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cowtrimmer
cowtrimmer Posts: 201
edited October 2012 in The Clubhouse
Got the Polk shirt today :biggrin: Thanks for the time and effort it took. Its very much appreciated.
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 32,957
    edited October 2012
    You guys have yet to learn about freebies from Mark. All you t-shirt winners will be required to wear them at the next Polkfest while getting watered down for the next cover of Boys to Men magazine.


    Good guy that Mark is....kudos to all who won.
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    Polk Sig. 20's
    Polk FX500 surrounds

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  • gudnoyez
    gudnoyez Posts: 8,114
    edited October 2012
    Mark was kind enough to send me and the wife a shirt last winter. I go to this one Audio Store near us when I need some more discwasher fluid, and like wearing the Polk shirts there, I always ask the salesman why dont you carry Polks, he shrugs and says the boss chose Klipsch, Maggies and Focals, but always says if it were up to him they would carry Polks. That Marks a good guy and treats us polkies right:smile:
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    Stuff for the Head
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  • dudeinaroom
    dudeinaroom Posts: 3,609
    edited October 2012
    Dudes and Duedets,

    Mark is the man. Very generous, and always looking out for us polkies be it keeping us from potential scam artist, keeping the chaos of demos and what not in a working order or when we are in a dire situation. He goes beyond what an employee is and is the true epitome of what it is to be a polkie. Now give this man a raise or a promotion!
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited October 2012
    Guys, all I've done since getting in tight with Polk is to think about how to make sure we get our dues. We put ourselves out there every day, get bashed on other forums and especially me since I'm a rep....I get trashed privately all the time for no or sometimes valid reasons. I candidly told Al Ballard(KAB) years ago that Polk needs to start paying more attention to its forum and members after attending Russmans' Polkfest in TX way back in the day.....2003? Not sure, but if there was anyone that seriously took US....CLUB POLK FORUM to task and put us on a pedastal, it was Al Ballard(KAB). He's the main reason we get or got what we got for demos, freebies to invigorate Polk fanaticism or just be nice to those that give so much here. He will be sorely missed by everyone here that got to know him and I'm glad he's a close friend offline. Now I can actually rag on him and not fear for my job.

    Do you have ANY idea how much impact YOU FOLKS have had on product development?!! How much YOU FOLKS have helped design and push Polk to new products. I know....and you should be proud. The fact they allow me to run CAF every year is just awesome. This company owes me nothing and I owe them everything for keeping me so motivated to stay so involved in this hobby. You guys are seriously part of the reason that they continue to push the envelope, stay current and are one of the last big companies to not turn tail and turn into a shell of a company. This place is bigger, product wise and more current than its been in over a decade.

    I'm just the guy who bothers them constantly for goodies, wether it be pencils, bags, useless weird screwdrivers from 2007 or lately tshirts. There's no point in me hoarding 100 tshirts in a closet and rolling around naked in them before I ship them to members. That's obviously never happened but the point is I think we owe Polk, not me, a debt of gratitude since they didn't have to send me anything. I just pass along the goodwill and if you want another Polk employee to give a shout out to? Shelia Edwards.....she was one of the tour guides on the POLKFEST 2012 HQ shindig and we are super special email buddies but almost never get to see one another. She does all this for you folks as well since she's the ordering individual and the one who helps me hand in hand.

    Nothing happens here or for you guys without the help of others at HQ that often go unnoticed for the most part. I'm honored to be a part of this chain and if a tshirt makes you guys happy, so be it.... just remember that and make sure you bring back something to the forum, pass on some knowledge, wisdom or erroneous weird recipe for some strange chicken dish, whatever.

    Regards,
    Mark
    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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  • ken brydson
    ken brydson Posts: 8,754
    edited October 2012
    I just re-thought wearing my Polk tshirt with the vision of Mark rolling around nekkid in it:razz:

    8 more posts to 25K brother....
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  • gudnoyez
    gudnoyez Posts: 8,114
    edited October 2012
    dorokusai wrote: »
    There's no point in me hoarding 100 tshirts in a closet and rolling around naked in them before I ship them to members.
    Regards,
    Mark

    Say it isn't so I knew we should of washed them before we wore them:confused:
    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 B)
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited October 2012
    If you've ever received something from me, please disinfect it....I thought it was just a given.
    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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  • codyc1ark
    codyc1ark Posts: 2,532
    edited October 2012
    dorokusai wrote: »
    If you've ever received something from me, please disinfect it....I thought it was just a given.

    Buttchugging.
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  • ken brydson
    ken brydson Posts: 8,754
    edited October 2012
    dorokusai wrote: »
    If you've ever received something from me, please disinfect it....I thought it was just a given.

