Speaker Specialists Back

George Grand
George Grand Posts: 12,258
edited May 2004 in Speakers
Announcing the return of super long time good guys, Bob McG and Larry Chanin!

I arrived here in Sep 99. Bob and his brother Mike were (and still are) the SDA specialists, and may have even been founding Polk Forum members. Both have excellent sound equipment, in a lot of different rooms.

Larry has been around at least as long as I, and also has a pretty good handle on why things happen in the sonic world. He was also propping up the old McG Bros. SDA website while Bob and Mike were pre-occupied.

Today's a good day.

George Grand (of the Jersey Grands)
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,729
    edited May 2004
    Welcome back guys, if George says you're good to go that's all I need to hear.
    Political Correctness'.........defined

    "A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."

    President of Club Polk

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  • gidrah
    gidrah Posts: 3,049
    edited May 2004
    I still am curious as to what happened with that Carver amp that made it's way from the repair shop to a pawn shop.
    Make it Funky! :)
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  • I-SIG
    I-SIG Posts: 2,243
    edited May 2004
    Originally posted by gidrah
    I still am curious as to what happened with that Carver amp that made it's way from the repair shop to a pawn shop.

    LOL! (in the ironic way) That's a good question.

    Speaking of the McGowan Bros, I was just listening to Deep Forest's made in japan on my SDA's this evening. :D It is a truly spacious CD.

    Wes
    Link: http://polkarmy.com/forums

    Sony 75" Bravia 4K | Polk Audio SDA-SRS's (w/RDO's & Vampire Posts) + SVS PC+ 25-31 | AudioQuest Granite (mids) + BWA Silver (highs) | Cary Audio CAD-200 | Signal Cable Silver Resolution XLR's | Rotel Michi P5 | Signal Cable Silver Resolution XLR's | Cambridge Audio azur 840C--Wadia 170i + iPod jammed w/ lossless audio--Oppo 970 | Pure|AV PF31d
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  • Larry Chanin
    Larry Chanin Posts: 601
    edited May 2004
    Originally posted by George Grand
    Announcing the return of super long time good guys, Bob McG and Larry Chanin!

    I arrived here in Sep 99. Bob and his brother Mike were (and still are) the SDA specialists, and may have even been founding Polk Forum members. Both have excellent sound equipment, in a lot of different rooms.

    Larry has been around at least as long as I, and also has a pretty good handle on why things happen in the sonic world. He was also propping up the old McG Bros. SDA website while Bob and Mike were pre-occupied.

    Today's a good day.

    George Grand (of the Jersey Grands)

    Hi All,

    George is being too kind. George and the McG Brothers have forgotten more about audio than I will ever know!!

    You can tell that George is exagerating when he says that I've been around as least as long as he has. NOBODY has been around as long as he has!!!;)

    Just kidding George.:D

    Regards,

    Larry
    Larry's Home Theater
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  • dave shepard
    dave shepard Posts: 1,334
    edited May 2004
    Hi Larry, I don't remember seeing you hear since I came on board but welcome back anyway. I was wondering how you made that impressive layout drawing of your room? That looks to have taken some effert and sure.

    Dave
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  • Larry Chanin
    Larry Chanin Posts: 601
    edited May 2004
    Hi Dave,

    I used Microsoft Visio to do the graphics. The software is fairly intuitive. It uses templates in which you drag and drop standard shapes. You can also cut and paste other images.

    Here's some concept drawings of my new home theater that's under construction in which I used Visio. You can see that I've pasted my Polk speakers into the graphics.

    Larry's New Home Theater Concept

    Larry
    Larry's Home Theater
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  • BobMcG
    BobMcG Posts: 1,585
    edited May 2004
    I just got back from down state and was popping into the Forums for a couple of minutes... and I see a very generous welcome back in here from George and others. You guys are too much! I'm not sure how worthy I am, but it's greatly appreciated. Thank you.

    Wow! That Carver amp!!! What an ordeal and a half!

    Very long story shortened:

    1) Yes, as you recall, Mr. Anderson (Formerly of Blue Tango Productions through carverrepair.com) pawned the amp instead of repairing it. Start of nightmere.

    2) It was purchased by another individual who bought it just to sell on eBay and make some money on it. If he had sold it, the "new owner" would have been in for a surprise! (Claimed he never plugged it in and didn't know it needed to be repaired.)

    3) It was spotted on eBay by a sharp-eyed member of this forum who suspected it was mine because it was customized with a set of Vampire Wire's Gold Binding Posts. (Somewhat of a giveaway.)

    4) The police confirmed it to be mine by the serial number in the filed report.

    5) The police informed the person in possesion of the amp of the situation and said it was to be returned to me. (Trying to be nice about it.)

    6) Individual said he would send it to me. (I gladly volunteered to pay shipping & insurance.)

    7) Individual got to thinking and decided he'd ship the amp only if I paid him back half the money he spent on it plus shipping! (Lets see. I paid for it when I bought it. I paid ship/ins to Washington state. I paid $189.00 to have amp repaired and shipped back. It was pawned instead. I'm offering to pay ship/ins back to me again. Now I have to buy it from the guy?

    8) Nightmere part two starts.... round and round with the guy...

    9) Back to police....

    10) Indvidual re-thinks his "master plan" and ships the amp back to me as previously agreed. (In possesion of stolen property if push comes to shove.)

    11) I finally get amp back after what? Maybe eight months after sending it to be repaired. But, not only is amp not repaired but now the volume knob is dangling off the front. This amp was in mint, like new condition when it left me. It came back with a collection of scratches and the broken knob. Nice. Still remains in the same condition.

    "Deep Forest" Thanks Wes, for the wake-up. I'll have to give it spin myself soon.

    Hey Larry, When you gonna start selling tickets buddy?
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  • AsSiMiLaTeD
    AsSiMiLaTeD Posts: 11,728
    edited May 2004
    Welcome back guys. I've been around here only 5 months or so and still I know who you are. It appears you're quite popular, even in your absence...
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  • TroyD
    TroyD Posts: 13,083
    edited May 2004
    George, Larry, Bob, Darrin....

    It's like a family reunion.

    Where and how is Mike McG?

    Stop, I'm getting all misty.

    BDT
    I plan for the future. - F1Nut
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  • BobMcG
    BobMcG Posts: 1,585
    edited May 2004
    Glad to see you're still here! It is looking a bit like a family reunion at that.
    Mike's doing fine thanks, just real busy with our computer business.
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  • TroyD
    TroyD Posts: 13,083
    edited May 2004
    Look forward to you guys stopping by, a real treat!

    Tell Mike that we all said hi!

    Good to hear from you, Bob.

    BDT
    I plan for the future. - F1Nut
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  • BobMcG
    BobMcG Posts: 1,585
    edited May 2004
    Mike says hi back to you and the others.

    And G-man there's a package on it's way to you.
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