What Does a Retired Polkie Do?
JayCee
Posts: 1,500
Admire his wall of vintage Polk!
April 1st (no April fools), I retired from the Air Force.
Three years ago I found Club Polk and started a quest to find my high school dream speakers...SDA-SRS's. My first purchase was a pair of SDA-2A's. Within three months of the 2A's I had SDA-1C's and SDA-SRS 1.2tl's and went on to collect pairs of the SDA-CRS, SDA-CRS+, Monitor 5B (Peerless) and Monitor 5 Jr+. The 1C's and 1.2's have new tweeters, rings and XO upgrades and the 1.2's have the Solen inductors and Larry's XO plates. Additionally, I've purchased a wide range of gear and accessories to run all this and more tweaks/upgrades are in the works.
My wife's still in the AF and she's being reassigned to Andrews AFB, MD, so we're prepping to move. As a result, I've thinned the herd a bit and let the 2A's and original CRS's go. Before I did so, I thought it would be wild to see all the speakers as part of one massive wall (thus, the pictures above). There wasn't a minute that my 18 year old self imagined a day would come when I would own one pair, let alone an entire herd, of Polks.
I'd just like to say thanks to all the good folks on CP that have provided the direction I needed to get back into audio. I don't post often but have always appreciated this forum. I look forward to the East Coast audio offerings, Polkies and visiting Polk HQ when I get out there.
Peace,
John (JayCee)
...I learned a long time ago not to flaunt what you have in public. Call me paranoid, but my face is covered in the picture to protect my investment.:loneranger:
April 1st (no April fools), I retired from the Air Force.
Three years ago I found Club Polk and started a quest to find my high school dream speakers...SDA-SRS's. My first purchase was a pair of SDA-2A's. Within three months of the 2A's I had SDA-1C's and SDA-SRS 1.2tl's and went on to collect pairs of the SDA-CRS, SDA-CRS+, Monitor 5B (Peerless) and Monitor 5 Jr+. The 1C's and 1.2's have new tweeters, rings and XO upgrades and the 1.2's have the Solen inductors and Larry's XO plates. Additionally, I've purchased a wide range of gear and accessories to run all this and more tweaks/upgrades are in the works.
My wife's still in the AF and she's being reassigned to Andrews AFB, MD, so we're prepping to move. As a result, I've thinned the herd a bit and let the 2A's and original CRS's go. Before I did so, I thought it would be wild to see all the speakers as part of one massive wall (thus, the pictures above). There wasn't a minute that my 18 year old self imagined a day would come when I would own one pair, let alone an entire herd, of Polks.
I'd just like to say thanks to all the good folks on CP that have provided the direction I needed to get back into audio. I don't post often but have always appreciated this forum. I look forward to the East Coast audio offerings, Polkies and visiting Polk HQ when I get out there.
Peace,
John (JayCee)
...I learned a long time ago not to flaunt what you have in public. Call me paranoid, but my face is covered in the picture to protect my investment.:loneranger:
➀Speakers: Polk1.2tl's (Uber Mods) ➁Pre/Amp/DAC: PS Audio BHK Signature & 250, DirectStream ➂Cables/IC's: MIT S1Bi-Wire/S1 Balanced +Avel Lindberg 1000VA "Dreadnought" ➃Power Conditioner: PS Audio P15 Power Plant ➄Power Cords: Core Power Technologies Gold, DH Labs Power Plus DIY w/Neotech NC-P301 & P311ends ➅Streaming: Roon ROCK on wifi'd NUC, TP-Link WAP, & Uptone EtherREGEN, AfterDark, Emperor Double Crown Clock, Black Modernize LPS, PS Audio AirLens⟿Ω☯☥☮⟿🔊♩♪♫♬♩♪♫♬♩♪♫♬
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Very nice, sir! Congrats on retirement, and more importantly, on the Vintage Polk collection!
Just one more pair of RD0's for the 5JR's and you'll be alllll set...2-Channel: PC > Schiit Eitr > Audio Research DAC-8 > Audio Research LS-26 > Pass Labs X-250.5 > Magnepan 3.7's
Living Room: PC > Marantz AV-7703 > Emotiva XPA-5 > Sonus Faber Liuto Towers, Sonus Faber Liuto Center, Sonus Faber Liuto Bookshelves > Dual SVS PC12-Pluses
Office: Phone/Tablet > AudioEngine B1 > McIntosh D100 > Bryston 4B-ST > Polk Audio LSiM-703's -
Wow...that is one of the most beautiful things I've seen in a long time...Congrats on your retirement and your wonderful collection!TV - LG 42" LED
Receiver - Pioneer VSX-521
Front speakers - Polk Monitor 40's Series II
Center - Polk Monitor CS1 Series II
Surround - Polk Audio OWM3
Subwoofer - JBL L8400P
"I was born with music inside me. Music was one of my parts. Like my ribs, my kidneys, my liver, my heart. Like my blood. It was a force already within me when I arrived on the scene. It was a necessity for me-like food or water."
