FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THINGS GOOD AND EVIL
audiocr381ve
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PLEASE WIDEN THE TEXT AREA. PLEASE WIDEN THE TEXT AREA. PLEASE WIDEN THE TEXT AREA.
It is almost painful and I've stayed away because it's just to hard on the eyes right now.
It is almost painful and I've stayed away because it's just to hard on the eyes right now.
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Do we really need the "share" icons? Just so you know, 99% of us will NEVER use it.
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Do we really need seven thousand million different new threads on this forum changes, really???
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I'd venture a guess that the majority of the most vocal detractors of this new format do not spend any appreciable amount of money on Polk products, and haven't for a number of years. The minor exception being the odd replacement MW 6.5s and RDO tweeters. The new generation that's being targeted are the ones that will be filling Polk's coffers moving forward, IMO. Maybe this is a forum format that is tailored to appeal to them. I get the feeling that with that being taken into account, The Polk folks might just cut their losses and simply pull the plug on the forum altogether, if all the strife and discord doesn't tone down fairly soon. Hope not, I learn a lot about vintage speaker care and feeding on here ! I appreciate the efforts that have been made, whether I actually care for them or not, is another matter entirely.
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True at least in my case; I fessed up earlier tonight on another post, in fact :-PI'd venture a guess that the majority of the most vocal detractors of this new format do not spend any appreciable amount of money on Polk products, and haven't for a number of years. The minor exception being the odd replacement MW 6.5s and RDO tweeters. The new generation that's being targeted are the ones that will be filling Polk's coffers moving forward, IMO. Maybe this is a forum format that is tailored to appeal to them. I get the feeling that with that being taken into account, The Polk folks might just cut their losses and simply pull the plug on the forum altogether, if all the strife and discord doesn't tone down fairly soon. Hope not, I learn a lot about vintage speaker care and feeding on here ! I appreciate the efforts that have been made, whether I actually care for them or not, is another matter entirely.
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AsSiMiLaTeD wrote: »Do we really need seven thousand million different new threads on this forum changes, really???
Does the efficacy of a protest increase as the number of people grow? -
My gripe has nothing to do with the number of people it's about the multiple concurrent threads, it's going to be MUCH easier for things to get fixed if we can keep them all in one thread vs having a new thread every time somebody wants to **** about something different.
Maybe I'll start creating more 4Shot threads to prove my point... -
AsSiMiLaTeD wrote: »Maybe I'll start creating more 4Shot threads to prove my point...
Now that's funny right there
Things work out best for those who make the best of the way things work out.-John Wooden -
Maybe this is a forum format that is tailored to appeal to them. I get the feeling that with that being taken into account,
So, you are saying the forum is being dumbed down so that Polk can reach the mediocre. That would explain a lot. Sounds like a winning plan for the MP3 and ear bud generation. Lots of money to be made selling mediocrity to fools.
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
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Can't argue with that. I lot of the iPod generation think Hi Fidelity is an iPod dock with two little 4" speakers.Maybe this is a forum format that is tailored to appeal to them. I get the feeling that with that being taken into account,
So, you are saying the forum is being dumbed down so that Polk can reach the mediocre. That would explain a lot. Sounds like a winning plan for the MP3 and ear bud generation. Lots of money to be made selling mediocrity to fools.
Home Theater/2 Channel:
Front: SDA-2ATL forum.polkaudio.com/discussion/143984/my-2as-finally-finished-almost/p1
Center: Custom Built forum.polkaudio.com/discussion/150760/my-center-channel-project/p1
Surrounds & Rears: Custom Built forum.polkaudio.com/discussion/151647/my-surround-project/p1
Sonicaps, Mills, RDO-194s-198s, Dynamat, Hurricane Nuts, Blackhole5
Pioneer Elite VSX-72TXV, Carver PM-600, SVS PB2-Plus Subwoofer
dhsspeakerservice.com/ -
Orrrrrrrr....you could choose to look at things in a more positive lightMaybe this is a forum format that is tailored to appeal to them. I get the feeling that with that being taken into account,
So, you are saying the forum is being dumbed down so that Polk can reach the mediocre. That would explain a lot. Sounds like a winning plan for the MP3 and ear bud generation. Lots of money to be made selling mediocrity to fools.
