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  • George Grand
    George Grand Posts: 12,258
    edited September 2011
    Polkersince85 wrote: »
    I'm beginning to think something is wrong with this situation.

    They don't call him Lightning for nothing.
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  • maximillian
    maximillian Posts: 2,144
    edited September 2011
    dcmartinpc wrote: »
    I meant back in Connecticut!!! My medication still has me a little loopy! I texted and forth with his mom earlier today and she said he is back in Connectiut and is "whipped" Anyways, one night is plenty to recover from "whipped" so I expect to hear from Ben tomorrow. Anything less is unacceptable, to pile on with the rest of the unacceptable....

    Don

    Is he responding to emails at his Yahoo account? I sent him an email last night but wonder if he will even read it.
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  • JimAckley
    JimAckley Posts: 1,138
    edited September 2011
    BeefJerky wrote: »
    I'm up for a road trip, I'll bring the food and drinks!

    Done! Brung your iPod and/or CDs and we'll rock out the whole way there.
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  • Drenis
    Drenis Posts: 2,871
    edited September 2011
    JimAckley wrote: »
    Done! Bring your Zune and/or CDs and we'll rock out the whole way there.

    Fixed! :tongue:
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  • JimAckley
    JimAckley Posts: 1,138
    edited September 2011
    Hahaha
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    Pioneer SC-37, Overnight Sensations, Samsung 52" LCD

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  • BeefJerky
    BeefJerky Posts: 1,320
    edited September 2011
    JimAckley wrote: »
    Done! Brung your iPod and/or CDs and we'll rock out the whole way there.
    Drenis wrote: »
    Fixed! :tongue:
    I own and iPod, not a Zune since my Kenwood head unit can't control one. I can, however, offer to play music from my Droid Charge as an alternative.
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  • dcmartinpc
    dcmartinpc Posts: 844
    edited September 2011
    I just got an email from Ben. He said he shipped out the upgrade parts to my crossovers, but didn't list anything else. I have responded asking for some clarification.

    Don
    Living Room: Adcom GFP-750 (Upgraded), Squeezebox Touch, Oppo BDP-83, Pioneer DV-79AVi, Parasound HCA-3500 (Upgraded), SDA SRS 2 P/B (Gimpod, Sonicaps, & Mills)

    Theater: Denon 4311ci, Oppo BDP-93, Parasound HCA-2205+HCA-2200II, Polk LSi9, LSiC, LSiFX, LSi7, Custom 18" TC Sounds sub with 2 18" PR, Sharp XV-Z12000, Pioneer Kuro KRP-500M (isf Enabled)

    Bedroom: HK AVR354, Pioneer DV-47a, Parasound HCA-1500a, Polk LSi9
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  • brgman
    brgman Posts: 2,859
    edited September 2011
    Man i hope that's true brother.Good luck!
    Main Rig-Realistic AM/FM Record player 8 track boasting 4 WPC

    Backup Rig-2 CH-Rogue Audio Zeus w/Factory Special Dark Mods,Joule-Electra 300ME Platinum Preamp,OPPO-105 w/Modwright Tube Mod, Auralic Aries G2.1,Polk 2.3TL,3.1TL's,Dreadnought,RTA-15TL's,1C's All Fully Modded,2xRTA-12c's ,Benchmark DAC3 HGC,Synology NAS,VPI Scout w/Dynavector DV-20XH and Rogue Audio Ares Phono Preamp,Sony PCM-R500 DAT,HHB-850 Pro CDR,Tascam CC-222SLMKII Cassette/CDR,MIT S3.3 Shotgun Cables,Shunyata Hyra-8,Shunyata and Triode Labs Power Cords

    I’M OFFENDED!!!!
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  • polrbehr
    polrbehr Posts: 2,830
    edited September 2011
    Seems like a step or two in the right direction... communication is always key.

    Good luck to all concerned.
    So, are you willing to put forth a little effort or are you happy sitting in your skeptical poo pile?


    http://audiomilitia.proboards.com/
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  • JimAckley
    JimAckley Posts: 1,138
    edited September 2011
    dcmartinpc wrote: »
    I just got an email from Ben. He said he shipped out the upgrade parts to my crossovers, but didn't list anything else. I have responded asking for some clarification.

    Don

    How dare you get this thread back on topic?! :tongue:

    Glad to hear you're finally getting through to him :smile:
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  • maximillian
    maximillian Posts: 2,144
    edited September 2011
    He wrote me back too - but I had only written him yesterday. BTW, being in CT he said he was without power for a while. I can definitely understand that problem since I was without power for 2.5 days, and CT got hit harder. I think there are still people without power there.