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Congrats on your retirement. That is a great thing.
I guess you get another job so you can draw down two retirements!
Great collection...................SDA2BTL
Marantz CD5004
Adcom GFA-545
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Thank you for your service to our Nation and to this forum.The Gear... Carver "Statement" Mono-blocks, Mcintosh C2300 Arcam AVR20, Oppo UDP-203 4K Blu-ray player, Sony XBR70x850B 4k, Polk Audio Legend L800 with height modules, L400 Center Channel Polk audio AB800 "in-wall" surrounds. Marantz MM7025 stereo amp. Simaudio Moon 680d DSD
“When once a Republic is corrupted, there is no possibility of remedying any of the growing evils but by removing the corruption and restoring its lost principles; every other correction is either useless or a new evil.”— Thomas Jefferson -
Congrats on retirement. So, do you add to the collection?Michael
In the beginning, all knowledge was new!
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Man that is one nice wall of sound very envious on this end... Congrats on retirement and thanks for your service.......Now get off your duff and get a freakin JOB!!!!
just kidding
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What Does a Retired Polkie Do?
Here's a modest suggestion,- Get your stereo properly setup.
- Get or grab a kiddies pool.
- Place pool in the SDA sweet spot.
- Fill it with your favorite Jello.
- Stack a bunch of Playboy's next to it.
- Crank the tune's.
- Get naked.
- Get in the pool of Jello.
- Well you get the idea.
You asked :razz::razz:
All kidding aside enjoy your retirement and your herd of SDA's and as one vet to another !! GET SIGNED UP WITH THE VA ASAP !! you may not need there services now but down the road you never know. I just know that if I didn't have the VA medical I would probably be dead by now or in some really cheap state funded nursing home on my way to being worm food.“The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.” ~ Mark Twain -
Nice wall of Polk speakers!!
Here is what this Retired Polkie does:
1. Stay up as late as I want listening to my Polks.
2. Sleep as long as I want in the morning.
3. Get up and ask myself, "What do I want to do today?".
4. Try to enjoy life as much as possible.
5. Help others as much as I can.
6. Repeat 1. thru 5.- SDA 2BTL · Sonicaps · Mills resistors · RDO-198s · New gaskets · H-nuts · Erse inductors · BH5 · Dynamat
- Crossover upgrades by westmassguy
- Marantz 1504 AVR (front speaker pre-outs to Adcom 555)
- Adcom GFA-555 amp · Upgrades & speaker protection added by OldmanSRS
- Pioneer DV-610AV DVD/CD player
- SDA CRS+ · Hidden away in the closet
- SDA 2BTL · Sonicaps · Mills resistors · RDO-198s · New gaskets · H-nuts · Erse inductors · BH5 · Dynamat
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I agree with gimpod enroll in the VA
I've been out for 10 years now and thank God I was enrolled.
Being a civilian isn't easy:rolleyes:
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Congrats on your retirement, enjoy. Have fun moving all those speakers!!! I hope they survive the trip across country.Marantz AV-7705 PrePro, Classé 5 channel 200wpc Amp, Oppo 103 BluRay, Rotel RCD-1072 CDP, Sony XBR-49X800E TV, Polk S60 Main Speakers, Polk ES30 Center Channel, Polk S15 Surround Speakers SVS SB12-NSD x2
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nooshinjohn wrote: »Thank you for your service to our Nation and to this forum.
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Congratulations on the retirement,very nice wall o sound.Dan
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Congrats John. Not only do you have a great collection, but it looks like a perfect wall for SDA's.
And Larry's xover plates have the SS handles. Very rare they say.:cheesygrin:SDA 2.3/RDO's... xovers by Ben
SDA 2.3TL/Stock..
SDA 1C/Solens/RDO's [gave to my Uncle]
SDA 2B RDO's
Snell Type CV
SDA 1.2TL's
GFA7700 Adcom
GFP750 Adcom
TFM55X Carver
M90 Pioneer/C90 Pre
M91 x 2 Pioneers/C91 Pre
Yaqin MC10l
DCD-1520/1560/2560 Denon
Marantz DVD-8400
Carver m1.5T
DV-79avi Pioneer
TFM35X x 2 -
Your gonna need a bigger TV.
