Carver Amazing Speakers

[Dusty Chalk]

Kevlar, dude. And leather, just in case she decides to use a knife.

And a really attentive attention span.

[Blue Meanie]

I have another question:
What is better?:
TWO pairs of Magnepan MG-I or ONE pair of Carver Amazing Speakers?
I have chance to buy two pairs of Magnepan MG-I for $150
Or should I have all of them and take a chance to got killed of my wife? LOL

One pair of Carver Amazings is better. But I'd also grab the 2 pairs of old Maggies for $150!

Jeff

[Florian]

The Carver will beat the Maggie, but only when driven right. Otherwise the Maggie with a more afforable amp will win..

[Nimue]

I'm British, don't know Carvers but the problem you mention sounds more wiring, don't think u've blown ur speakers. More details please.

All that's good to u and urs.=)

[Mr Peabody]

I tried to find some info on the Carver ALS and read a very interesting article in Stereophile. Nothing was said about fuses. But if you read the article you will see that there are many versions or generations of the same model out there. I found the article fascinating,especially to learn of the woofer design Bob did. I didn't see anything that would answer why no sound is coming from yours. The writer mentioned he easily destroyed a binding post but it's doubtful you'd mess up both at the same time. Even if you blew them, I'd think you'd get some sound, a rattle from the woofer or something. These are supposed to come with a sort of EQ or sound shaping control box, be sure to check all your connections. A store I worked at drove these speaker with Carver amps and Kenwood, so your Yamaha would at least give you sound. I have to say the Kenwood gear did cause blown drivers. At the time of the Stereophile article they weren't very favorable toward them. To my then untrained ear, I remember they didn't sound so bad with Carver gear. I do remember the bass being as described in the article, loose and lacking detail.

If some one is selling Maggies at $150.00 they must have just took them out of some guys living room and he is hot on their trail. I think with your equipment and from what I've read of the Amazing, you'd be better off with the Maggies. Carver is still supporting the speakers though with updates and service, so if you are dedicated to them, contact Carver to see what can be done. I don't have Carver's info but a Google search should hook you up.

[Robert-The-Rambler]

I tried to find out more about the Carver speakers and it looks like they claim to be 6ohms I believe. Sometimes that is not entirely accurate anyway because I had DCM KX12 Series 2 speakers that claimed to be 8ohms but a Sony amp that could only drive 8ohms years ago crashed and burned trying to drive the DCMs. When I opened the enclosure up the woofer was actually 4ohms so having 8ohms nominal resistance was probably not true. Funny thing is I think I heard that DCM is or was a budget line of Carver speakers. Anyhow, the Behringer EP2500 will handle down to 2ohms so if he goes that route it will work just fine.