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Modification of Carver Amazing Platinums... Help


I recently purchased what I believe to be the BEST bang for the buck, the Amazing Platinums. MINT condition piano gloss for only $800!!

Anyway, I was extremely disappointed to find that not only are they not bi-wirable, but the binding posts were outfitted with crappy plastic lugs. I want to vertically bi-amp these speakers with an Aragon 4004 mkII on the subs and a Music Reference RM-9 on the ribbons.

Can anyone with experience please explain to me what needs to be done to accomplish this, or point me in the right direction for modification instuctions?

I've posted this question to the Planar Asylum and done extensive searches on the net (with what little time I have) to no avail.

Thanks in advance to anyone that can help me!!!
marchman
sean
6,231 posts
 
Your best bet would be to contact Sunfire and ask for Carver technical assistance. They may be able to forward you a copy of the schematic or point you to someone that can. From there, it should be relatively easy to seperate the two sections of the speaker once you can see exactly what is going on. Sean
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marchman OP
45 posts
 
Thank you, Sean.

If you have a minute, would you please give me your opinion based on this schematic I dug up?

http://www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/8231/mag/bass2.html

I value the opinions you make here and I could feed them to a buddy of mine who I know can do the work.

Thanks for taking the time to respond.

Regards,
MG
questforsound
126 posts
 
hi

check out ---http://www.carveraudio.com/Default2.htm
good listening
stephen
Quest For Sound
mar4004
3 posts
 
I found a solution that took the AL-III's from excellent to awesome! Audio Extreme "AudioXtrem@aol.com" (owner Rudi Blianca a well respected ribbon expert on the Speaker Builder DIY news Group)makes an active crossover that eliminates the power hungry passive crossover in the Carvers. It requires bi-amping the Carvers. The difference was quantum. With this crossover and a bi-amp configuration efficincy is advertised as at least 3 dB better. I think it was closer to 6 dB!! My amp now runs cool with little fan actuation. The bass is much much better (tighter amd more Found this on www.audioreview.com regarding the carver amazing III -perhaps this person has a crossover for the platinums- hope it helps.

mar4004
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