for many years to come!! Also tempted to copy the baffle shape in baltic birch plywood and go nuts on audiophile boutique crossovers, OEM+++ style🤑 22 hours ago, BluesMan57 said: Welcome to the forum Sir, glad to have you aboard. Damn glad to be here @BluesMan57! There will be plenty of blues through these Amazings. Riviera Paradise by SRV is a wonderful song for finding ribbon buzzes, btw! I see you're a Klipsch lover, eh? Had a pair of KLF-30s not long ago that made me reconsider horn speakers. Too big for my room, though. A pair of Heresy's would do nicely in the garage or bedroom...🤔 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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