If indeed the purpose of the new forum is to bring in more people, maybe Polk is just trying to attract new customers so that it can sell them gear with decent sound, dong it's part to reduce the mp3 and earbud population altogether. I think Beats is also trying something similar with their newest headphone, trying to get people into gear that sounds decent, as the Solo2 is actually a pretty good sounding on-ear headphone. -
back to the topic at hand... widescreen option pleeeeease 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 -
audiocr381ve wrote: »AsSiMiLaTeD wrote: »Do we really need seven thousand million different new threads on this forum changes, really???
Does the efficacy of a protest increase as the number of people grow?
Well, there was that Arab Spring thing...
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falconcry72 wrote: »back to the topic at hand... widescreen option pleeeeease
Agree 100%! This area for content is smaller then the art behind it.
HT/2Channel: Emotiva MMC-1, Adcom GFA-555II, Polk SDA 3.1's, Teac TN-300 TT, Polk Center and Sub.
Bedroom system: Carver CT-24, Parasound HCA-800II, Monitor 10's
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AsSiMiLaTeD wrote: »My gripe has nothing to do with the number of people it's about the multiple concurrent threads, it's going to be MUCH easier for things to get fixed if we can keep them all in one thread vs having a new thread every time somebody wants to **** about something different.
How about the fact that I have sent 3pm's to mods for answers to the problems I'm having and yet not one has been answered . One thread? They are not either looking or answering to any of it. I remember a time when they interacted with us on here and were answering our complaints or trying to...so far not in my case
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I suspect they're kind of busy...
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Sorry, what problems are you having?
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Ken- For myself (and others, I imagine) the text area is about 1/3 of my screen width. There are massive empty spots on either side of the content.Gallo Ref 3.1 : Bryston 4b SST : Musical fidelity CD Pre : VPI HW-19
Gallo Ref AV, Frankengallo Ref 3, LC60i : Bryston 9b SST : Meridian 565
Jordan JX92s : MF X-T100 : Xray v8
Backburner:Krell KAV-300i -
Ken- For myself (and others, I imagine) the text area is about 1/3 of my screen width. There are massive empty spots on either side of the content.
x2!
HT/2Channel: Emotiva MMC-1, Adcom GFA-555II, Polk SDA 3.1's, Teac TN-300 TT, Polk Center and Sub.
Bedroom system: Carver CT-24, Parasound HCA-800II, Monitor 10's
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Hello,
I've mentioned this to Bruno and the reason for the fairly wide margins is to allow the forum to be read by different devices with ease. I'm afraid it can't be changed without causing problems with tablets, phones etc.
Regards, Ken -
I use "My Yahoo!" as my browser's homepage, I have it set up as two columns, and the columns expand and contract (width wise) depending in your screen resolution settings, and whether your browser is stretched to full screen or only taking up 2/3 of your monitor's screen. The width varies depending on your screen size. It also fits my tablet's screen perfectly.
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Who is this "Bruno" guy anyway ?
Where does he come from ?
Who are his people ?
These are the things we need to know....lolHT 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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On my phone (android) the text area takes up the entire width of the screen, and there are no margins/images on the sides. I want this to be possible on my PC as well.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 -
That would be Bruno Mattiello who is in Polk's IT department and has been the person who has worked with the engineers at Vanilla to create this forum.
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ahhhh ... the mysterious "bmattiello"!
Mystery solved!
At least it wasn't the Sasha Baron-Cohen character : - O -
So why do all the Email notifications have his name on them?
that is what the email title says for me. bmattiello .... -
It's likely default behavior, I'm sure they'll get it corrected...
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Kenneth Swauger wrote: »Hello,
I've mentioned this to Bruno and the reason for the fairly wide margins is to allow the forum to be read by different devices with ease. I'm afraid it can't be changed without causing problems with tablets, phones etc.
Regards, Ken
Then I guess I will only check the forum from my phone which sucks....... I gotta say making a website work best for mobile is great and all, but only if the experience for desktop doesn't significantly suffer...."....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) -
On other sites I do not have any problem with their display on either the phone or the iPad, and of course the PC looks fine too. In fact, on the Polk site before we went to this 'upgrade' I had no problem with either a PC, iPad, or phone. The 'Test' format worked fine on all three.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
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Kenneth Swauger wrote: »That would be Bruno Mattiello who is in Polk's IT department and has been the person who has worked with the engineers at Vanilla to create this MESS.
Fixed for you and no, I'm not back.
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