    T shirt didn't come with friggin' instructions... dammit!
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  • Dawgfish
    Dawgfish Posts: 2,554
    edited October 2012
    Thanks for everything you do Mark!
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  • rromeo923
    rromeo923 Posts: 1,513
    edited October 2012
    Polk Rocks!!!
    I got static in my head
    The reflected sound of everything
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  • pitdogg2
    pitdogg2 Posts: 25,420
    edited October 2012
    dorokusai wrote: »
    If you've ever received something from me, please disinfect it....

    Yea like that will help:rolleyes:

    more like an acid bath....



    thanks Mark for all that you do:smile:
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  • vc69
    vc69 Posts: 2,500
    edited October 2012
    Sheila IS awesome. Very helpful! Thanks to you too, Mark! I love this place.
    -Kevin
    HT: Philips 52PFL7432D 52" LCD 1080p / Onkyo TX-SR 606 / Oppo BDP-83 SE / Comcast cable. (all HDMI)B&W 801 - Front, Polk CS350 LS - Center, Polk LS90 - Rear
    2 Channel:
    Oppo BDP-83 SE
    Squeezebox Touch
    Muscial Fidelity M1 DAC
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  • chumlie
    chumlie Posts: 8,658
    edited October 2012
    Nice !!! Thank you.
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  • fossy
    fossy Posts: 1,378
    edited October 2012
    Doro kicks butt .... he gonna give me that modded Parasound he has one of these days .......Im still using that Original cd player I bought from ya ..... jesus I need some upgrading

    Thanks for all that ya do Mark ... wouldn't be the same without ya
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  • Drenis
    Drenis Posts: 2,871
    edited October 2012
    Dawgfish wrote: »
    Thanks for everything you do Mark!

    Here here
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  • halo71
    halo71 Posts: 4,602
    edited October 2012
    pitdogg2 wrote: »
    thanks Mark for all that you do:smile:

    +1

    I still wear my old Polk Hitmaster shirt all the time that Mark sent me.
    --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.
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  • teekay0007
    teekay0007 Posts: 2,289
    edited October 2012
    Got my shirt today too. Thanks Mark, I thought it was gonna be a tee and not a collared shirt.....very nice surprise!! :cool:
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited October 2012
    fossy wrote: »
    Doro kicks butt .... he gonna give me that modded Parasound he has one of these days ......

    Thanks for all that ya do Mark ... wouldn't be the same without ya

    You now what's silly but factual is that the CTC BBQ amp is in my living will to go to my finest broham, amongst many others....Russman.....so you'll have to fight him for it after I'm gone.
    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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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 32,957
    edited October 2012
    Should never have said that Mark. It only ensures both of you take a dirt nap on the same day.
    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
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  • dudeinaroom
    dudeinaroom Posts: 3,609
    edited October 2012
    dorokusai wrote: »
    If you've ever received something from me, please disinfect it....I thought it was just a given.
    Heck no I roll all over the stuff you send naked and rub it on my face.
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited October 2012
    dudeinaroom wrote: »
    Heck no I roll all over the stuff you send naked and rub it on my face.

    For some reason that excites me and horrifies me at the same time. Thank you for the next couple nights worth of difficulty managing my medication.
    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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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited October 2012
    tonyb wrote: »
    Should never have said that Mark. It only ensures both of you take a dirt nap on the same day.

    Knowing Russ, now you and I we'll all die at the same time, and it will null and void everything....sending it into my wife's hands who will look at it, determine its too heavy and throw it in the trash. Another audio moment lost in time by poor planning.....it's almost ready for a Garfield cartoon strip sweep.
    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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  • BlueFox
    BlueFox Posts: 15,251
    edited October 2012
    I just got home from two days in beautiful Aliso Viejo, and my shirt had arrived. It's very nice. I was expecting a T shirt, but it's a Polo shirt. Thanks. I will wear it to work. Once I wash it.
    Lumin X1 file player, Westminster Labs interconnect cable
    Sony XA-5400ES SACD; Pass XP-22 pre; X600.5 amps
    Magico S5 MKII Mcast Rose speakers; SPOD spikes

    Shunyata Triton v3/Typhon QR on source, Denali 2000 (2) on amps
    Shunyata Sigma XLR analog ICs, Sigma speaker cables
    Shunyata Sigma HC (2), Sigma Analog, Sigma Digital, Z Anaconda (3) power cables

    Mapleshade Samson V.3 four shelf solid maple rack, Micropoint brass footers
    Three 20 amp circuits.
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