You've been on Club Polk too long if...

PSOVLSK
PSOVLSK Posts: 4,822
when hearing of a shipping mishap involving audio equipment you think of polkfarmboy.

you snicker when someone makes a comment about black paint.

you remember when VR3 was Sid the Kid.

you know about Ben's silver cables.

you remember when "Looking for Misc. Audio Deals of the Day," *"What Are You Listening To," and "Post a Picture...Any Picture" were new threads.

you know about (and probably love) the Jersey Grands.



*(Full disclosure: I was not around for this monumental occasion)
Things work out best for those who make the best of the way things work out.-John Wooden
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  • pitdogg2
    pitdogg2 Posts: 22,707
    I may have been here for all of that...….

    can't remember :D
  • smglbrth
    smglbrth Posts: 1,431
    pitdogg2 wrote: »
    I may have been here for all of that...….

    can't remember :D

    Ditto, when you can't remember all that...
    Remember, when you're running from something, you're running to something...-me
  • polrbehr
    polrbehr Posts: 2,791
    edited March 2019
    mrbiron wrote: »
    I just got my 10 year badge. The wife is bringing me out for dinner to celebrate!

    Or, it's a red herring, and while you are out of the house the guys who bought all your stuff from the ad she put on Craigslist will be at your house to haul it all away? Color me conspiratorial. :)
    So, are you willing to put forth a little effort or are you happy sitting in your skeptical poo pile?


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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 27,101
    My favorite club polk past time was the BDT, RUSS, MANTIS, LIV4FAM flame threads. Epicness
    - Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit.
  • rpf65
    rpf65 Posts: 2,127
    I’ve been here long enough to miss PFB’s shipping disasters. The only thing that is close to as enjoyable is the cable threads now a days.
  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 24,390
    You have been here too long if you remember a time when Jesse was a wet behind the ears newbie that communicated using more than three words in a sentence.
    The Gear... Carver "Statement" Mono-blocks, 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 380d DSDIn retirement...TriangleArt Reference SE with Walker Precision Motor Drive, Yamaha CD-S2100 SACD Player.“Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book has been rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street building has been renamed, every date has been altered…History has stopped. Nothing exists except the endless present in which the party is always right” — George Orwell“If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.”
  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 27,101
    haaaaaazzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
    - Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit.
  • Willow
    Willow Posts: 10,695
    When Dr.Spec would discuss subs.
    TV room- B&W 703, SVS PB10 NSD, Marantz NR1607, Parasound 1500a, Pro-Ject Debut Carbon (Yellow) with Acrylic platter, Pro-Ject phono pre, MIT AVT 2 speaker cables, MIT AVT 1 and AVT 2 ICs, XLO Jumpers, Signal Dig Coax, Signal Cable Magic Power Cables x3, Samsung QN75Q7DR Qled 75" tv, Harmony 1100, Sony BDP-S6200, Marantz DV-4200 (as Transport), Cambridge Audio DAC Magic100, Monster 3600MKII, PS4, Nintendo Switch and Xbox 360 Family room Samsung 55JS7000 Android Mi Box3 and Apple TV, Polk Magnifi Max. - Pool /Gazebo Yamaha RX-A1010, Polk Patio 25x4, Rotel RDV 1045 (as CDP) MIT AVT3 ICs - Work - Spotify Premium, Neutron App or Amazon Music to my FiiO Kunlun into my Grado SR125e

  • erniejade
    erniejade Posts: 6,158
    Think i still have a couple of sets of Ben's cables.
    Musical Fidelity Tri-Vista 300, Audioquest Thunderbird Zero Speaker Cable, Tyler Highland H2, Audioquest Thunderbird Interconnect, Innuos Zen MK3 W4S recovery, Revolution Audio Labs USB & Ethernet, Border Patrol SE-I, Audioquest Niagara 5000 & Thunder, Cullen Crossover II PC's.
  • SCompRacer
    SCompRacer Posts: 8,079
    You've been on Club Polk too long if...

    You know the threads that will be locked down after the first post. :D
    Salk SoundScape 8's * Audio Research Reference 3 * Bottlehead Eros Phono * Park's Audio Budgie SUT * Krell KSA-250 * Harmonic Technology Pro 9+ * Signature Series Sonore Music Server w/Deux PS * Roon * Gustard R26 DAC / Singxer SU-6 DDC * Heavy Plinth Lenco L75 Idler Drive * AA MG-1 Linear Air Bearing Arm * AT33PTG/II & Denon 103R * Richard Gray 600S * NHT B-12d subs * GIK Acoustic Treatments * Sennheiser HD650 *
  • george daniel
    george daniel Posts: 12,096
    When you could pick up an ELP for less than $400.00
    JC approves....he told me so. (F-1 nut)
  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 24,390
    You've been on Club Polk too long if...

