be careful what you buy... polk audio

jaster
jaster Posts: 8
edited May 2003 in Speakers
http://www.hesterinc.com/polkaudio
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  • dcarlson
    dcarlson Posts: 1,740
    edited May 2003
    What????
    SDA-2a, Anthem Pre-2L, Anthem Amp 1, MF A324 DAC, Rotel RCD1070

    Senn HD650 Cardas, Mapletree Audio Ear+ HD2, Kimber KS1030, Bel Canto DAC2, M-Audio Transit, Laptop.
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  • dlew308
    dlew308 Posts: 530
    edited May 2003
    Useless bashing

    That link lacks a lot of info....
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  • GuitarheadCA
    GuitarheadCA Posts: 400
    edited May 2003
    It's far too Vaugue to be a powerful argument
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  • dcarlson
    dcarlson Posts: 1,740
    edited May 2003
    It's far too Vaugue to be a powerful argument

    I'd say. What's he doing?

    R16, is the warranty still valid on those?
    SDA-2a, Anthem Pre-2L, Anthem Amp 1, MF A324 DAC, Rotel RCD1070

    Senn HD650 Cardas, Mapletree Audio Ear+ HD2, Kimber KS1030, Bel Canto DAC2, M-Audio Transit, Laptop.
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  • dcarlson
    dcarlson Posts: 1,740
    edited May 2003
    It's far too Vaugue to be a powerful argument

    I'd say. What's he doing?

    R16, is the warranty still valid on those?
    SDA-2a, Anthem Pre-2L, Anthem Amp 1, MF A324 DAC, Rotel RCD1070

    Senn HD650 Cardas, Mapletree Audio Ear+ HD2, Kimber KS1030, Bel Canto DAC2, M-Audio Transit, Laptop.
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  • jrausch
    jrausch Posts: 510
    edited May 2003
    Never had his problems, ever. He must over driven them. He did not specify which Denon he was using. All I can say is distortion kills. If he thinks Denon is the end all, beat all then he can just keep blowing his **** up. Perhaps Bose has something he can use. :rolleyes:
    "The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it."
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  • gidrah
    gidrah Posts: 3,049
    edited May 2003
    Maybe he just needs to stop poking his thumb where it doesn't belong.
    Make it Funky! :)
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,647
    edited May 2003
    Here is the original thread he wrote in, http://clubpolk.polkaudio.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=9429

    jaster,

    So, did you send them into Polk? If so, what did they say? If not, why not?

    Just some friendly advice, your Polk bashing post isn't going to get you very far in here, so knock it off.

    F1
    Political Correctness'.........defined

    "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."

    President of Club Polk

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  • TroyD
    TroyD Posts: 13,077
    edited May 2003
    Hmmmm....looks to me like a pattern of abuse. Plain and simple.

    If it were one speaker, I'd be inclined to think that maybe he got a bad unit but three with the same problem?



    BDT
    I plan for the future. - F1Nut
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  • mantis
    mantis Posts: 17,200
    edited May 2003
    I also think this is about Abuse.Polk speakers in general are built pretty good.I have owned many pairs and only had one problem.

    When I owned the rt1000p's.The one Subwofer rattled.It really pissed me off as I bought them in New Jersey at the Whiz.It was a 35 min drive 1 way.Not to mention repacking up the speaker and carrring it to the car sucks.

    The Whiz wanted both speakers back and gave me another brand new set.They wanted to make sure that the other one wasn't going to do the same thing.I felt they did a really good job taking care of me.

    Most people have beef with certian products.You can't avoid that.Once you had a bad experience with a product,you really don't want another one.It happens.......

    Now Boston Acoustic's.......They are broken more then any other speaker I have ever seen.We get alot of bad ones.Some people get upset and some just replace it with no worries about the new one.
    Dan
    My personal quest is to save to world of bad audio, one thread at a time.
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  • STUFFMD
    STUFFMD Posts: 381
    edited May 2003
    Yeah that's just abuse, maybe somthing wrong with his setup...anyway that's a lot of crap for someone with salt and pepper shakers in his entertainment room.....
    Stuff
    Your system is only as good as your weakest component...!

