SURPRISE ! SURPRISE ! SURPRISE !


So I'm the guy with the damaged Legacy Subwoofers remember? FedEx pouched a couple holes with their forks and got far enough into the boxes that it stabbed one of them in two different corners. I refused the entire shipment. We then had discussions on shipping company's here on the big A. The following day, I received a call from Legacy. It was their shipping manager Brice. He apologized for the issue and ask if I was going to be home Monday. This was Friday. I told him yes. The next sentence he spoke bout made me fall over. He tells me that himself and Bill Dudleston (The owner and a world renowned audio designer) was doing a seminar in Washington DC over the weekend. He tells me they were traveling Interstate 70,which runs right through the center of our town, on their way home to Springfield Ill. Monday morning. He asked if it would be ok if they stopped over to have a look at the speaker? He said Bill was a master woodworker in his younger years and if it was not too bad he would attempt to fix and repair. If not repairable they would just take it with them. Not knowing if I heard this right, I ask "So Bill himself is coming to my house?". That is correct. So they contacted Fed Ex and had the skid re-delivered to my house, I unbox the damaged one and put it on sawhorses and awaited my guest. Bill and Brice shows up on time, with a "kit" in hand. As we chatted, Bill worked on the speaker, sanding, spraying, tinting for over an hour. Brice and I unboxed the second undamaged sub, installed it on my system and EQ'ed the speaker into my existing speakers ( I have all Legacy Speakers. Fronts, Center, Surrounds, Backs, and now Subs along with their new IV series Amps). Eventually Bill comes in and tells us he is not happy with the result and their taking it back with him. But before heading back to Illinois he sat on the couch and he and Brice adjusted and re-adjusted to get the system sounding to their likings ... Of course I had my wife take a couple pictures of this process.. How's that for customer service guys ! ?          
nitrobob

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I would also like to add that when I was trying out the Bob Carver Amazing line Source speakers, I was not happy with the sound of them.
Bob Carver himself flew out to my house and listened to them. He stayed a couple of days. I just had shoulder surgery but took some pictures of myself with Bob. If anyone is interested I can post them on my systems page.

In the end, I was not happy with the speakers and now I see they are discontinued.

ozzy
Millercarbon,

Yes, I think your description is close enough. I really liked the Bob Carver mono blocks and I thought that his new speakers would be a good match.

Bob said he designed them to sound like a singer standing. I think he used too many resistors to control the image with so many speakers. It required way too much power. (The Carver amp VU needles were peaking constantly.)

We went out to dinner a few times and he talked about his earlier adventures. It was a real treat.

He looks to me that he is getting up there in age and probably won’t come out with much more new products.

I agree, Bob Carver has been a real creative genius.

ozzy
millercarbon,
If you do buy the Carver amps, mention ozzy sent you. Hopefully he will still remember me and show up at your house! You'll have to put him for the night and pay for his dinner. Of course you never know...

ozzy
That is correct, I had his latest greatest, although it turned out to be not so great.

I think Bob has now relinquished is company now to Frank, his former partner.

ozzy