    Anyway, he said he wanted to talk to me so we'll see if he calls. I did offer to help ship things back to people if he needed the help. Not preferable for me to get involved, but if it gets people there stuff quicker then maybe that's a good thing.
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  • maximillian
    maximillian Posts: 2,144
    edited September 2011
    Just got off the phone with him. He got power back last night. No Internet until then either. Same thing happened to me. Even with a generator I had to Internet access.

    Due to the haste in his move things were thrown into boxes without rhyme or reason. So he has to go through everything to find people's things. He said he would ship my recent tweeter purchase in a couple days.

    I encouraged him to post on here. Basically his lack of presence has resulted in too much speculation. He said he'll post when he gets a chance to.

    For anyone wondering where their stuff is - either write him at his Yahoo email or call him on his cell number (posted in another thread).
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  • ben62670
    ben62670 Posts: 15,969
    edited September 2011
    Hey Polkies. This is Ben posting as Ben. To the few that felt I was dodging people I gave out a number to relay messages to me. I was not dodging anybody. I will not sing a sad country and western song, but my lips are above water now. I had help from a a few friends that didn't know a speaker from a shower curtain, but I was so very great full to have them. I am shipping a few things out today, and will continue to get things out ASAP. Most of all thanks to the Polkies that were supportive through this.
    Ben
    Please. Please contact me a ben62670 @ yahoo.com. Make sure to include who you are, and you are from Polk so I don't delete your email. Also I am now physically unable to work on any projects. If you need help let these guys know. There are many people who will help if you let them know where you are.
    Thanks
    Ben
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  • Ricardo
    Ricardo Posts: 10,636
    edited September 2011
    ben62670 wrote: »
    Most of all thanks to the Polkies that were supportive through this.

    You're welcome.
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  • Drenis
    Drenis Posts: 2,871
    edited September 2011
    BeefJerky wrote: »
    I own and iPod, not a Zune since my Kenwood head unit can't control one. I can, however, offer to play music from my Droid Charge as an alternative.

    You might be excited to hear (I know I was) that Kenwood does make a HU that controls Zune's.

    http://www.kenwoodusa.com/UserFiles/Media/Common/2011-KIV/us/index.html#oth

    The KIV-701 or KIV-901BT are Zune compatible. I plan on picking up one of these when I finish the build on my car.
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited September 2011
    Hey Polkies. This is Ben posting as Ben. To the few that felt I was dodging people I gave out a number to relay messages to me. I was not dodging anybody. I will not sing a sad country and western song, but my lips are above water now. I had help from a a few friends that didn't know a speaker from a shower curtain, but I was so very great full to have them. I am shipping a few things out today, and will continue to get things out ASAP. Most of all thanks to the Polkies that were supportive through this.
    Ben

    If you need help shipping items back to members, contact me offline and I'll send you labels to slap on them for FREE. I'll cover all costs to get items back to members.

    mnestor @ polkaudio.com

    Do yourself a favor and take advantage of this offer.
    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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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,165
    edited September 2011
    TOOLFORLIFEFAN wrote: »
    This place can be a puzzle sometimes, maybe I need to drink more..

    Nothing in life can't be solved by a drink or four. Line up the Tequila! :tongue:

    H9
    "Appreciation of audio is a completely subjective human experience. Measurements can provide a measure of insight, but are no substitute for human judgment. Why are we looking to reduce a subjective experience to objective criteria anyway? The subtleties of music and audio reproduction are for those who appreciate it. Differentiation by numbers is for those who do not".--Nelson Pass Pass Labs XA25 | EE Avant Pre | EE Mini Max Supreme DAC | MIT Shotgun S1 | Pangea AC14SE MKII | Legend L600 | BlueSound Node 3 - Tubes add soul!
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  • BeefJerky
    BeefJerky Posts: 1,320
    edited September 2011
    Drenis wrote: »
    You might be excited to hear (I know I was) that Kenwood does make a HU that controls Zune's.

    http://www.kenwoodusa.com/UserFiles/Media/Common/2011-KIV/us/index.html#oth

    The KIV-701 or KIV-901BT are Zune compatible. I plan on picking up one of these when I finish the build on my car.
    Competition is always good, so I'm glad to hear that. However, I find it disappointing that none of their Excelon units, nor any of the navigation units support it.

    The fact that their navi units don't support already rules it out for me. In addition, I see no real reason to switch over. My iPod/Kenwood combo works quite well. I also like the iPod's own interface (though I rarely use it outside of the car), so I have no complaints there. The only real complaint I have about the iPod is the abomination they call iTunes. However, I rarely have to use that, so I can deal with it.

