Chef Magnaryder's Rig

My HT Rig





My Lightstar Rig





My Livingroom





a small list of the stuf I either own or have sold/traded to Forum members.


Carver C-19 Vacuum Tube Reference Preamp (sold to erniejade)
Carver C-1 pre
Carver Research Lightstar Direct pre (X2)
Carver SD/A-490t Vacuum Tube Reference CD player
Carver TFM-55(2) (one sold the other sale is pending)
Carver TFM-45 (in process of selling)
Carver DPL-33 Dolby Pro-Logic Processor/surround amp
Carver Research Lightstar Reference 2.0 Amplifier (X2)
Carver C-9 SHG
Carver TX-11 Tuner
Carver Tx-8r Tuner
Carver TD1400 cassette deck
Optimus DCC-2000 DCC deck
Tascam CC-222 MKII CD/Cassette Recorder
Pioneer HD10r Reel-to-Reel deck
DBX-3BX Range Expander
DBX NX-40 Noise Reduction unit
DBX 120 X Sub Bass Restoration Control
DBX 200 xg Tape/Processor Control unit
DBX 21 Noise Reduction unit
Pioneer CLD-S104 LD/CD player
Sony DVP-NS315 DVD player
Ray's Magnafied Sub
Carver ALV (with Carver 48in Ribbon featuring JL Audio 12W3 woofers)
Carver Amazing Loudspeakers(originals)
Carver Research Darkstar Sub (the only one known to exist)
The Bastardized ALIIIs w/60 in ribbon mod
Carver Silver Edition Amazing Loudspeakers
Audio Note AN-9 Hand Drawn Silver speaker wires

Very nice system. You are running out of room for all your stuff.

Very , Very nice.....

Sweet gear Ray.

Very nice Ray. Don't you also have a setup in the dining room?

[DaveS]

SAAWEEEEEET!!!!!!

Great pics Ray! That's the sort of thing we love on this forum. Your "listening room" looks well-used, and it's obvious that you love music as well as collecting Carver gear, as evidenced by the selves and shelves of CDs and records. Wow, that is a nice looking rig...

Did you design and build that subwoofer yourself? You should do a write-up on it. How does it integrate with the ALS's? Do you have any sort of active EQ or processing to help with that?

Inquiring minds what to know...

--Richard

Great looking set up Ray!
Thanks for sharing the photographs.

Tom

Looks good Ray, I wouldn't mind getting my hands on the 490T

Brian.

Ray said the sub is a custom made out of 1.5" MDF, TWO 18" ElectroVoice speakers, run with a bridged TFM-55 and a some kind of bass synthesizer unit, I THINK. Double check with him to be sure. It'll pound you into MUSH, that's fo' sho'...

Looks like audiophile paradise! Nice setup!

Very nice gear Ray. That sub looks like it would hurt a guy.

Great pics Ray! That's the sort of thing we love on this forum. Your "listening room" looks well-used, and it's obvious that you love music as well as collecting Carver gear, as evidenced by the selves and shelves of CDs and records. Wow, that is a nice looking rig...

Did you design and build that subwoofer yourself? You should do a write-up on it. How does it integrate with the ALS's? Do you have any sort of active EQ or processing to help with that?

Inquiring minds what to know...

--Richard

I built the sub myself...up close you'd notice my complete absence of carpentry skills. It's 8 cubic feet, sporting 2 18" subs in a dipole configuation, powered by 1000 watts of Bob Carver Power. It is both delicate and powerful. It shakes the whole house...even at low volumes during movies. I enjoy both music and theatre with it.

ray

Ray,

You make me jealous. If I could have only a tenth of the components you have got. Hey, let me know if the TFM 55 or TFM 45 sales fall through. I am posting some of my stuff on the Audioshopper section of the forum. Trying to raise some capital for a switch to separates as I posted earlier this week. Keep me up to date.

Thanks,

Neil

We have new additions here. A very nice Lightstar Reference 2.0, and a Carver TX-8 Tuner.

thanks James and Dave!!!!

ray


pics coming soon