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Bob Carver used phase manipulation, delay, and frequency emphasis in combination to form Sonic Holography. Maye some magic smoke, too.... []

Line 6 makes some REALLY great guitars....

At work, I listen to a portable CD player w/ AKG-701 headphones. I've had Koss, Grado, Sennheiser, and Sony headphones & I hae to say these are the best-sounding (& most comfortable) cans I've ever heard.

Speaker placement and room details play a HUGE part. You guys need to hear a pair of Polk Audio SDAs or Carver Amazings with Sonic Holography engaged....

Invest in better power/interconnect cables. And do something about that "magnetic personality" of yours.... [] What is a "volume cable"?? Does that sub have a cabled remote?

I just filled up with 93 octane today for $3.19/gal. The dollar drop has saved me over $130/month.

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Have you contacted Klipsch to see if they'll send a replacement?

(In no particular order; this was hard enough as it is!) 1. Everything Must Go - Steely Dan 2. Brothers In Arms - Dire Straits 3. Morph the Cat - Donald Fagen 4. 1812 Overture - Tchaikovsky, Cincinnati Pops, Kiev Symphony Chorus, and Erich Kunzel 5. Flight of the Cosmic Hippo - Bela Fleck & the Flecktones 6. Do I Ever Cross Your Mind? - Bonnie Raitt & Ray Charles 7. Sinking - No Doubt 8. Full Circle - Collective Soul 9. Surfin' with the Alien - Joe Satriani 10. Cosmik Debris- Frank Zappa

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I think they're genius. I like 'em.

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Oppo. 980H for music. The new 983 is great for both video & music.

According to Bob, he's "just another employee" now. I think he got frustrated with the way the company has decided to go. When Carver Corporation first went public & he installed a board of directors, they eventually voted him out of power then proceded to run the company into the ground. He came back a few years later to try to save the corporation, but it was too late. I think he's about ready to retire, but he just loves to tinker too much! He is starting a possible new speaker line with James Sauter, who runs the carveraudio.com website & has been doing ribbon repair with his father for years. I get the impression Bob would be happy to design it and let James run with the ball, with Bob's name used in there somewhere. I think Elan bought Sunfire to pretty much dismantle the company, because a once-vibrant 200+ employee company in Washington state has now been reduced to less than 10 employees & all manufacturing has been sent out of country, mostly to China.

In this case, he is an idiot. Both inputs on this sub sum into one channel, as with MOST subs.

You know, we spent so much time on 2-channel stuff, I don't think anyone even asked about the new Sunfire stuff. I got the impression Bob doesn't have much to do with Sunfire anymore. There was talk of a new floor-to-ceiling line array ribbon.....very tasty sounding! It's in the planning stages now, probably NOT with Sunfire....

INCREDIBLE~ puremagic!

http://forums.klipsch.com/forums/t/109511.aspx linky to the thread.... OR....if the administrator could move the link into 2 Channel Audio... thanks~

I have the full Reference 5.1 setup and let me tell you; 85% on my Sunfire with the Tripods coming out of the ground in "War of the Worlds" will peel the flesh offa yer body!

I was wondering where to post it...I'll link it now...

Thanks for the info!

You're welcome! It was exciting; I learned a LOT.

Nominal impedance is the average impedance over the audible range. Are we talking headphones? If so, higher impedance makes it harder for the amp to supply necessary current to drive them, especially with cheap op amps you find in most inexpensive devices (i.e., NOT dedicated headphone amps).

Bob Carver, of Phase Linear, Carver Corporation & Sunfire fame, attended our second annual CarverFest in the Smoky Mountains this month (10-15 Sep 08). Some pics from the event (see details at http://www.carveraudio.com - you'll need to sign up for access to some items): That's Bob in the hat, top center. Here's Bob talking with CarverAudio.com webmeister, James Sauter, and another forum member about James' prototype AL-V loudspeakers. Another photo of the group; several members were in and out over the 5-day event. Bob with the plaque we all signed & presented to him. Some member's systems they hauled with them to the Fest. He signed a few items, as well... [] AL-V prototypes designed by James Sauter (one of two pair made) Bob gave held a drawing to give away a pair of these tube monoblock amps he designed! Wow! He also gave away a pair of his Sunfire Cinema Ribbon speakers (CRM-2). The cabins were FANTASTIC! I have to say, Bob is the most approachable multi-millionaire engineer I've every met. He spent the entire 5 days at the event and was most approachable & it was quite clear he had an EXCELLENT time! I had an opportunity to steal about 30 minutes of his time. We talked about the history of how I got my system together (he said of my AL-IIIs "they're MINT!") and also about an easy physical mod to counter the 7-8k ribbon resonance WITHOUT a notch filter in the crossover/eq. HINT: check out the front of the new Sunfire Cinema Ribbons. He came to me on three different occasions & asked to hook up his tube amps to my system~what an honor! (It sounded FANTASTIC, BTW) Bob relentlessly signed everything we put in front of him; I'm certain he was suffering from carpal tunnel syndrome by the end of the week! A HUGE thanks out to him for putting up with a bunch of drooling goobs falling over ourselves at sight of him....he is really just a great person & made everyone feel completely as ease. Once we were over the euphoria of meeting him, it was as easy to talk to him as anyone else at the Fest. He was interested in everyone's systems & eagerly swallowed up details of how we did what & what we thought about things. If you asked him a question about his thoughts on how something might sound, he'd say "I don't know, let's TRY it!" I only HOPE I have his energy level & spark of life when I'm his age. James Sauter made an EXQUISITE plaque for Bob (see above) that we all signed with gold & silver pens. Bob was close to tears when James presented it to him. -The surroundings in the Great Smoky Mountains was fantabulous! Hot tubs on the deck, plenty of fresh air, things to do within a few miles, TONS to keep you busy in audio listening & discussion. Who could ask for more?!?

Beware bridging your amp for more power; that usually lowers the damping AND you can rarely drive less than 8 ohms on a bridged amp. Plus, sometimes they just don't sound good bridged. Only your ears can tell you for sure. The RF-83s are 250 watts Continuous & 800 MAX. They also supposedly have a dip down below 4 ohms at some frequencies, so if you DO choose to bridge, I'd be very judicious while testing....