    Oh, and it is nice that the Zune finally has some models with large storage, as they were quite behind on that for awhile. However, their largest is still 120GB, whereas my iPod classic can hold 160GB. I have a pretty large library, and I like low levels of compression, so they are fairly large files. The 160GB gives me a bit of room to expand, whereas I'd be pushing it with the Zune.
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  • EndersShadow
    EndersShadow Posts: 17,590
    edited September 2011
    First off, man is this thread getting off topic....but in keeping with that

    Drenis wrote: »
    You might be excited to hear (I know I was) that Kenwood does make a HU that controls Zune's.

    http://www.kenwoodusa.com/UserFiles/Media/Common/2011-KIV/us/index.html#oth

    The KIV-701 or KIV-901BT are Zune compatible. I plan on picking up one of these when I finish the build on my car.


    DO NOT BUY THAT HEADUNIT.

    I spent the better part of a month researching it. I have a 32 gig Zune HD loaded with a bunch of music on it. The headunit never even loaded it all. I did a reinstall of the software, readded all my music, still no go.

    I even had the Best Buy installer manually update the firmware on the headunit to the most recent stuff, still wouldnt load my Zune (and I am talking I waited 15+ mins).

    We even took a brand new in box model off the shelf and tried to use it, still no go.

    Best Buy installer called Kenwood and they said that honestly it could take even LONGER to load music depending on how many songs are on your Zune.

    So basically if you have a Zune, either get a DVD player (so you can connect an external dock to it and use the external docks remote), or just use the Aux port.

    kawizx9r (I think thats how you spell it) has a relative with that Headunit and it takes him a min of 5 mins to load his Zune everytime the car starts. That includes having the radio on but not the car and then turning the car on.
    BeefJerky wrote: »
    Competition is always good, so I'm glad to hear that. However, I find it disappointing that none of their Excelon units, nor any of the navigation units support it.

    The fact that their navi units don't support already rules it out for me. In addition, I see no real reason to switch over. My iPod/Kenwood combo works quite well. I also like the iPod's own interface (though I rarely use it outside of the car), so I have no complaints there. The only real complaint I have about the iPod is the abomination they call iTunes. However, I rarely have to use that, so I can deal with it.

    Oh, and it is nice that the Zune finally has some models with large storage, as they were quite behind on that for awhile. However, their largest is still 120GB, whereas my iPod classic can hold 160GB. I have a pretty large library, and I like low levels of compression, so they are fairly large files. The 160GB gives me a bit of room to expand, whereas I'd be pushing it with the Zune.

    I love my Zune, but its a dead product per Microsoft so unfortunately your stuck with using the Aux port on anything to play it w/o some "fun" mods....
    "....not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." William Bruce Cameron, Informal Sociology: A Casual Introduction to Sociological Thinking (1963)
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  • Drenis
    Drenis Posts: 2,871
    edited September 2011
    ^^^

    That's very interesting. You're the first to share that story. Well that kind of spoiled my day. Here I thought it was great to FINALLY see Zune integration OUTSIDE of Ford vehicles with the Microsoft Sync system... but that blows... I still wont buy an iPod though, you're right about crappy iTunes!
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  • EndersShadow
    EndersShadow Posts: 17,590
    edited September 2011
    Drenis wrote: »
    ^^^

    That's very interesting. You're the first to share that story. Well that kind of spoiled my day. Here I thought it was great to FINALLY see Zune integration OUTSIDE of Ford vehicles with the Microsoft Sync system... but that blows... I still wont buy an iPod though, you're right about crappy iTunes!

    Well mostly because there are not that many folks with that Headunit, and even fewer with that headunit using it with a Zune.

    If you want more info on it let me know, or talk to Freddy (kawizx9r)

    Lets just say I have been debating going farther and integrating a laptop into my setup instead of a CD player (since I have everything digital and lots in FLAC format so its lossless). I posted a thread on it in the car section.
    "....not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." William Bruce Cameron, Informal Sociology: A Casual Introduction to Sociological Thinking (1963)
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  • billbillw
    billbillw Posts: 6,745
    edited September 2011
    dorokusai wrote: »
    If you need help shipping items back to members, contact me offline and I'll send you labels to slap on them for FREE. I'll cover all costs to get items back to members.

    mnestor @ polkaudio.com

    Do yourself a favor and take advantage of this offer.

    I hope this doesn't get lost in all the off-topic gibberish. A very nice offer from Mark.

    Ben, do you see this?
    For rig details, see my profile. Nothing here anymore...
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  • ben62670
    ben62670 Posts: 15,969
    edited September 2011
    Ricardo wrote: »
    You're welcome.
    Thanks Bro. It's people like you that make this a family. I think it's still a family here???
    billbillw wrote: »
    I hope this doesn't get lost in all the off-topic gibberish. A very nice offer from Mark.

