Greetings from Pittsburgh

Just wanted to say hello and introduce myself. I should be getting my Carver rig this weekend thanks to a friend who pointed me in the direction of this board. Not sure yet what all I'll be getting (he could tell you better than I at this point!), but I'm excited about getting it all hooked up and giving it a test drive. Once everything is in and running, I'll report back.

Welcome, you'll have to post some pictures once you get everything set up.

Welcome DJTommyK! Yes, please let us know what you end up with & how it sounds?

I absolutely will post some pics, and the list of what I get. I'm stoked!

Welcome,, my wife is from Pittsburg

Welcome DJTommyK

WELCOME~

Welcome Pittsburgh from Charlotte, NC.

Welcome to the forum!

Welcome DJTommyK! You have joined a great forum.

Also being from Pittsburgh area I would like to let you know that we have a local chapter of the OCCD club. We try to get together once a month or so at Beembers417's audio shop and have a few beers, smoke a cigar and listen to some great music. If you are interested I will PM you the next time we get together. The next gathering will be shortly after Carverfest.

You can check out Beemers417 web site at www.vintagehifipgh.com.

Welcome to the forum T. It is good to know that there are more Carver guys in Pittsburgh.

Thanks for the welcome everyone!

thuffman - it's Beemers shop I'm talking about. We're probably going to be swapping some stuff tomorrow evening. I'll join you with a pipe instead of a stogie, but otherwise, sign me up!

Z - see ya tomorrow.

So what did you decied to pick up?

Just got everything hooked up!

I guess it goes without saying that the components are Carver, aside from the turntables. In any case...

CT-24 Preamp/Tuna
TFM-35 Amp
TL-3200 CDP

My turntables are:
Thorens TD-180 and Realistic Lab 2100
(I'm probably going to switch to the Realistic as my main TT, because the Thorens has a mysterious motor hum, and is seems to be playing slowly)

Beemers will be glad to know that the first LP I played through the system is Pink Floyd: DSOTM

It's all playing through Polk Audio Monitor 7B's. It sounds AWESOME! I can't wait to crank something up tomorrow!

The system on the rack:


Closer:


Mmmmm...Carver goodness...


Dark Side of the Moon...

Greetings, and glad to see you found our little corner of the web !!

Now that you have a few new pieces of Carver gear... you may want to try to make it down to CarverFest for at least a couple days, and see some of the rarest Carver pieces on the plant. It will be the 1st and last time they will be going to CarverFest, so don't miss it !!!

Bring something with you for Bob to sign as well, he seems to enjoy signing the pieces for people.