    OnkyoTX-DS 797
    NAD C270/ Mains
    Mains: LSI9's
    Center: Cs400i /Biwired
    Rear: Fx300i
    Rear Center:CS 245i
    Dvd: Onkyo DVS 555
    Vision RCA 36" Premiere Series
    Bang & Olfsen RX Turntable
    Psw 350 Front/Psw 202 rear
    Kimber Cable 4TC Mains HF
    Monster Originals/Center
    Kimber Interconnects
    Monster XP Everywhere else
    PS2/Gamecube
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited May 2003
    Noob Owner.
    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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  • avelanchefan
    avelanchefan Posts: 2,401
    edited May 2003
    Its probably Wangtango:rolleyes:
    Sean
    XboxLive--->avelanchefan
    PSN---->Floppa
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  • hotwheelman
    hotwheelman Posts: 1,300
    edited May 2003
    You know that is funny to me that I have never had a polk speaker to do that to me, And if that were the case why has nobody else on this forum ever reported the same problem.......hmmm? Abuse.......I think yes.
    "Its worked so far but we're not out yet."
    "Hey big man let me hold a dollar"
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  • jkratzer
    jkratzer Posts: 148
    edited May 2003
    Originally posted by ATCVenom
    IOf course, I simply cannot avoid stating that the first error in his system, is the reciever. When will people ever learn? :p

    Don't blame Denon. Denon is a great receiver. I've been using a Denon 3803 with my RTi's without any problems for the past 6 months. However, I never listen to movies anywhere near reference level.
    My 7.1 setup consists of:
    Denon 3803
    Panasonic DVD
    RTi70s front
    CSi40 front center
    RTi28s side surround
    FXi30s back surround
    PSW202 Subwoofer - Hey, it's my first sub!
    RCA 46" 4:3 RPTV
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  • brettw22
    brettw22 Posts: 7,624
    edited May 2003
    Originally posted by ATCVenom
    Once again, my apologies, I have.....no control :)
    Jaster, since you have no need for your Rt16 towers, wanna sell them to me for $20?
    comment comment comment comment. bitchy.
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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 28,743
    edited May 2003
    My Polk's have survived a year with me, that proves something. Ask my subwoofer! How in the eff did you dislocate all the spiders on all your speakers? lol! ATC, i agree, I am not to fond of Denon either! Etchy highs, dirty mids, boomy lows. This is IMO of course....nothing else! You know he is probally forgetting to mention his 1 hour daily 120 DB listening periods!
    - Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit.
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  • fireshoes
    fireshoes Posts: 3,167
    edited May 2003
    Seriously dude, if you didn't do something abnormal to your speakers, I'd be very surprised. If Polk was as bad as you think, we'd see people people in here all the time ripping them. The fact is that happens very rarely.
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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 28,743
    edited May 2003
    he must be a bose fan..........................
    - Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit.
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  • faster100
    faster100 Posts: 6,124
    edited May 2003
    Horse ****!! By the looks of the 80's watch bracelet:) he bought his speakers back then also and beat the snot out of them.. Polks are great and he is a sour puss!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!




    as they say in france on memorial day weekend, say la V LOL
    MY HT RIG:
    Sherwood p-965
    Sherwood sd871 dvd
    Rotel 1075 amp x5
    LSI15 mains
    LsiC center
    LSIfx surround backs
    Lsi7 side surrounds
    SVS pb12/plus2

    2 Channel Rig:

    nad 1020 Pre-amp
    Rotel 1080 stereo amp
    Polk sda 2B
    kenwood grunt Tuner
    realistic lab 450 TT
    Signal cable IC
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  • STUFFMD
    STUFFMD Posts: 381
    edited May 2003
    Hey man he's just a Danzig wanna be.......
    Your system is only as good as your weakest component...!

    OnkyoTX-DS 797
    NAD C270/ Mains
    Mains: LSI9's
    Center: Cs400i /Biwired
    Rear: Fx300i
    Rear Center:CS 245i
    Dvd: Onkyo DVS 555
    Vision RCA 36" Premiere Series
    Bang & Olfsen RX Turntable
    Psw 350 Front/Psw 202 rear
    Kimber Cable 4TC Mains HF
    Monster Originals/Center
    Kimber Interconnects
    Monster XP Everywhere else
    PS2/Gamecube
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  • jkratzer
    jkratzer Posts: 148
    edited May 2003
    Originally posted by ATCVenom
    Hey bud,

    ...Once again, my apologies, I have.....no control :)

    Apology accepted Venom.

    I agree that this guy must have abused his Polks. I'm still using a pair of Polk M3's ( late 80's model ) and they still run strong today under heavy use. I did have a Polk CS101 center that started buzzing after 5 years but it was a cheap center.