    Ben, do you see this?
    I did, and I am very appreciative. I have had a a few offers for donations, and replacements for the records I lost, but even though I turned them down I appreciate the gestures. This whole ordeal has changed my perspective on things. Mostly I believe if you owe something "you" owe it(Thanks Doro for the offer). That being said I may need a hand with one item which I shall offer up a few karma's in the future in return. Thank God for the garden and can goods. Like many here we lost all Our refrigerated items:frown: I will how ever take any extra rest any have received. On a positive note I did get to see my girls on the first round down:smile: That has been a driving force in my life.

    Ben
    Please. Please contact me a ben62670 @ yahoo.com. Make sure to include who you are, and you are from Polk so I don't delete your email. Also I am now physically unable to work on any projects. If you need help let these guys know. There are many people who will help if you let them know where you are.
    Thanks
    Ben
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  • Toolfan66
    Toolfan66 Posts: 17,223
    edited September 2011
    Ben,

    Glad all is well!!!! Call me tonight or when you get a chance the number I have is no good..
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  • dcmartinpc
    dcmartinpc Posts: 844
    edited September 2011
    ben62670 wrote: »
    Thanks Bro. It's people like you that make this a family. I think it's still a family here???


    I did, and I am very appreciative. I have had a a few offers for donations, and replacements for the records I lost, but even though I turned them down I appreciate the gestures. This whole ordeal has changed my perspective on things. Mostly I believe if you owe something "you" owe it(Thanks Doro for the offer). That being said I may need a hand with one item which I shall offer up a few karma's in the future in return. Thank God for the garden and can goods. Like many here we lost all Our refrigerated items:frown: I will how ever take any extra rest any have received. On a positive note I did get to see my girls on the first round down:smile: That has been a driving force in my life.

    Ben

    Ben, I know I when I talked with you on the phone, things sounded pretty crazy. As I said earlier, I have been cautiously optimistic and you are now proving to me that you are a man of your word. I had no prior experience with you, so I had nothing to build on.

    Your mom called me earlier to verify my address. She mentioned that you have not been able to find your crimpers to make the Silver Cables yet. Not a problem. Just let me know if everything else shipped. If at all possible, if you can find the crimpers, I would really like to have the Silver Cables by the end of next week for the LSiM demo at my house.

    I know I am not the only one who is thankful you are OK and that you made it safely back Connecticut.

    Don
    Living Room: Adcom GFP-750 (Upgraded), Squeezebox Touch, Oppo BDP-83, Pioneer DV-79AVi, Parasound HCA-3500 (Upgraded), SDA SRS 2 P/B (Gimpod, Sonicaps, & Mills)

    Theater: Denon 4311ci, Oppo BDP-93, Parasound HCA-2205+HCA-2200II, Polk LSi9, LSiC, LSiFX, LSi7, Custom 18" TC Sounds sub with 2 18" PR, Sharp XV-Z12000, Pioneer Kuro KRP-500M (isf Enabled)

    Bedroom: HK AVR354, Pioneer DV-47a, Parasound HCA-1500a, Polk LSi9
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  • Ricardo
    Ricardo Posts: 10,636
    edited September 2011
    ben62670 wrote: »
    I think it's still a family here???

    We're trying to keep it that way; we just need to kick out a couple or three problem kids.
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  • headrott
    headrott Posts: 5,496
    edited September 2011
    Glad to hear you are doing better Ben, and things are OK. It's good to see that you now have a chance to get peoples' equipment back to them.:smile:

    Greg
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    Taken from a recent Audioholics reply regarding "Club Polk" and Polk speakers:
    "I'm yet to hear a Polk speaker that merits more than a sentence and 60 seconds discussion." :\
    My response is: If you need 60 seconds to respond in one sentence, you probably should't be evaluating Polk speakers.....

    "Green leaves reveal the heart spoken Khatru"- Jon Anderson

    "Have A Little Faith! And Everything You'll Face, Will Jump From Out Right On Into Place! Yeah! Take A Little Time! And Everything You'll Find, Will Move From Gloom Right On Into Shine!"- Arthur Lee
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  • Fireman32
    Fireman32 Posts: 4,845
    edited September 2011
    Ben glad to hear you are ok.
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  • ben62670
    ben62670 Posts: 15,969
    edited September 2011
    Same three bad eggs?
    TFLF message on it's way.
    Please. Please contact me a ben62670 @ yahoo.com. Make sure to include who you are, and you are from Polk so I don't delete your email. Also I am now physically unable to work on any projects. If you need help let these guys know. There are many people who will help if you let them know where you are.
    Thanks
    Ben
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  • TECHNOKID
    TECHNOKID Posts: 4,298
    edited September 2011
    On a positive note I did get to see my girls on the first round down That has been a driving force in my life.
    Glad for you Ben, I hope you'll be able to get back on your feet quickly!
    DARE TO SOAR:
    “Your attitude, almost always determine your altitude in life” ;)
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