    ...you remember the last time Russ took a shower. o:)
    The Gear... Carver "Statement" Mono-blocks, 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 380d DSDIn retirement...TriangleArt Reference SE with Walker Precision Motor Drive, Yamaha CD-S2100 SACD Player.“Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book has been rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street building has been renamed, every date has been altered…History has stopped. Nothing exists except the endless present in which the party is always right” — George Orwell“If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.”
  • MrBuhl
    MrBuhl Posts: 2,419
    LOL this is a good thread! I don't go back as far as many of these but "Crazy Doro" sales always make me think vintage.
    VA HT HK AVR20II, Sony S9000ES CD/DVD/SACD, Polk Audio RC80i / Polk Audio CSi3, 60" Panasonic Plasma, Nordost / Signal Cable A2 / Wireworld / Pangea / Magic Power
    VA 2 Channel Focal Electra 926 speakers, Pass Labs X150.5 Amp, Eastern Electric MiniMax Preamp (Tutay mods), Eastern Electric Minimax CDP (Scott Nixon mods), Music Hall mmf 5.1 Turntable, Parks Audio Budgie Phono Pre , Audioengine B1 streamer, MIT S3 IC's / MIT Shotgun S3 Speaker Cables / PS Audio power cables
    Noggin Schiit Valhalla, Pangea, Phillips Fidelio X1, Polk UF8000

    Polk SDA1c modded
    Polk CRS+ 4.1TL modded (need veneer)
    Polk SDA2BTL (fully modded)
    A/L 1000VA Dreadnought Canare 4s11 SDA cable
    SACD Marantz DV8300
    Sony S9000ES CD/DVD/SACD
    Yamaha YP-D6
    Soundcraftsmen PCR800
    Audible Illusions L1 Preamp
    Vincent MFA based Cocci Tube Preamp
    Pho-700 Phono Pre
    Signal Cable Silver Resolution IC's






  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 16,933
    edited March 2019
    .....When you remember the moderators (all of them) posting things daily basis that would have gotten get them banned as of late (until we went mod-free).

    When you remember trolls like riggins and the blokes from England with their "dirty" forum where everything was sexual in nature, even something as innocent as speaker wire.

    When Polk or Polk representatives actually backed Polkfests, made T-shirts, gave a way gear and showcased their latest and greatest.

    When Mark Suskind would show up drunker than a skunk at a Polkfest rambling that it was unwise to have toe in on a speaker setup that wasn't an SDA.....further rambling on that toe OUT actually had a better soundstage...

    Tom

    ~ 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. ~
  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 27,101
    Bro when Mark started talking about toe out... You knew he was far far gone
    - Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit.
  • gudnoyez
    gudnoyez Posts: 7,942
    edited March 2019
    I will never forget the PFB thread about his new Sony Streamer and he was sitting on the toilet using his tablet demonstrating it pictures and all showing the ease of use and his navagating his playlist all while on the sh....er. :D I will have to dig that thread up classic oldie but goodie.
    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

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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 24,390
    John was still sledding down his driveway in Minnesota...with funky thoughts of Bob Carver.
    You have been here too long if you now have Alzheimer’s :p;) ... I lived in Indiana when I joined, haven’t been on a sled since 1977, and it was Miss Sonic Holography I was having the funky thoughts about, though Bob is a looker when he puts on that slinky red dress.
    The Gear... Carver "Statement" Mono-blocks, 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 380d DSDIn retirement...TriangleArt Reference SE with Walker Precision Motor Drive, Yamaha CD-S2100 SACD Player.“Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book has been rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street building has been renamed, every date has been altered…History has stopped. Nothing exists except the endless present in which the party is always right” — George Orwell“If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.”
  • verb
    verb Posts: 10,176
    Well I've only been here a little over a year, but I can remember when this newbie posted a link to a FS ad on a set of Polk SRT's, only to be reminded that the listing was nearly a year old!

    Got spanked for that, and other dumb posts, but all in good fun! :smile:
    Basement: Polk SDA SRS 1.2tl's, Cary SLP-05 Pre with ultimate upgrade,McIntosh MCD301 CD/SACD player, Northstar Designs Excelsio DAC, Cambridge 851N streamer, McIntosh MC300 Amp, Silnote Morpheus Ref2, Series2 Digital Cables, Silnote Morpheus Ref2 Series2 XLR's, Furman 15PFi Power Conditioner, Pangea Power Cables, MIT Shotgun S3 IC's, MIT Shotgun S1 Bi-Wire speaker cables
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    Spare Room: Dayens Ampino Integrated Amp, Tjoeb 99 tube CD player (modified Marantz CD-38), Analysis Plus Oval 9's, Zu Jumpers, AudioEngine B1 Streamer, Klipsch RB-61 v2, SVS PB1000 sub, Blue Jeans RCA IC's, Shunyata Hydra 8 Power Conditioner
    Living Room: Peachtree Nova Integrated, Cambridge CXN v2 Streamer, Rotel RCD-1072 CD player, Furman 15PFi Power Conditioner, Polk RT265 In Wall Speakers, Polk DSW Pro 660wi sub
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  • simm
    simm Posts: 561
    How about if you signed up for and received “The Speaker Specialist” in the mail?
  • steveinaz
    steveinaz Posts: 19,511
    I have obviously NOT been on Club Polk too long because Sid the kid still has transformers.

    LOL!
    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
  • steveinaz
    steveinaz Posts: 19,511
    Polkitup2 wrote: »
    The home made subwoofer with the "air hole"

    OMG that was hilarious. That was "T-Unit" I remember someone saying his idea was "dumb" to which he responded "but I am dumb, so it all kinda works out." LMAO!!!
    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
  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 16,933
    .......When you remember........

    ////// \\\\\\

    and what he was trying to do.

    Tom
    ~ 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. ~