Where do all the lost polkies go?

polkfarmboy
polkfarmboy Posts: 5,703
edited April 2013 in The Clubhouse
I was just wondering where all the frequent posters just disappear to? Do they just give up on audio never to return or join other forums? So many folks have came here to improve there rigs and then vanish without a trace
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  • Ricardo
    Ricardo Posts: 10,636
    edited February 2013
    No idea.
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  • strider
    strider Posts: 2,568
    edited February 2013
    Ricardo wrote: »
    No idea.

    Brilliant!
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  • chumlie
    chumlie Posts: 8,658
    edited February 2013
    Probably get sick of the politics and general name bashing. Great site but you best have thick skin.
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  • Toolfan66
    Toolfan66 Posts: 17,224
    edited February 2013
    chumlie wrote: »
    Probably get sick of the politics and general name bashing. Great site but you best have thick skin.


    More like just plan ol common sense..
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  • halo71
    halo71 Posts: 4,602
    edited February 2013
    AK perhaps?
    --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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  • Tornado Red
    Tornado Red Posts: 939
    edited February 2013
    polkfarmboy wrote: »
    I was just wondering where all the frequent posters just disappear to? Do they just give up on audio never to return or join other forums? So many folks have came here to improve there rigs and then vanish without a trace

    You answered your own question. They're listening to their newly improved rigs:cheesygrin:
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  • daboyz
    daboyz Posts: 5,207
    edited February 2013
    Ricardo wrote: »
    No idea.

    Speaking of the devil, the prodigal son returns.:biggrin:
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  • PolkieMan
    PolkieMan Posts: 2,446
    edited February 2013
    Same reason Mister Polk never posts, he thinks we are all psychotic.:eek:
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  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited February 2013
    Take a look over at the Emotiva forum.
    "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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  • BlueFox
    BlueFox Posts: 15,251
    edited February 2013
    They probably got tired of dealing with the trolls who keep starting cable 'debates' by adamantly screaming cables make no difference while never trying anything other than stock cables.

    polkfarmboy wrote: »
    So many folks have came here to improve there rigs and then vanish without a trace

    After they paid attention and learned something, they upgraded all their cables, and now just listen to music. :biggrin:
    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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  • george daniel
    george daniel Posts: 12,096
    edited February 2013
    maybe they grew tired of tweaking,and now have synergy,,,but I think you have loose synergy in order to know you once had it
    JC approves....he told me so. (F-1 nut)
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  • FTGV
    FTGV Posts: 3,649
    edited February 2013
    Overdosed on Kool Aid.:cheesygrin:
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  • daboyz
    daboyz Posts: 5,207
    edited February 2013
    Seriously, I think at times you can get burned out. Taking a step away for awhile may not be a bad thing.

    Plus you don't have to read Keiko's mindless drivel.:eek::wink:
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  • ken brydson
    ken brydson Posts: 8,754
    edited February 2013
    They all moved to Facebook....:loneranger:
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  • Dabutcher
    Dabutcher Posts: 2,595
    edited February 2013
    The economy has been sucking for a long time now. People r worried about the future. Maybe their budgets do not include this adventure anymore? Peace. D
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  • xftman
    xftman Posts: 153
    edited February 2013
    LOL. maybe the 100 posts rule...
    MAIN:
    Front- LsiM 707 (MIT Terminator 2 Bi-Wire),
    Center- lsiM 706,
    Surrounds- lsi F/X,
    Power sub PSW1000,
    Receiver- Harman Kardon Avr 3700,
    Amp - Emo XPR-5.

    Secondary (2.1):
    LsiM 703,
    HK Avr 3700,
    Yaqin MS-30L,
    Polk DSW-PRO 400.
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  • BlueFox
    BlueFox Posts: 15,251
    edited February 2013
    xftman wrote: »
    LOL. maybe the 100 posts rule...

    But that contradicts the idea of "frequent posters". :rolleyes:
    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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  • SCompRacer
    SCompRacer Posts: 8,495
    edited February 2013
    Ricardo wrote: »
    No idea.

