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Carver sonic holography

My wife was at a thrift store and found a Carver CT-seven preamp (she said she could tell it was good because it had handles :)in perfect condition for $20 dollars(I've never thought much of Carver equipment, even when i sold it 15 years ago) - I hooked it into my system (musical fidelity studio t amp, mac mini with behringer DAC) and all I can say is WOW! I'm not one usually for gimmics but when the sonic holography is on the sound stage is as wide as the room (20ft) and instruments are razor sharp in placement(I'm a big sound stage guy) what gives? - I've tried it with mg12's,AR m5's, Vandersteen 2ces and a pair of cheap Polk monitor 40's -the sound stage on all these speakers improves dramatically and I really dig the sound i'm hearing(on most songs) - has anyone else had this experience with the sonic holography?
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rlwainwright
1,904 posts
 
Heh, heh, we used to call it the Sonic Holocaust because of the devastation it wrought to the music. In all fairness, the effect is really quite cool, but the "sweet spot" is about 1 ft. wide. It's a great gimmick, but you'll find that listener fatigue sets in very quickly.

It will blow your friends' minds, though...

-RW-
jaybo
4,478 posts
 
bob carver was a 'know it all' who, for the most part, really did know it all.
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mitch4t
1,611 posts
 
I've had several Carver preamps....I still own three of them, C-16, CT-19 tube preamp and Sunfire Theater Grand pre-pro. For the money they are very good. I rarely listened to the sonic holography. It was cool gimmick, and when guests came over I played it just to mess with their heads. Nothing wrong with Carver stuff for the money you pay for it.
tarsando
578 posts
 
And what in what high end systems is the sweet spot any more than one foot wide? That's about par for the course.
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