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What a BEAUTIFUL wall, John!! You are the man! :cool: I'm going to use your pictures to show my girlfriend that I'm not nearly as out of control as she thinks I am. :cheesygrin:
Also, congratulations on your retirement from the AF, and a HUGE "Thank you!" to both you and your wife for your service to our country. There really isn't much in this world that bothers me more than those who don't realize freedom is far from free. -
Wow nice collection, looks like you will enjoy your free time. Did you buy all your Polks new from AFFE'S our did you buy them off of fellow service members?Home Theater
Parasound Halo A 31 OnkyoTX-NR838 Sony XBR55X850B 55" 4K RtiA9 Fronts CsiA6 Center RtiA3 Rears FxiA6 Side Surrounds Dual Psw 111's Oppo 105D Signal Ultra Speaker Cables & IC's Signal Magic Power Cable Technics SL Q300 Panamax MR4300 Audioquest Chocolate HDMI Cables Audioquest Forest USB Cable
2 Channel
Adcom 555II Vincent SA-T1 Marantz SA 15S2 Denon DR-M11 Clearaudio Bluemotion SDA 2.3tl's (Z) edition MIT Terminator II Speaker Cables & IC's Adcom 545II Adcom Gtp-450 Marantz CD5004 Technics M245X SDA 2B's, SDA CRS+
Stuff for the Head
JD LABS C5 Headphone Amplifier, Sennheiser HD 598, Polk Audio Buckle, Polk Audio Hinge, Velodyne vPulse, Bose IE2, Sennheiser CX 200 Street II, Sennheiser MX 365
Shower & Off the beaten path Rigs
Polk Audio Boom Swimmer, Polk Audio Urchin
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John, I think you make any of us green with envy when we see this picture. Thanks for both you and your wifes service to all of us. Enjoy your retirementHome Theater
Onkyo PR-SC5508 Sharp LC-70LE847U
Emotiva XPA-5 Emotiva XPA-2 Emotiva UPA-2
Front RTi-A9 Wide RTi-A7 Center CSi-A6 Surround FXi-A6 Rear RTi-A3 Sub 2x PSW505
Sony BDP-S790 Dishnetwork Hopper/Joey Logitech Harmony One Apple TV
Two Channel
Oppo 105D BAT VK-500 w/BatPack SDA SRS 2.3 Dreadnought Squeezebox Touch Apple TV -
Beautiful!
I've got 6 years of active duty to go - hope I have as nice a "grouping" as you by then! -
Congrats on retirement! And thank you for your service to this country!
What to do......buy more Polks, finish out the collection. There are many more models you need! :cheesygrin:
Build a home theater. Buy a projector......
You must have a helluva wife! One that does not know the meaning of WAF.--Gary--
Onkyo Integra M504, Bottlehead Foreplay III, Denon SACD, Thiel CS2.3, NHT VT-2, VT-3 and Evolution T6, Infinity RSIIIa, SDA1C and a few dozen other speakers around the house I change in and out. -
great comments here. made me chuckle. good luck in retirement. come to maine ill hook you up with lobster on me...near old BNAS base. i have brother thats a lobsterman. its on me..
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i think i should show this to my friends. they call me the speaker man....i know this guy loves his speaker....YYYYeeeessssss i wanna be like him. lol. please do NOT show my wife..
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Wow! Does your wife have a sister?
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Very impressive! Do I spy a pair of RTA 12B/C's as well?
Congrats on retirement!"Science is suppose to explain observations not dismiss them as impossible" - Norm on AA; 2.3TL's w/sonicaps/mills/jantzen inductors, Gimpod's boards, Lg Solen SDA inductors, RD-0198's, MW's dynamatted, Armaflex speaker gaskets, H-nuts, brass spikes, Cardas CCGR BP's, upgraded IC Cable, Black Hole Damping Sheet strips, interior of cabinets sealed with Loctite Power Grab, AI-1 interface with 1000VA A-L transformer -
Anyone familiar with the military knows awards and decorations are a couple of ways we show appreciation for what someone has done, however, I've always believed a heart felt "thanks" or "job well done" from my co-workers or boss are equal to or more important. So, to all of you for the very nice service/retirement comments, my wife and I say "thank you"! As for the great Polk comments, I'd like to consider those the Polk community saying "job well done".
This is all very much appreciated!
