Gauge of interest in Polk speaker demo program

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  • ken brydson
    ken brydson Posts: 8,776
    edited July 2019
    JayCee wrote: »
    ken brydson wrote: »
    I'm in Puyallup, @Geoff4rfc is in Tacoma, @WagnerRC is in Fox Island. Probably others as well, even more up north. Love to get my ears on the new offerings but I don't have anything that will power a 4ohm speaker properly. Maybe someone local does...

    I'd make a road trip that direction for a NW Polk meet. My BHK amp is too heavy to travel but I could bring the BHK Signature Pre, DirectStream DAC and a modded Parasound HCA-1500A. The 1500 has no problems w/4 ohm. @ken brydson you game to host? My daughter lives near Rogers HS.

    That could work, I'm like a mile from Rogers.
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  • JayCee
    JayCee Posts: 1,500
    Dejavu...you and I traded Puyallup locations a while back. Looks like a tentative plan. Details TBD.
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  • erniejade
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  • seeclear
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    In. Central Colorado
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  • Geoff4rfc
    Geoff4rfc Posts: 2,460
    ken brydson wrote: »
    JayCee wrote: »
    ken brydson wrote: »
    JayCee wrote: »
    In...Pacific Northwest.

    Where about?

    Spokane but I have family near Gig Harbor, Auburn and Puyallup. I'm over your direction quite often.

    I'm in Puyallup, @Geoff4rfc is in Tacoma, @WagnerRC is in Fox Island. Probably others as well, even more up north. Love to get my ears on the new offerings but I don't have anything that will power a 4ohm speaker properly. Maybe someone local does...

    I could hang with you guys. Y'all could even use my set up if you want.
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  • mantis
    mantis Posts: 17,201
    Im In. I'm always game .
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  • DarqueKnight
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  • pitdogg2
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    DarqueKnight wrote: »
    In.

    it just got real :D
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  • lightman1
    lightman1 Posts: 10,793
    I'm homeless....bite me...
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  • gmcman
    gmcman Posts: 1,807
    I can meet anyone on the list in the NOVA/ D.C. area to reduce the time these speakers spend with a shipping company.
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  • lightman1
    lightman1 Posts: 10,793
    txcoastal1 wrote: »
    lightman1 wrote: »
    I'm homeless....bite me...

    Hehehe...you can't us that excuse anymore...say it, get used to it, and remember it...

    "I have to ask my wife first" B)

    Dammitt!...
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  • aiconn
    aiconn Posts: 277
    I'd love to get a listen if anyone is in the Memphis or Arkansas area. I'm don't think I have the equipment to handle them properly.
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  • gudnoyez
    gudnoyez Posts: 8,132
    edited July 2019
    txcoastal1 wrote: »
    lightman1 wrote: »
    I'm homeless....bite me...

    Hehehe...you can't us that excuse anymore...say it, get used to it, and remember it...

    "I have to ask my wife first" B)

    lightman1 wrote: »
    txcoastal1 wrote: »
    lightman1 wrote: »
    I'm homeless....bite me...

    Hehehe...you can't us that excuse anymore...say it, get used to it, and remember it...

    "I have to ask my wife first" B)

    Dammitt!...


    https://youtu.be/H5tbHWOA-wA
    :'(
    Not in my house, you have enough speakers as it is. That's how the conversation will go.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,954
    lightman1 wrote: »
    I'm homeless....bite me...

    Yeah, but if they're bookshelves, they'll fit in a bucket truck.
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  • Upstatemax
    Upstatemax Posts: 2,685
    edited July 2019
    IN

    I have several systems and speakers I can put these head to head with!
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  • mrbiron
    mrbiron Posts: 5,711
    Skipped this thread for whatever reason.

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  • halo
    halo Posts: 5,616
    aiconn wrote: »
    I'd love to get a listen if anyone is in the Memphis or Arkansas area. I'm don't think I have the equipment to handle them properly.

    That's precisely why you should be "IN" on this, to see how they perform with average/entry level equipment.
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  • txcoastal1
    txcoastal1 Posts: 13,314
    edited July 2019
    halo wrote: »
    aiconn wrote: »
    I'd love to get a listen if anyone is in the Memphis or Arkansas area. I'm don't think I have the equipment to handle them properly.

    That's precisely why you should be "IN" on this, to see how they perform with average/entry level equipment.


    That depends, because we don't know.....

    And only Jesse knows ....

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  • BlueFox
    BlueFox Posts: 15,251
    What is the bookshelf size of the speakers? Woofer size? Mid/tweeter size?
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  • F1nut
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    I can't tell you that.
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  • Libertyc
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,456
    F1nut wrote: »
    I can't tell you that.

    But if you tell him, then you could kill him and get away with it. :p

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  • BlueFox
    BlueFox Posts: 15,251
    nooshinjohn wrote: »
    F1nut wrote: »
    I can't tell you that.

    But if you tell him, then you could kill him and get away with it. :p

    That’s a bizarre thought.
    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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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,456
    BlueFox wrote: »
    nooshinjohn wrote: »
    F1nut wrote: »
    I can't tell you that.

    But if you tell him, then you could kill him and get away with it. :p

    That’s a bizarre thought.
    Just playing off the old expression of “ I could tell you but then i’d Have to kill you.”...


    The Gear... Carver "Statement" Mono-blocks, Mcintosh C2300 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 680d DSD

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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,954
    BlueFox wrote: »
    What is the bookshelf size of the speakers? Woofer size? Mid/tweeter size?

    The AR-3 was considered a bookshelf loudspeaker -- and houses were smaller in the 1950s (not counting tiny houses, of course).

    B)

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    Maybe books were larger then?

    ;)
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,954
    nooshinjohn wrote: »
    BlueFox wrote: »
    nooshinjohn wrote: »
    F1nut wrote: »
    I can't tell you that.

    But if you tell him, then you could kill him and get away with it. :p

    That’s a bizarre thought.
    Just playing off the old expression of “ I could tell you but then i’d Have to kill you.”...



    Maybe they don't say that in Northern California?
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  • smglbrth
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  • jeremymarcinko
    jeremymarcinko Posts: 3,785
    I’d like to give em a listen. Central Ohio here.
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  • stainless0steel2
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    Yea I'm in. Denver
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