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  1. Thanks much, and like I said don’t worry about rushing to ship it out-do so at your leisure and you can ship it snail speed if it saves $$$. I’ve got a ton of equipment that I haven’t been able to play with yet so I’m in no hurry at all. 

    -Rooster

  2. Glad you got her sold, sorry I missed out-been so busy sometimes I don’t get to check my pm’s fast enough-and like I said I wanted to give others a chance as well. Hope you got your asking price or at least close enough as it was quite fair. Did they take the extra tubes as well? Also if they hit you back up and say it wasn’t quite what they were looking for tell em to hit me up as i’ve closed out most all of my other things in the works and I’m ready now. 

    Thanks again! 

    Rooster

  3. 48 minutes ago, Shakeydeal said:

    I understand completely.  BTW, I have owned two Modulus 3a preamps, it’s a fine piece to be sure.

     

    The Carver beat out two other amps in my system, a Decware Torii II and VTL ST-150. You can change the sound of the Carver by varying the bias. You can make it sound more or less tubey, or Goldilocks “just right”, is how I would describe it. I’ve had it for about 8 months.

     

    Shakey

    Right on! Guys move quick..., the clock is ticking...

    -Rooster

  4. 3 hours ago, Shakeydeal said:

    You would not be disappointed if you decide to buy. This is a helluva an amp.

     

     

     

    I’m sure I wouldn’t be. I know I wanna try one out- I’ve always liked Bob’s designs. I just gotta wrap up a couple of other commitments (going to pick up another set of cf-4’s in the morning) wrapping up the Accuphase equipment Monday. Still haven’t had time to play with anything i’ve gotten in the past few weeks. Got an AI modulus 3 delivered today, got the ps audio s300 earlier this week (yesterday maybe the day b4 can’t remember) everything is running together this week. Trying to get a bunch of tubes from another forum member as well. Thought I was gonna have most of the week off, but that changed real quick. Got serious supply chain issues at the shop and i’ve been doing everything I can to source products. Corona and the shutdowns are gonna have serious effects on the economy for quite some time. Just as we’re getting back in full swing we’re running out of everything. It’s been rough. Nonetheless I am interested in the Carver Crimson- just gotta wrap up some other commitments and make some room. Figured i’d give others a chance to scoop it first. I want one, but could live w/out for the time being. It looks sweet. How long have you had it? What are your thoughts on the sound? 

    -Rooster

    p. s. If it does last the weekend I’ll be scooping the extra tubes as well. 

  5. I’m mulling it over, been seriously interested in one of these. Got to wrap up a couple of purchases here on the forum and elsewhere. Fair warning to everyone- if y’all don’t jump on this by the end of this weekend I probably will. 

    -Rooster

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  6. Ok guys, I am finally getting a free moment to update everyone. 

    Firstly: I can’t begin, and don’t have the words to express how grateful I am to @314carpenter for working out getting me these babies. Thank you thank you thank you. 

    Secondly: Yes they were delivered to my living room in Bossier City, LA all the way from the Great State of Wisconson. I’m still in awe. Thank you thank you thank you. 

    Thirdly: As for what was advertised the headline got it mostly right- they are in PERFECT condition. And they were transported with the utmost care to keep them that way. The only thing it left out was that I feel that they are the most beautiful pair in existence.  Thank you thank you thank you

    and lastly for now: They are better than the pics posted- I still can’t quite believe it- kinda surreal. @314carpenter is one of my favorite human beings in existence right now. I look forward to seeing more of his work on my legends here in the near future. Hope you avoided most of the weather on your way to Florida brother. Look forward to talking to you soon. Stay safe!

    Guys I’ll be posting pics soon in the lounge. 

    Thanks, 

    Rooster

     

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  7. Thanks again! You didn’t have to rush to ship- like I said you coulda waited till after the weekend. Now it’s looking  like it’s gonna sit for a minute anyhow. ☹️ I found out that my carver amp blew the mid/bass drivers on my left proac response 3.8. Gotta track it down to the drivers or the crossover components. Those scan speak drivers are mucho expensivo so I hope they are gonna be ok. 

    -Rooster

  8. Kk, so checking out the pics of the p300 it does have an iec connector. Was that what you were using these for? I was thinking of picking up some synergistic research cables, or transparent. How do these compare (if you’ve tried those)? 

  9. Being that I love to spend excessive amounts on power cables for some reason I got a couple of questions. 

    What equipment were you using this on/what are they best suited for? (I.e. source components & pre-amps, digital, power, etc.) 

    what characteristics did you most like about these cables? 

    Have you tried any series of shunyata, synergistic research, transparent, or nordost? If so how do these compare? 

    What brand are the upgrade iec’s? 

    These are the standard silver series correct (or perhaps digital series? ) 

    Do the Accuphase have iec connectors or are they stock cables? 

    (Prolly just gonna pick these up anyway just wondering)

    Thanks!

    -Rooster

  10. I just looked up the thorns and the 2qute, both are a 12 volt dc. I’ve been wanting to try out an external linear power supply for a bit now. I was looking into mcru, but hadn’t yet pulled the trigger. I could definitely use this and the 2 outputs grants a lot of versatility. If you’re down i’ll PayPal you for this and you can just hold it to ship with the Accuphase. Would love the chord tt2 and scaler, but that’s deeper waters than I’m gonna be getting into at this time. Just picked up a 2cute and it’s gonna have to do for now. 

    -Rooster

  11. On 6/1/2020 at 7:19 AM, jimjimbo said:

    I can go take a look at these if anyone is interested.  15 minutes from my house.

    I’d be in around 700ish but these bad boys would prolly be pretty expensive to ship i’m thinking. Anyone ship forte’s halfway across the country? What’s that shipping looking like? 

  12. Thanks joe, 

    yeah the times being hard are why my tech is letting his go. I thought I was gonna be picking them up this week, but could see in his eyes he really wasn’t ready to say farewell just yet (and the fact that he’s done thousands $$$ in service and sales to me in the last month are making it a lil easier on him. I told him the money is there at his asking price whenever he’s ready or in need. I think he wanted to have one last dance with them though, so I didn’t push it. I’m pretty sure i’ll be picking them up on my next trip out in a couple of weeks. I can say there’s nothing quite like the 30’s. They definitely perform better than any other piece of kit at 30wpc that I’ve ever heard. Incredible current. Slamming bass for tube gear and a great midrange that reminds me of live shows, without too much sizzle on the top end. One of mac’s best amps ever IMHO. 

    -Rooster

  13. Damn, you guys have a lot of gear on the market up there- and as far as pricing i’ve found waiving stacks of cash in front of people’s eyes and then putting it back in your pocket and saying thanks for your time as you make your way to your vehicle has a way of making inflated prices come down to earth. I don’t kick tires and I pick up 95% of the gear I go check out- but i’ll walk if someone doesn’t take an extremely fair all cash in hand offer. 

    -Rooster

  14. Yes did you get this??? What’s the status??? Hope you guys did. That 1050 is awesome. If needed I have a tech close that can do a recap. He rebuilt a Kenny kr-9600 for me and is gonna do a pioneer sx-1010 complete audio path and output re-cap. Boy I hope you guys snagged this- and if you’re needing some help getting it up to spec or want to flip it gimme a holla. 

    -Rooster

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