Seems that I've started a war!

Frank Z
Frank Z Posts: 5,860
edited February 2024 in Clubhouse Archives
You guy's gotta check this thread at AVS.

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?s=&postid=3083465#post3083465

Props to Russman for the term Crackpot!! It has come in handy.
9/11 - WE WILL NEVER FORGET!! (<---<<click)
2005-06 Club Polk Football Pool Champion!! :D
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,986
    edited December 2003
    I don't even bother with forums like that. HT forum, AVS, etc....

    Too many know it all keyboard rangers.

    Oh, and George Grand has the copyright on 'crackpot', he only licensed it to me to use until year end.

    Cheers,
    Russ
    Check your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service.
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  • Frank Z
    Frank Z Posts: 5,860
    edited December 2003
    True enough Russ, but there's always something to learn somewhere. I visit the sites you listed and generally find the people to be civil. This thread really brought the cockroaches out of the woodwork though. It really chaps my **** when these elitest pisspots start in on others that don't share their obtuse viewpoints.
    9/11 - WE WILL NEVER FORGET!! (<---<<click)
    2005-06 Club Polk Football Pool Champion!! :D
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  • fireshoes
    fireshoes Posts: 3,167
    edited December 2003
    I think he was definitely out of line, and you did a good job checking him on it. However you get 2 minutes for highsticking, and 2 more minutes for instigating. :D
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  • Dr. Spec
    Dr. Spec Posts: 3,780
    edited December 2003
    Be careful, Bott will ban your **** - he's done it before for less.

    I'm not a member of AVS, and I probably will never join. There is far too much member overlap with HTF to make it worthwhile.

    FWIW, you did the right thing, IMO. Let's face it, we are biased because CC carries Polk, and Polk is a great speaker, and CC sells them for less (sometimes obscenely low prices).

    Many of us have gotten some GREAT deals on Polk at CC and there is nothing wrong with shopping there if you know what you are looking for and just buy there for the prices.

    If you want audio boutique ambience, informed salespeople, and decently set-up listening rooms, go elsewhere.
    "What we do in life echoes in eternity"

    Ed Mullen (emullen@svsound.com)
    Director - Technology and Customer Service
    SVS
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  • madmax
    madmax Posts: 12,434
    edited December 2003
    Who does that guy Frank think he is? You are Irock, right? :D
    madmax
    Vinyl, the final frontier...

    Avantgarde horns, 300b tubes, thats the kinda crap I want... :D
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  • PolkThug
    PolkThug Posts: 7,532
    edited December 2003
    "thebland" is a punk ****. I'd like to throttle him.
    Never Forget
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  • Frank Z
    Frank Z Posts: 5,860
    edited December 2003
    He's an Effin Snob!!
    9/11 - WE WILL NEVER FORGET!! (<---<<click)
    2005-06 Club Polk Football Pool Champion!! :D
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  • steveinaz
    steveinaz Posts: 19,538
    edited December 2003
    They do have their noses' tilited slightly upward huh? Manufacturers choosing to retail their products at major chain stores just makes good marketing sense.

    These "audio-snobs" are pissed off for the same reason that some folks with a college degree get the **** because someone without a degree gets promoted at work---they spent the big bucks, but didn't get the desired results. (I'm sure to get flamed on that comment). But sorry, it's true in some cases. Even though the employee without college is much more knowledgeable (thru experience) the college degree employee feels he/she should be "reimbursed" (thru quick promotion) for their expense.

    Just like the audio-snob feels he getting something "special" because he bought it at a hi-fi boutique.

    We ALL know that Polk has 2 factories; 1 factory builds stuff in a top-notch fashion, using the finest silver solders and hand selected drivers for the boutique stores; the other factory makes internal connections with scotch tape, and uses audiovox drivers masked to look like Polks' for the major chain's.....LOL, I'm being sarcastic OK, no flames please.

    You get my point.

    Mark Levinson Power amp.....$8,500 dollars...
    Wilson Watt Puppy's.....$34,000 dollars...
    Polk Audio Lsi performance at CC prices.....priceless.
    Source: Bluesound Node 2i - Preamp/DAC: Benchmark DAC2 DX - Amp: Parasound Halo A21 - Speakers: MartinLogan Motion 60XTi - Shop Rig: Yamaha A-S501 Integrated - Shop Spkrs: Elac Debut 2.0 B5.2
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  • weavercr
    weavercr Posts: 289
    edited December 2003
    In charleston there is a HI FI shop that sells Bose. They think they are a hi fi shop. If I mention their name troy will flame me for even mentioning them......


    Also Tweeter carries Vienna Acoustics, Sonus Faber, mirage, and Boston. I guess by irock these are also junk...
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  • shiznit311
    shiznit311 Posts: 95
    edited December 2003
    IF they're that thin skinned, I couldn't last a week there. I still can't get over they want you to apologize. LMFAO...
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