Polk Instagram Halloween Giveaway

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edited October 31 in Polk Social Media
🚨Giveaway Alert🚨

Please check out our latest Instagram Reel where we cut open some Polk loudspeakers to show off the build quality. This video is a nod to our sales team back in the day who would do this to impress dealers.

From Instagram:

Trick or treat? How about both?

While chainsaws can be scary around Halloween, we hope you’ll enjoy the explanation of our cabinetry build history from Polk engineer Scott Orth. And rest assured, no *working​* Polk speakers were harmed in the making of this video.

🚨Additionally, we’re going to give away a pair of Polk R100s as a treat to one lucky winner.

Like, follow, comment and tag two friends to enter. Complete sweepstakes rules attached to this post.

#PolkAudio #HalloweenGiveaway
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 34,909
    Cool but FYI and FWIW: I don't do Instragram.
    I do realize that I don't exactly represent the core demographic here, but it still seemed worth mentioning, albeit barely.
    I thought all the cool kids were doing Bluesky or TikTok or... whatever.
    Even X is making a comeback, I hear. :#
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  • displayname
    displayname Posts: 1,202
    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    Cool but FYI and FWIW: I don't do Instragram.
    I do realize that I don't exactly represent the core demographic here, but it still seemed worth mentioning, albeit barely.
    I thought all the cool kids were doing Bluesky or TikTok or... whatever.
    Even X is making a comeback, I hear. :#

    Marketing isn't about where the cool kids are. It's about where the most cool kids are. And at this point in time, it's Instagram.
    Analog: Hana ML > MoFi UltraDeck > Bob's Devices Sky 20-S > Sutherland 20/20 w/LPS
    Digital: Cambridge CXC / Streaming > Cambridge CXN v2
    MastersounD Dueventi > Rosso Fiorentino Certaldo or Hifiman EF600 > Hifiman Arya Stealth
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  • billbillw
    billbillw Posts: 7,445
    I don't spend much time on Insta, but my kids do. Because of that, I have an account just to follow them. The younger gens don't do Facebook because it is for 'Boomers' according to my kids.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 34,909
    edited October 31
    Definitely not Facebook, but Instagram seems like 10 years ago relative to the other big tech platforms gunning for folks' attention. Is Instagram really still big?
    OK, looks reasonably so...
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    source: https://sqmagazine.co.uk/social-media-statistics/
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    source: https://datareportal.com/reports/digital-2025-sub-section-top-social-platforms (this one appears to be normalized to YT)
    so it's just me, then.
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 51,664
    I use exactly zero of those.
    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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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 29,384
    Facebook link

    https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1GeyHo7xwA/
    - Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit.
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  • Tony M
    Tony M Posts: 11,566
    I'm in with 11. B)


    Nice cabinet construction. Some wood glue and biscuits could fix that.
    Most people just listen to music and watch movies. I EXPERIENCE them.

    “Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured.”
    --Mark Twain.

    “If at first you don't succeed, then skydiving definitely isn't for you.” - Steven Wright
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  • displayname
    displayname Posts: 1,202
    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    Definitely not Facebook, but Instagram seems like 10 years ago relative to the other big tech platforms gunning for folks' attention. Is Instagram really still big?
    OK, looks reasonably so...
    wl0cz70yqt4f.png
    source: https://sqmagazine.co.uk/social-media-statistics/
    jbi5227ehlii.png
    source: https://datareportal.com/reports/digital-2025-sub-section-top-social-platforms (this one appears to be normalized to YT)
    so it's just me, then.
    yvofgaqj817q.gif

    Don’t forget that Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp are all the same company too.
    Analog: Hana ML > MoFi UltraDeck > Bob's Devices Sky 20-S > Sutherland 20/20 w/LPS
    Digital: Cambridge CXC / Streaming > Cambridge CXN v2
    MastersounD Dueventi > Rosso Fiorentino Certaldo or Hifiman EF600 > Hifiman Arya Stealth
    Discogs
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  • pitdogg2
    pitdogg2 Posts: 26,922
    Don't forget My Space started it all.
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  • muncybob
    muncybob Posts: 3,227
    Instagram? Is that where a stripper knocks on your door to deliver a telegraph?
    Yep, my name really is Bob.
    Parasound HCA1500A(indoor sound) and HCA1000(outdoor sound), Dynaco PAS4, Denon DP1200 w/Shure V15 Type V and Jico SAS stylus, Marantz UD7007, Polk L600, Rythmik L12 sub.
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  • HzTweaker
    HzTweaker Posts: 927
    Ahem, Did anyone win the R100s? ;)
    2ch rig: Speakers: Magnepan LRS w/Magna Riser stands Preamplifier: Parasound P5 Amplifier: Parasound A23 CDP: Pioneer DV-563A Cables: Wireworld Equinox 7 XLR ICs, Wireworld Ultraviolet 7 USB, AudioQuest Q2s, AudioQuest NRG X(preamp)

