Polkfest 2012

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  • amulford
    amulford Posts: 5,020
    edited September 2012
    George Grand wrote: »
    Thanks to Mr. Wohlford for a wonderful raffle donation.

    Here here! That was a helluva thing to do.
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  • mdaudioguy
    mdaudioguy Posts: 5,165
    edited September 2012
    Jstas wrote: »
    Sweet!

    We havin' it at your house?

    I'd offer mine but if you yahoos are coming, you'll have to help me hang sheetrock.
    Sure! Bring your tools, though. Once we finish my basement, we can go hang your sheetrock. Then the fun starts, when we start slinging the mud. Have lots of booze ready, too. Makes for a more "interesting" textured finish. :lol:
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  • Jstas
    Jstas Posts: 14,838
    edited September 2012
    mdaudioguy wrote: »
    Sure! Bring your tools, though. Once we finish my basement, we can go hang your sheetrock. Then the fun starts, when we start slinging the mud. Have lots of booze ready, too. Makes for a more "interesting" textured finish. :lol:

    Ummm...basement?

    There isn't any lotion and hoses involved, are there?

    'Cause the LAST guy who wanted help with his "basement" had this huge hole in the ground. He kept petting this dog and squirting me with a hose. Man, THAT guy was annoying!
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  • mdaudioguy
    mdaudioguy Posts: 5,165
    edited September 2012
    Jstas wrote: »
    Ummm...basement?

    There isn't any lotion and hoses involved, are there?

    'Cause the LAST guy who wanted help with his "basement" had this huge hole in the ground. He kept petting this dog and squirting me with a hose. Man, THAT guy was annoying!
    :twisted::twisted::twisted:
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  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 13
    edited October 2012
    We posted the video about PolkFest 12 today. Thanks to everyone one last time for coming out - I was truly impressed by everyone's knowledge and generosity. Please count me in for SC! :smile:

    http://www.polkaudio.com/news/polkfest12
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  • TroyD
    TroyD Posts: 13,077
    edited October 2012
    Excellent.
    I plan for the future. - F1Nut
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  • TroyD
    TroyD Posts: 13,077
    edited October 2012
    BTW...

    Planning for Carolina PF IV is already in the initial planning stages. Unless something drastic happens, it will be the first weekend in October. Mark your calendars, this will be epic. EPIC.

    Start your liver training programs now. I was off my game this year but it won't happen again.

    BDT
    I plan for the future. - F1Nut
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  • EndersShadow
    EndersShadow Posts: 17,593
    edited October 2012
    Troy, where in Carolina, South, North, specific city......

    :biggrin:.... dont just tease us.....
    "....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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  • TroyD
    TroyD Posts: 13,077
    edited October 2012
    North Charleston, SC.

    5 Miles from Charleston IAP.....

    I am highly motivated. I haven't been this jazzed again over audio in a long time. I'm looking to procure some LSiM's (TLW wants a credible music system in the living room again)....and I want another pair of big SDA's. Listening to the LSiM 707's and 705's made me realize just how much I miss a good, dynamic loudspeaker. Also going to get the Carver Platinums ressurected......

    A very wise man once said "there is no substitute for radiating surface area and a man's amp".

    Damn right.

    BDT
    I plan for the future. - F1Nut
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  • chargerman426
    chargerman426 Posts: 419
    edited October 2012
    I'm guessing food will be served at the BDTinc. restaurant?
    If life had more tubes it would be a lot smoother.
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  • TroyD
    TroyD Posts: 13,077
    edited October 2012
    At the restaurant.....probably not. I mean, for the folks that come in the night prior...we'll probably have dinner there. The 'Fest itself, we'll do the food there. I've got a few ideas for that...and it will be good.

    BDT
    I plan for the future. - F1Nut
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  • EndersShadow
    EndersShadow Posts: 17,593
    edited October 2012
    Nice time to start saving now. If that speaker lineup happens I will find a way to get there. It's my speaker dream team.
    "....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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  • amulford
    amulford Posts: 5,020
    edited October 2012
    Jon_S wrote: »
    We posted the video about PolkFest 12 today. Thanks to everyone one last time for coming out - I was truly impressed by everyone's knowledge and generosity. Please count me in for SC! :smile:

    http://www.polkaudio.com/news/polkfest12

    Nice job Jon.
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  • TroyD
    TroyD Posts: 13,077
    edited October 2012
    TroyD wrote: »
    At the restaurant.....probably not. I mean, for the folks that come in the night prior...we'll probably have dinner there. The 'Fest itself, we'll do the food there. I've got a few ideas for that...and it will be good.

