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    Forum Regular Florian's Avatar
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    Wish me luck guys!

    Maybe next week i'll have a Genesis 350i here
    Lots of music but not enough time for it all

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    Quote Originally Posted by Florian
    Maybe next week i'll have a Genesis 350i here
    Good luck. How is is shipping?
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    Forum Regular Florian's Avatar
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    Quote Originally Posted by GMichael
    Good luck. How is is shipping?
    Considering they are 630lbs, i will have to rent a truck.

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    What ?!?

    Quote Originally Posted by Florian
    Considering they are 630lbs, i will have to rent a truck.

    Not full-range planars? That can't be good.

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    Forum Regular Florian's Avatar
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    Oh man, i heard them today!

    First off some data:

    Original price 35K
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    Use a BAT VK60 for the mid and top with TACT Room correction and be done....

    Drool....
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    Flo,

    I have a friend who wants to buys these.

    http://cgi.ebay.com/2-CARVER-AMAZING...QQcmdZViewItem

    Have you ever heard them or have any info?
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    Forum Regular Florian's Avatar
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    Quote Originally Posted by GMichael
    Flo,

    I have a friend who wants to buys these.

    http://cgi.ebay.com/2-CARVER-AMAZING...QQcmdZViewItem

    Have you ever heard them or have any info?
    Aaah the Carver,

    quick pointers: Requires TONS of POWER....If you can drop a KiloWatt in them, they are happy. Be carefull with the ribbons, i dont think they can make a replacement.

    :-)
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    Forum Regular Florian's Avatar
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    Nevermind i talked to the Boss of Genesis and its the old Carver ribbon. So no Genesis, but he likes the Apogee more and told me that its close to the 201.....So cool, i am happy again! Who though that the owner of Genesis was an Apogee fan. He even had Duettas :-)
    Last edited by Florian; 04-07-2006 at 10:07 AM.
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    Quote Originally Posted by GMichael
    Flo,

    I have a friend who wants to buys these.

    http://cgi.ebay.com/2-CARVER-AMAZING...QQcmdZViewItem

    Have you ever heard them or have any info?
    Very nice speakers that were one of the better bargains during the time they were available (approximately $2,200 a pair). In my listenings, I much preferred the Carvers to the comparable speakers I heard at that time from the likes of Apogee, Martin Logan, Acoustat, and Quad. Carver's Amazings were a hybrid design that combined a ribbon panel with a "boxless" conventional driver subwoofer. Compared to the hybrid designs that Martin Logan was trying at that time, the subwoofer integration on the Amazings sounded much more coherent. The Amazings have the typical attributes of ribbon speakers, but also have enough of an aggressive sound that's amenable to rock and hiphop recordings. Their main drawback, as Flo pointed out, is that they take a lot of power.

    If the ribbons are shot on those speakers on Ebay, Carver still has factory replacement ribbon sets available.

    http://www.carveraudio.com/ribbonrepair.htm
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    Parts Express has the Bohlender Graebener RD 48 Planar Transducer which they say is a drop in replacement for the Carvers requiring no changes in the crossover for $650.00 each.
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    Forum Regular Florian's Avatar
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    Quote Originally Posted by JohnMichael
    Parts Express has the Bohlender Graebener RD 48 Planar Transducer which they say is a drop in replacement for the Carvers requiring no changes in the crossover for $650.00 each.
    Yup i saw those too. I might buy the Genesis on monday
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    Quote Originally Posted by GMichael
    Flo,

    I have a friend who wants to buys these.

    http://cgi.ebay.com/2-CARVER-AMAZING...QQcmdZViewItem

    Have you ever heard them or have any info?

    My old neighbor had a pair but his room and his amps were too small for them to sound their best. Gilmore Audio has released a modern Carver Amazing speaker that is supposed to have improved on the original.
    JohnMichael
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    Quote Originally Posted by Florian
    Yup i saw those too. I might buy the Genesis on monday


    You remind me of the old saying "He who dies with the most toys wins". Wishing you a long and healthy life of accumulating toys.
    JohnMichael
    Vinyl Rega Planar 2, Incognito rewire, Deepgroove subplatter, ceramic bearing, Michell Technoweight, Rega 24V motor, TTPSU, FunkFirm Achroplat platter, Michael Lim top and bottom braces, 2 Rega feet and one RDC cones. Grado Sonata, Moon 110 LP phono.
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    Thanks :-)

    BTW, the Gilmores are VERY good!
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