Carver Amazing Line Source Speakers

Ozzy I've been living with the ALS for 9 months now.  It's better than my $40k Raidho speakers.  However, speaker placement and room acoustics in addition to amplification plays a critical role in how they sound.  Most past shows demonstrating these speakers were got mixed reviews but the last AXPONA show they sounded decent.  Imho, I've haven't heard a better overall speaker regardless of price. 

dracule1,

I will be using the new Carver Raven 350 amps. My room is 17x25 with nearly 8 foot high ceilings.  I have right now ASC tubes traps in the corners and ASC panels on the walls. I'm also using the Synergistic Research HFT's.
Any special advise about speaker placement would be appreciated.


ozzy

Ozzy,
Your speakers are probably sitting at the nearest R&L place. They are waiting for other things to be delivered near you. I had this happen many years ago. I ordered two Larger VMPS subs and they sat there 15 miles from my home. The carrier told me they didn't know when they would get them to me. I asked if I could pick them up and they were very happy to have that happen. A friend and I got them in a truck the next day. Now I'm not saying you should go get them, but find out where they are. Chances are they are close.

koestner,

Thanks I’m sure your right, saving money over customer service. Poor combo.

I just hate all the lying. Depending upon who you talk to the story changes. The tracking info on their site no longer shows any movement since last Friday stating they arrived at the destination terminal. Today, I was told the tracking is incorrect and that they just received them at the destination terminal today. (Even though their tracking site shows received at destination site last Friday)
I just hope they haven’t been damaged and they are trying to deceive me.

So, I don’t really know where they are or when I will receive them. All I know is if I have a choice in the future I will not use R&L carriers.

ozzy

Ozzy, your room dimensions are similar to mine, but I have 10 foot ceiling.  However, Bob designed the ALS to work with 8 foot ceiling so that it may be of benefit to you.  Good to see you have the four corners of the room treated.  I've found placing absorption panels in front of and slightly behind the speakers along the side walls (to absorb some of the sound from the side firing drivers) to be beneficial reducing some of the huge amount of spacial cues these speakers can generate. It focuses and gives more solidity to the images, especially vocals.  Also having absorption panel in the center of your front wall behind the speakers will improve image focus and solidity.  But you'll have to experiment. My room is a combination of aborption and diffusion panels.  Also placing the speakers out into the room as much as you can, really helps the sound stage.  I have mine out about 10 feet into the room and 3 feet away from the side walls.

Obviously, the Ravens are a great match for the ALS.