Early Days Of Club Polk

flason
flason Posts: 278
edited April 2010 in The Clubhouse
Anyone remember the early days of CP when you had to have a model with serial number to gain access to the boards? Any way to retrieve that early info? I looked through my profile, but couldn't find a thing. I just bought a pair of SDA 1C's that I was planning to use for parts but I think these are the ones I sold years ago. Don't really want to bust them up now for nostalgia reasons.
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  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited April 2010
    Isn't that under support-my polk page?
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  • George Grand
    George Grand Posts: 12,258
    edited April 2010
    That was a very long time ago.
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  • flason
    flason Posts: 278
    edited April 2010
    My count may be low but looks like I signed up at the same time George did. I strayed to Klipsch and motorcycles but have returned.
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,987
    edited April 2010
    7.2001 was when the forum moved to it's current format. The 'Club' and guys like George were around LONG before that.

    Cheers,
    Russ
    Check your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service.
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  • Polk addict
    Polk addict Posts: 558
    edited April 2010
    I guess when the forum moved to the newer version, the join dates all became the same for older members... BTW, there is a page where Polk lists all the products that have been manufactured...

    http://www.polkaudio.com/search/older-models.php

    Edit: When I joined, I had to enter the model number of my AMR70's...
    Chiranth
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  • Toolfan66
    Toolfan66 Posts: 17,211
    edited April 2010
    Polk addict wrote: »
    BTW, there is a page where Polk lists all the products that have been manufactured...

    http://www.polkaudio.com/search/older-models.php

    ...

    Not all models are on that list, and it bothers me sometimes when I am looking for something.

    What sucks is I could have joined in 2000 when I got my RT55i's and a few other polk speakers but I didn't do it..
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  • TECHNOKID
    TECHNOKID Posts: 4,298
    edited April 2010
    Face wrote: »
    Isn't that under support-my polk page?
    Yes:

    Support, Register, email address + password should lead you to your gear (considering you originally registered your gear)

    Cheers!
    TK
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  • George Grand
    George Grand Posts: 12,258
    edited April 2010
    flason wrote: »
    My count may be low but looks like I signed up at the same time George did. I strayed to Klipsch and motorcycles but have returned.

    I logged in for the first time (after submitting my speaker serial #'s and being cleared in) in September '99. Flason, MY post count is low compared to some of the absolute blowhards we have here.
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  • flason
    flason Posts: 278
    edited April 2010
    TECHNOKID wrote: »
    Yes:

    Support, Register, email address + password should lead you to your gear (considering you originally registered your gear)

    Cheers!
    TK

    That registration was more of a warrantee issue. Back in "the day" to be a member of this forum you had to have a legit serial number just to post anything. I'm guessing I registered before the July 2001 that shows in my signature block. Oh well, not a biggie. The 1C's sound great and now I'm regretting the decision to snag the 6511's out for my 2.3's but it must be done.
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  • TroyD
    TroyD Posts: 13,077
    edited April 2010
    IIRC, didn't you take a beating on a Carver amp from Trigg..aka Wangotang68??

    Good to see you back..

    BDT
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  • flason
    flason Posts: 278
    edited April 2010
    Yep. That was me. But I still remember good folks like you, George and does anyone remember Tyrone Thompson. He sent me a pin\blade cable for next to nothing. The Scott Triggs on here are few and far between. Thank goodness!
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  • George Grand
    George Grand Posts: 12,258
    edited April 2010
    Wasn't Tyrone from the Baltimore area?
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  • shack
    shack Posts: 11,154
    edited April 2010
    I "thought" a serial number was required when I joined 8 years ago. Maybe it was asked for...but not an absolute requirement.
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  • polkatese
    polkatese Posts: 6,767
    edited April 2010
    SN was a required validation to create an account back then. I thought it is still a great idea to keep spammers away.
    I am sorry, I have no opinion on the matter. I am sure you do. So, don't mind me, I just want to talk audio and pie.
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  • flason
    flason Posts: 278
    edited April 2010
    George Grand wrote: »
    Wasn't Tyrone from the Baltimore area?

    I think so. He sold me an original IC for like $10 delivered. I had his e-mail to just a few years ago. I wonder what he's up to?
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  • madmax
    madmax Posts: 12,434
    edited April 2010
    You had to enter a number but at the time I thought you could enter anything and proceed.
    madmax
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited April 2010
    polkatese wrote: »
    I thought it is still a great idea to keep spammers away.

    It doesn't deter spam as much as you think it does AND even when you use the spam blocker add-ons available for vBulletin, they eventually get hacked.

    I've talked to Patrick about this extensively and since he actually runs this homepage, knows FAR more than any user on this board when it comes to THIS homepage, trending and what works and doesn't work....why don't we let him handle the web side.
    CTC BBQ Amplifier, Sonic Frontiers Line3 Pre-Amplifier and Wadia 581 SACD player. Speakers? Always changing but for now, Mission Argonauts I picked up for $50 bucks, mint.
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited April 2010
    i'm still a noob here :p
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  • polkatese
    polkatese Posts: 6,767
    edited April 2010
    dorokusai wrote: »
    It doesn't deter spam as much as you think it does AND even when you use the spam blocker add-ons available for vBulletin, they eventually get hacked.

    I've talked to Patrick about this extensively and since he actually runs this homepage, knows FAR more than any user on this board when it comes to THIS homepage, trending and what works and doesn't work....why don't we let him handle the web side.

    no problem Mark. Thanks for your response...
    I am sorry, I have no opinion on the matter. I am sure you do. So, don't mind me, I just want to talk audio and pie.
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  • MillerLiteScott
    MillerLiteScott Posts: 2,561
    edited April 2010
    I think I had to put in Serial numbers to join in 2006.

    Scott
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited April 2010
    I joined after speaker to a buddy of mine because I had just won and ebay auction on my 1.2TLs. We were talking about the SDA/SRSs I owned back in '84/'85 and he told me about Club Polk . I joined in July 2006 without having to put in a S/N. I picked up the speakers in August and received Raife 2nd edition compendium the same day.
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  • TECHNOKID
    TECHNOKID Posts: 4,298
    edited April 2010
    MillerLiteScott wrote: »
    I think I had to put in Serial numbers to join in 2006.

    Scott
    I was originally in the impression that you needed to register some legit Polk products in order to be able to use CP. The main reason I believed that was when I registered some products in 2007 I was electronically invited to joint the forum. I did not do so at the time but the same invitation occured when I registred some more products in 2008.

    If Polk really wanted, they could surely use that to limit CP to Polk owners. Doro also right to mention we should let Patrick rule Polk site. When thin king about it, having to deal with a few spamming problems is far from being that bad when you consider the exposure Polk gets through this site. When people are seriously shopping speaker by brands they'll often get Polk's CS inputs along with the advice of the gurus and other members of this board and who knows, that might make the difference between buying Polk versus other brands which may be just as good but doesn't provide this forum addition.

    This is good marketting for Polk. The extra steps forward done by Polk for their members is the main reason we agree that we are provided with outstanding customer service. As far as I am concerned, this has just as much weight as the quality of the product it self when it comes to my decision to make Polk my main speaker provider.

    Cheers!
    TK
    DARE TO SOAR:
    “Your attitude, almost always determine your altitude in life” ;)
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  • Ron-P
    Ron-P Posts: 8,516
    edited April 2010
    Early Days Of Club Polk
    ...were so much better!
    If...
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,470
    edited April 2010
    Back in "the day" to be a member of this forum you had to have a legit serial number just to post anything.

    Yep.
    ...were so much better!

    Double yep.
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    "A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."

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