Parrot Posted December 18, 2004 Author Share Posted December 18, 2004 Weren't you going to post pictures of your living room? "Nothing shows a man's character more than what he laughs at." - Goethe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edwinr Posted December 18, 2004 Share Posted December 18, 2004 ---------------- On 12/18/2004 8:30:01 PM Allan Songer wrote: ---------------- On 12/18/2004 8:25:51 AM scott0527 wrote: Paul, your decor has come a long way since early 80's! Thanks for the old pics. ---------------- "There is nothing more fearful than imagination without taste" --Goethe ---------------- "Or malice without aforethought..." -Edwin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edwinr Posted December 18, 2004 Share Posted December 18, 2004 Hey, Allan. No offence intended, buddy. Just a little bit of friendly fun. I'm sure you'll come up with a suitable witty response. Kind regards, Edwin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrot Posted December 18, 2004 Author Share Posted December 18, 2004 I can't remember if that floor was stick-down squares of linoleum or imported 18th century French marble. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lynnm Posted December 18, 2004 Share Posted December 18, 2004 Check with your pharmacist. If his records indicate a lot of muscle relaxants and painkillers it was the marble. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jt1stcav Posted December 19, 2004 Share Posted December 19, 2004 I bought my very first CD player in '84 when Carver introduced its first-generation player, the DTL-100 (also known as the "Carver Compact Disc Player"). It had a "Digital Time Lens" feature that was supposed to make the first-generation CDs sound less harsh and more warm like analog...it added more ambience than I cared for, so I bypassed this feature the majority of the time. It too, was very solid in its day, and sounded very good for a 16-bit machine. Unfortunantly, it developed transport tracking failure about 10 years down the road and eventually got donated to Goodwill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrot Posted December 19, 2004 Author Share Posted December 19, 2004 Jim, I remember hearing that name, Digital Times Lens. I never knew what it was supposed to do. Could you adjust the ambience setting? Did it add a trace of echo, is that it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jt1stcav Posted December 19, 2004 Share Posted December 19, 2004 No, Paul...it wasn't adjustable. It was either on or off. As I recall, it didn't add any echo effect, but when depressed the overall tone did get wider (and also muddier to my ears). On some really screechy harsh 1st-gen digital (DDD) CDs, the DTL did help reduce this distortion and smoothed out the tonal qualities of said CDs...on others it just made the sound thicker and more spacial (wider). Overall, it was just another digital processor that to me just changed the overall characteristics of the original recording to an unrealistic soundscape. I never cared much for DSP and equalization...if done properly with poor recordings I'm sure they serve their purpose. But for me they just aren't worth it, especially with excellent recordings that need no tonal manipulation (just like Carver's patented Sonic Holography; a nice feature to be sure, but if missused can really mess up the sound to artificial levels IMO). Different strokes for different folks...guess that's why ol' Bob Carver added bypass buttons on all his processors (you can't please everyone, but it provided a means to experiment). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrot Posted December 19, 2004 Author Share Posted December 19, 2004 I remember sitting in on a Carver sales rep's demo at a dealer's showroom for a Sonic Holography unit. None of us really cared for it, but boy was that salesman enthusiastic, and the dealer seemed to like it. I talked to the dealer after the rep left and he said that actually he had zero interest in the Sonic Holography, and was just humoring the rep because he was interested in carrying the tiny little 400W cube amp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jt1stcav Posted December 19, 2004 Share Posted December 19, 2004 Actually, 201 WPC @ 8 ohms, 300 WPC @ 4 ohms, and 500 watts total in bridged mono... But I knew what you meant, Paul! I owned three of these lil' cubes over the years, and with my JBL and Magnepans, weren't bad amps considering their Magnetic Field circuitry weren't exactly what Bob had intended (his latest Sunfire amps are the nutz, though...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kev313 Posted December 19, 2004 Share Posted December 19, 2004 "We know accurately only when we know little. With knowledge, doubt increases." -Goethe Sorry, I wanted to play too! How about... "The public wishes itself to be managed like a woman; one must say nothing to it except what it likes to hear." -Goethe That one sume this place up most of the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edwinr Posted December 20, 2004 Share Posted December 20, 2004 ---------------- On 12/19/2004 11:36:02 AM kev313 wrote: "We know accurately only when we know little. With knowledge, doubt increases." ---------------- This quote would only pertain to those with humility. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belastos Posted January 4, 2005 Share Posted January 4, 2005 Hi, I can see that you own a CD12 combo from Marantz that you may not use. Are you interested in selling it ? Thanks to let me know... Regards. Belastos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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