New old carver fan...

Just wanted to introduce myself before I start posting...
I'm from cold NE Pa. where it might go above freezing tomorrow.

Anyway I have been a carver fan since my first encounter with a pair of amazing speakers being powered by a pair of M500t's.
Fell in love... So that started the downward spiral.

I bought my first M500t in 1990 and then a pair of M4.0t's to run a pair of Infinity's. Shortly there after I had a CT-17 and CT-27 preamp. I then purchased a pair of ALS-III's. I at this time had two systems running. One for music then one for a basic prologic HT.

So space/ wife forced me to consolidate... So I made the biggest mistake of my life and sold the ALS- III's and split the M4.0t's into to systems and sold them all off...

After that I built a single system with 5 - M500t's powering Def. Tech speakers and controlled by a Sunfire theater Grand II.
I love the HT... and the only changes I would make would be to have the M500t's gone over and upgrade to a newer Sunfire.

Still missed the Ribbons though... so fast forward 6 years until now.

The guy who purchased my ribbons aproached me... He said he would never sell. But now he is ready and I bought them back.

Interestingly enough I also got one of my M40t's back and the ct-17 recently too... It's like everything comes full circle.

My wife thinks I'm nuts for missing a pair of speakers all these years... Luckily she understood and was more than happy to recieve the back into the household.

I still have no room for them... But not making that mistake twice!

Sorry for the long first post...

With age and the passage of time.......comes wisdom ! Welcome and congrats on your "reunion"!!!

Welcome to the forum!

Welcome to the forum..............I am a proud owner of ALS,s and AL-III,s............

I am a big fan of Matt Dillion, but you may be my new hero
That the best stereo tale I ever came across.

Check out my blog and get back to me http://www.carolinacalvery.com

That's a great story of "keepin the faith!". Welcome back!!!

Thanks for the story 67bird. That is amassing you got back what you sold, how bazaar. That is some great gear, I can see why you missed it. Welcome to the forum, glad you found us, and look forward to more of your stories.

Welcome and great story! You are very lucky to get your gear back.

Welcome Thanks for sharing your story. Cool

WELCOME and GREAT history!

We are all equally sick and LOVE to hear stories like this~

Thanks for the warm welcome...

I've been spending quality time with the ribbons and enjoy them as much now as I did many years ago. What's interesting is I forgot how power hungry they are... My m4.0t does a great job driving them. I did try one of my m500t's to see how it worked and I was not happy with the results. Maybe it's time for the m500t to get a make over or maybe the M4.0t is more suited for them... not sure.

I remember the M4.0's running in mono one to each speaker to be very brutal and 10" drivers could not handle the bass. One amp running the pair seems to be a very nice setup. The soundstage is absolutely amazing so I have been digging my cd's out of boxes just to listen to them all over again.

Tom

Well I am with everyone else (Great story) and a big welcome to you!

Awesome story man !!!! One of the best I have heard in a while.
I have done the same thing a couple times myself...
As soon as you get rid of something, you think, " What the hell was I thinking !! "

You may want to start thinking about Bi-Amping your AL-III's...
Everyone that has, seems to love the outcome. Also, for little money, you might want to think about upgrading the 10" drivers in them.
A few of us have also done that as well.

Oh-yeah... WELCOME

Toy Maker what amps are best for bi-amping them? I didn't like the M500t on them alone... The M4.0t sounds great. Maybe I need to find another one of them....

I thought about upgrading the drivers... the one bottoms out every now and again. Must be getting weak.

Tom

Toy Maker what amps are best for bi-amping them? I didn't like the M500t on them alone... The M4.0t sounds great. Maybe I need to find another one of them....

I thought about upgrading the drivers... the one bottoms out every now and again. Must be getting weak.

Tom

This may sound funny, but the 705 AV is sorta like 5 separate amps putting out 135 watts on each channel.
I have one set up running two channels to each of 4 amp speakers (PolK LSi) and they sound excellent.
I have 400t's pulling the rear speakers (POLK ATRIUM 65), which I actually have in front on the ceiling as the LSi's are at ear level just a couple feet from my ears at the rear like headphones.
I know It is not on the level you guys are talking about, but this is all outside on my deck.
The 705 is excellent for bi-amp if you can get by on 270 watts to a speaker.