    BDT

    What I meant to say was that I'll do the food here at the house.

    Yeah, me too....seems like when you aren't in the market, there are SDA's galore....but now that I'm looking, nada. Well, there is a pair of 2.3tl's on ebay.....
    BDT
    I plan for the future. - F1Nut
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  • disneyjoe7
    disneyjoe7 Posts: 11,435
    edited October 2012
    Jon_S wrote: »
    We posted the video about PolkFest 12 today. Thanks to everyone one last time for coming out - I was truly impressed by everyone's knowledge and generosity. Please count me in for SC! :smile:

    http://www.polkaudio.com/news/polkfest12


    Very Nice work there.

    Speakers
    Carver Amazing Fronts
    CS400i Center
    RT800i's Rears
    Sub Paradigm Servo 15

    Electronics
    Conrad Johnson PV-5 pre-amp
    Parasound Halo A23
    Pioneer 84TXSi AVR
    Pioneer 79Avi DVD
    Sony CX400 CD changer
    Panasonic 42-PX60U Plasma
    WMC Win7 32bit HD DVR


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  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 7,658
    edited October 2012
    Excellent job, Jon! Very well done!
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  • George Grand
    George Grand Posts: 12,258
    edited October 2012
    Is Jon the guy that just raised Stasny's hat size from a 10 to a 15?

    Thank you.
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  • Jstas
    Jstas Posts: 14,838
    edited October 2012
    I don't really wear hats, George.
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  • amulford
    amulford Posts: 5,020
    edited October 2012
    You don't HAVE to wear a hat for your hat size to grow. :cheesygrin: I was actually proud of you, you were on very good behavior.
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  • Drenis
    Drenis Posts: 2,871
    edited October 2012
    That's a wicked video. I sure missed a good time.
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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 28,732
    edited October 2012
    Very very cool video!!
    - Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit.
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  • reeltrouble1
    reeltrouble1 Posts: 9,312
    edited October 2012
    George Grand wrote: »
    Is Jon the guy that just raised Stasny's hat size from a 10 to a 15?

    Thank you.

    Apparently, as arguing, fighting, shouting and puking all over has become a standard for running a Polkfest. Big Lou never needed so much help....:rolleyes:

    This was for me the best HQ Fest yet, all were very good, but the bar was raised again this year.

    RT1
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  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 13
    edited October 2012
    THanks for all the kudos on the vid~
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  • amulford
    amulford Posts: 5,020
    edited October 2012
    They are well deserved Jon. It's a damn good piece of work.
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  • Jstas
    Jstas Posts: 14,838
    edited October 2012
    Yeah, even with my ugly mug in it!
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  • Drenis
    Drenis Posts: 2,871
    edited October 2012
    Jstas wrote: »
    Yeah, even with my ugly mug in it!

    You and F1 don't nearly look as tough as your internet egos make you out to be. It was the comment of you hosting that made me assume that wasn't you in the video. Picturing you on that flaming tractor now... :razz:
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  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited October 2012
    They're sweethearts in person.
    "He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you." Friedrich Nietzsche
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  • rromeo923
    rromeo923 Posts: 1,513
    edited October 2012
    I was blown away by the sound coming from the LSim707's at Polkfest Headquarters demo.
    I am wondering what exactly were the other pieces making that happen. I know it was a Conrad Johnson amp (what model?) and an Aragon preamp (what model?). I would love to be able to recreate that sound.

    Can it be done w/the LsiM703's??
    I got static in my head
    The reflected sound of everything
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  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 13
    edited October 2012
    Hey rromeo923, here are the deets you seek:

    The cables were AudioQUest, one of their "72V Dielectric-Bias” models.

    CD Player: Pioneer Elite PD-65
    Preamp: Aragon 18K
    Power Amp: Conrad Johnson MF-2300

    I think it CAN be done with the 703s!

    Jon
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  • rromeo923
    rromeo923 Posts: 1,513
    edited October 2012
    Thanks Jon! Now need to save up some money!!
    I got static in my head
    The reflected sound of everything
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