Memories...

TheOneRod
TheOneRod Posts: 44
edited February 27 in Clubhouse Archives
Hi! New computer/old Polk owner here. Or somthing.

Does anybody remember the original Polk ads that ran in several magazines back in the pre-surround sound era? The ones with Mathew Polk standing next to this speaker cabinet taller than him and just about as wide as a VW microbus? I think he called it the Studio Reference Series.

Am I showing my age?
"Watch out for snakes!"
Tom Servo
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  • CHRIS
    CHRIS Posts: 454
    edited November 2001
    TOR
    Yeah with the white lab coat.
    Chris
    Chris :)
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  • TheOneRod
    TheOneRod Posts: 44
    edited November 2001
    Those were mind-blowing when I was a kid. I still talk about them. When I bought my CS400 and RT55's I know I was swayed by those old ads. Back then I also drooled all over a Dual CS5000 turntable with a Shure V-15 type V cart! I love digital audio, but vinyl is still cool.

    I finally bought a used Dual later, not that it gets much use.:p
    "Watch out for snakes!"
    Tom Servo
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  • sgtgto
    sgtgto Posts: 310
    edited November 2001
    Hi:

    I had a Dual 1009, turntable weighed a ton. I gave it to a lady friend some years back and she dropped it. Didn't work too well after that.

    Gary
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  • shelling
    shelling Posts: 4
    edited November 2001
    Guess what I stumbled on over the weekend...an old brochure/catalog circa 1985. I've attached a JPG of the picture I think you're talking about.
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  • TheOneRod
    TheOneRod Posts: 44
    edited November 2001
    Thats what I remember! Those suckers wern't cheap, either. Thanks so much for finding and sending that.:D
    "Watch out for snakes!"
    Tom Servo
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  • Aaron
    Aaron Posts: 1,853
    edited November 2001
    That's a beautiful thing! (the speakers, that is) Thanks for sharing, and welcome to the forum!

    Aaron
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  • Micah Cohen
    Micah Cohen Posts: 2,022
    edited November 2001
    Ah, I am so cynical, and yet... That advertising stuck in your head. What do you know?

    When I first came here, from ad agencies, I needed a little convincing to go for the Matt Polk as Speaker Specialist ad campaign we had going. But a combination of Paul's enthusiasm for it, and the fact that it was pretty unique and geared to our message, changed my mind. And understanding that the image of Matt and that lab coat is so wacky that it sticks in your mind even after all these years... Well, that's the NIKE/COKE/IBM/APPLE advertising award right there, isn't it?

    We have one of those giant speakers back in the hallway here. It's HUGE! And Matt doesn't wear lab coats anymore, unfortunately. Sometimes, he doesn't wear anything.

    :D

    MC
    ultramicah@yahoo.com

    "There's nothing funny about a clown in the moonlight." - Lon Chaney
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  • TroyD
    TroyD Posts: 13,077
    edited November 2001
    Doesn't Matt look like a younger Martin Landau ??

    Troy
    I plan for the future. - F1Nut
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  • CHRIS
    CHRIS Posts: 454
    edited November 2001
    I was thinking a taller version of Mr. Roggers! :)
    Chris
    Chris :)
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  • scottvamp
    scottvamp Posts: 3,277
    edited November 2001
    I was really really facinated by those huge monsters.
    **Polk trivia**
    What were they called?
    Were they actual production models?
    What was the price tag?
    and who owns these babies other than Mathew himself?
    Anyone
    Anyone
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  • TheOneRod
    TheOneRod Posts: 44
    edited November 2001
    If I look real hard I bet'cha I've got an old Audio magazine buyers guide around here somwhere. I never get rid of that stuff but I never seem to know where it is...

    :rolleyes:
    "Watch out for snakes!"
    Tom Servo
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