    I remember when you was just an HT Rookie.:cheesygrin:
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  • decal
    decal Posts: 3,205
    edited February 2013
    They are attending the ultra exclusive PolkFarmBoy SOAD (School of Audio Destruction).
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    If you can't hear a difference, don't waste your money.
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,165
    edited February 2013
    What was the question again?

    Hi Ricardo

    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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  • Toolfan66
    Toolfan66 Posts: 17,224
    edited February 2013
    They started eating again..
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  • George Grand
    George Grand Posts: 12,258
    edited February 2013
    Maybe the add nothing post whores we have drove them away.
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  • zarrdoss
    zarrdoss Posts: 2,562
    edited February 2013
    I left for a while because we moved to a smaller house and I don't have enough room for this hobby, well not like I would like to. I do have the room for another hobby, drums. I came back because you guys are just too awesome.
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  • smglbrth
    smglbrth Posts: 1,469
    edited February 2013
    Winter time is when I frequent more often here, i.e., when the weather turns crappy. During the summer I frequent a motorcycle forum I'm a part of. So..., depends on the time of year for me...
    Remember, when you're running from something, you're running to something...-me
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  • cfrizz
    cfrizz Posts: 13,415
    edited February 2013
    People came, got the info they needed to improve their systems and are now enjoying them, there is no need to come back everyday to say how much they are enjoying them. To the great majority this is simply a part of their life, not an obsession.

    There are so many other things that are a higher priority than audio, like employment, keeping a roof over your head, food on the table, etc. This is an expensive hobby if you are a constant tweeker/upgrader which most people aren't. If you have lost your employment I doubt you care very much right now about your audio system.

    Or perhaps a great many having explored most of what there is to audio have found another hobby to get wrapped up in.
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  • xftman
    xftman Posts: 153
    edited February 2013
    BlueFox wrote: »
    But that contradicts the idea of "frequent posters". :rolleyes:

    They don't have to post as frequent as I do to get there. LOL. I will start my count down/up soon. 86
    MAIN:
    Front- LsiM 707 (MIT Terminator 2 Bi-Wire),
    Center- lsiM 706,
    Surrounds- lsi F/X,
    Power sub PSW1000,
    Receiver- Harman Kardon Avr 3700,
    Amp - Emo XPR-5.

    Secondary (2.1):
    LsiM 703,
    HK Avr 3700,
    Yaqin MS-30L,
    Polk DSW-PRO 400.
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  • dudeinaroom
    dudeinaroom Posts: 3,609
    edited February 2013
    Well said Cathy.

    This is not the only audio forum on the interwebs. I know I belong to a few, but this is the one I call home. Not to mention some of us have more than just one hobby/time waster. I am into Audio, computers, video games, Radio controlled land vehicles, I also have 5 kids and a wife. When I we had just one little one, I was on here all the time, and it slightly tapered off and leveled off after the third. Loss of high speed internet made it a little harder to keep up. Then hard times hit and I was gone for almost a year. It's like anything else in life it all comes and goes, and runs through phases.
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  • Jstas
    Jstas Posts: 14,809
    edited February 2013
    George Grand wrote: »
    Maybe the add nothing post whores we have drove them away.

    DING DING DING DING DING!!!

    WE HAVE A WINNAH!

    Tell him what he's won, Johnny!
    Expert Moron Extraordinaire

    You're just jealous 'cause the voices don't talk to you!
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  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited February 2013
    Jstas wrote: »
    DING DING DING DING DING!!!

    WE HAVE A WINNAH!

    Tell him what he's won, Johnny!
    +1...
    "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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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 19,013
    edited February 2013
    cfrizz wrote: »
    .....There are so many other things that are a higher priority than audio.....

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    ~ In search of accurate reproduction of music. Real sound is my reference and while perfection may not be attainable? If I chase it, I might just catch excellence. ~
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