John➀Speakers: Polk1.2tl's (Uber Mods) ➁Pre/Amp/DAC: PS Audio BHK Signature & 250, DirectStream ➂Cables/IC's: MIT S1Bi-Wire/S1 Balanced +Avel Lindberg 1000VA "Dreadnought" ➃Power Conditioner: PS Audio P15 Power Plant ➄Power Cords: Core Power Technologies Gold, DH Labs Power Plus DIY w/Neotech NC-P301 & P311ends ➅Streaming: Roon ROCK on wifi'd NUC, TP-Link WAP, & Uptone EtherREGEN, AfterDark, Emperor Double Crown Clock, Black Modernize LPS, PS Audio AirLens⟿Ω☯☥☮⟿🔊♩♪♫♬♩♪♫♬♩♪♫♬ -
A shout out is in order...Sell now before you croak and ur wife sells the speakers @ 10 cents on the dollar!
I need a pair of CRS+'s
Sal, you don't know this but you are the reason I have all these speakers (and in particular the 1.2TL's)! Three years ago, on a whim, I searched the net for the Polk speakers of my youth and the first two things I found were your video showing the 1.2's and the associated restoration thread. It was all downhill from there. My 1C's are on the upgrade list to build new endcaps as a result of what you did.
Once we get to Maryland, NYC is on our list of places to visit. Not that I'm inviting myself over, but if it would work out I'd really love to meet you and see your speakers.Congrats John. Not only do you have a great collection, but it looks like a perfect wall for SDA's.
And Larry's xover plates have the SS handles. Very rare they say.:cheesygrin:
Jim, you were the Polk Fairy Godfather looking over me. In my mind it was a gift from above when you contacted me knowing I was looking for the SDA-SRS's. Talk about the coincidence that we happened to be visiting OKC that weekend. Mari couldn't keep me from bouncing off the walls of our hotel waiting for your email to set up a meeting. I had to call my bank and up the ATM limit so I could have cash in hand when I met you. You should've seen us pulling up to a bank ATM somewhere in the business district of OKC, me pulling out stacks of $20 bills and handing them over to Mari to count until we came up with amount I needed. I kept checking my mirrors because I was sure we'd be carjacked in the process. Short of the speakers being really trashed, I knew I was taking them home.
Just after we auditioned the speakers and I said I'd take them, you politely reminded me that I hadn't done the "push test". Boy, did I feel like a rookie! You and your wife were a pleasure to meet. Talk about WAF...you've got it! Your man cave would make anyone envious and will serve as a model to copy when I finally settle down.
Sal and Jim...thank you!➀Speakers: Polk1.2tl's (Uber Mods) ➁Pre/Amp/DAC: PS Audio BHK Signature & 250, DirectStream ➂Cables/IC's: MIT S1Bi-Wire/S1 Balanced +Avel Lindberg 1000VA "Dreadnought" ➃Power Conditioner: PS Audio P15 Power Plant ➄Power Cords: Core Power Technologies Gold, DH Labs Power Plus DIY w/Neotech NC-P301 & P311ends ➅Streaming: Roon ROCK on wifi'd NUC, TP-Link WAP, & Uptone EtherREGEN, AfterDark, Emperor Double Crown Clock, Black Modernize LPS, PS Audio AirLens⟿Ω☯☥☮⟿🔊♩♪♫♬♩♪♫♬♩♪♫♬ -
Congrats on the retirement, live it well my friend. Also thank you and your wife for your service, it does mean alot to all of us. The Polk forum was probably a detrament to a retiree's wallet, hope we weren't too bad on ya. If we can do anything for you, just give us a shout.HT SYSTEM-
Sony 850c 4k
Pioneer elite vhx 21
Sony 4k BRP
SVS SB-2000
Polk Sig. 20's
Polk FX500 surrounds
Cables-
Acoustic zen Satori speaker cables
Acoustic zen Matrix 2 IC's
Wireworld eclipse 7 ic's
Audio metallurgy ga-o digital cable
Kitchen
Sonos zp90
Grant Fidelity tube dac
B&k 1420
lsi 9's -
Congratulations on your retirement and WOW, what a collection.
And thanks for the service to your country!Monitor 5a's, Monitor 4a's, CSi40 -
Are those Monitor 11's on the ends? Interesting it's post peerless if so.
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Nice!!!
I really need to move to a bigger house if I even think of getting those big ones.
Klipsch RB81, KG3.5, B&W DM602.5, Polk.
Subwoofers: Klipsch RW10, Triad ProSub Bronze.