    From one of jaster's previous posts, he says that he is just outside of his 5 year warranty.

    http://clubpolk.polkaudio.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&postid=90170#post90170


    For me it will be Polk forever ( or until I win the lottery and can afford really high-end speakers ).
    My 7.1 setup consists of:
    Denon 3803
    Panasonic DVD
    RTi70s front
    CSi40 front center
    RTi28s side surround
    FXi30s back surround
    PSW202 Subwoofer - Hey, it's my first sub!
    RCA 46" 4:3 RPTV
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  • Demiurge
    Demiurge Posts: 10,874
    edited May 2003
    Jaster....

    I think you should be pissed at your interior designer, not Polk.
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  • mantis
    mantis Posts: 17,200
    edited May 2003
    jkratzer
    Let me just smash Brett's offer of 20.00 and go 100.00.I have always liked the rt16's,if you have no use for a pair,then lets talk about them.;)
    Dan
    My personal quest is to save to world of bad audio, one thread at a time.
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  • brettw22
    brettw22 Posts: 7,624
    edited May 2003
    Originally posted by mantis
    jkratzer
    Let me just smash Brett's offer of 20.00 and go 100.00.I have always liked the rt16's,if you have no use for a pair,then lets talk about them.;)
    Dan.....I'm hurt... ;) The bottom line is that the guy fried 4 drivers, and if all 4 are dead, I'd have to automatically wonder about the tweets as well. At $76 per driver (Club Polk Disctount), you're lookin at over $300 just to replace drivers, let alone whatever condition the tweets and cabinet......
    comment comment comment comment. bitchy.
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  • mantis
    mantis Posts: 17,200
    edited May 2003
    But Brett,
    don't you already own like 2 pairs????Greedy ****.....;)

    I didn't catch the blown driver thing........I'm offer would be modified,where did you get that info?

    Sorry Bro,I would love to own a pair on general principle......I wanted them and didn't get em......I had to settle for the newer model in the rt1000p's then...
    Dan
    Dan
    My personal quest is to save to world of bad audio, one thread at a time.
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  • Dr. Spec
    Dr. Spec Posts: 3,780
    edited May 2003
    jkratzer:

    ATC's dislike for Denon is well known and long seated. It's almost tongue in cheek at this point, and his long and torturous journey to better sound has been frought with much peril, throwing good money after bad, and self doubt.

    So don't feel the need to defend Denon when ATC bashes their products - it's just one of those quirky and beloved forum idiosyncrasies that makes Club Polk better than all the rest.

    When you see ATC and Denon in the same thread, just smile, get ready for some good natured bashing, and don't take it too seriously. We all know the real problem lies in his head, and not in Denon's fine products, so just humor him and play along with it. ;)

    Doc
    "What we do in life echoes in eternity"

    Ed Mullen (emullen@svsound.com)
    Director - Technology and Customer Service
    SVS
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  • jkratzer
    jkratzer Posts: 148
    edited May 2003
    Originally posted by mantis
    jkratzer
    Let me just smash Brett's offer of 20.00 and go 100.00.I have always liked the rt16's,if you have no use for a pair,then lets talk about them.;)

    mantis,

    Don't you mean jaster? ;)
    My 7.1 setup consists of:
    Denon 3803
    Panasonic DVD
    RTi70s front
    CSi40 front center
    RTi28s side surround
    FXi30s back surround
    PSW202 Subwoofer - Hey, it's my first sub!
    RCA 46" 4:3 RPTV
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  • Dr. Spec
    Dr. Spec Posts: 3,780
    edited May 2003
    Baby steps, my friend....baby steps. :D

    Doc
    "What we do in life echoes in eternity"

    Ed Mullen (emullen@svsound.com)
    Director - Technology and Customer Service
    SVS
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  • jkratzer
    jkratzer Posts: 148
    edited May 2003
    Originally posted by ATCVenom
    *sighs*

    That being said, I will state with great reluctance.....that Denon's cd players are go..... hmm, are go....... are goo...... damn, are goo....d...

    There, I said it! Happy now! ? Sheesh

    Sean

    hmmm...The dark side I sense in you.

    yoda.gif
    My 7.1 setup consists of:
    Denon 3803
    Panasonic DVD
    RTi70s front
    CSi40 front center
    RTi28s side surround
    FXi30s back surround
    PSW202 Subwoofer - Hey, it's my first sub!
    RCA 46" 4:3 RPTV
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