    Standby: LSi9s with VR3's Fortress mods
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  • billbillw
    billbillw Posts: 7,445
    edited November 21
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    They had an Instagram post about it. They said they were waiting to verify the eligibility. There were hundreds of entries on Insta, so probably not anyone here.
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  • HzTweaker
    HzTweaker Posts: 927
    Copy that.
    2ch rig: Speakers: Magnepan LRS w/Magna Riser stands Preamplifier: Parasound P5 Amplifier: Parasound A23 CDP: Pioneer DV-563A Cables: Wireworld Equinox 7 XLR ICs, Wireworld Ultraviolet 7 USB, AudioQuest Q2s, AudioQuest NRG X(preamp)

    Standby: LSi9s with VR3's Fortress mods
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 34,909
    why is someone sawing a Polk loudspeaker with what appears to be an EGO battery powered chainsaw?
    Do NOT ask me why I can ID the saw... :blush:
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  • Hermitism
    Hermitism Posts: 4,320
    edited November 21
    The set they're giving away the chainsawed ones?
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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 29,384
    Wait you guys don't saw your speakers in half??
    - Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 34,909
    VR3 wrote: »
    Wait you guys don't saw your speakers in half??

    That's how we got quad. B)
    oue3rv63t651.png
    source: https://www.psaudio.com/blogs/copper/empire-part-3

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  • EndersShadow
    EndersShadow Posts: 17,686
    edited December 5
    billbillw wrote: »
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    They had an Instagram post about it. They said they were waiting to verify the eligibility. There were hundreds of entries on Insta, so probably not anyone here.

    Definitely someone here…..

    ME!!!!!

    Speakers arrived just now.

    I was waiting until they posted on instagram but meh…
    "....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)
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  • billbillw
    billbillw Posts: 7,445
    Congrats. I think they forgot to follow up on Insta. Most people don't go back to look at old insta posts. They slowly disappear down the feed.
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  • EndersShadow
    EndersShadow Posts: 17,686
    Big thanks to @PolkSocial for another great give-a-way!

    First time I’ve ever won a contest like this!
    "....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)
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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 29,384
    To cool!

    Of course pictures or didn't happen
    - Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit.
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  • EndersShadow
    EndersShadow Posts: 17,686
    VR3 wrote: »
    To cool!

    Of course pictures or didn't happen

    Just for you 😉
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    "....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)
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  • EndersShadow
    EndersShadow Posts: 17,686
    edited December 5
    billbillw wrote: »
    Congrats. I think they forgot to follow up on Insta. Most people don't go back to look at old insta posts. They slowly disappear down the feed.

    To be fair, I missed their initial message and didn’t respond till last week, which was Black Friday, then Cyber Monday. I honestly wasn’t expecting them to ship until next week so getting them now was a welcomed surprise!

    My wife said the FedEx guy was struggling with em so she brought them in (I was on a conference call or I would have done the same).

    Packaging was phenomenal, with a nice foam insert, then your normal plastic bag covering, with an added very soft fabric covering the speakers keeping them nice and protected. Packaging is definitely getting saved.

    At first I thought I’d gotten black versions.

    The owners manual was also much better put together than what I’d previously gotten with the older TSi, Monitor, R series speakers.

    Likely putting these in the master bedroom to replace the Polk Soundbar I have in there currently.
    "....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)
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  • billbillw
    billbillw Posts: 7,445
    edited December 5
    They do need reasonably good amplification, so keep that in mind. I'd swap those other freebies and the console sub to see what they sound like with that Pathos amp ya got there. You will be surprised how much bass those R200 can make without a sub when you give them clean power.
    Er...NM, I forgot those are only the R100.
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  • pitdogg2
    pitdogg2 Posts: 26,922
    EndersShadow wrote: »
    Big thanks to @PolkSocial for another great give-a-way!

    First time I’ve ever won a contest like this!

    Congratulations Dan!
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  • audioluvr
    audioluvr Posts: 5,865
    EndersShadow wrote: »
    Big thanks to @PolkSocial for another great give-a-way!

    First time I’ve ever won a contest like this!

    You were the only one to enter the drawing...
    Gustard X26 Pro DAC
    Belles 21A Pre modded with Mundorf Supreme caps
    B&K M200 Sonata monoblocks refreshed and upgraded
    Polk SDA 1C's modded / 1000Va Dreadnaught
    Wireworld Silver Eclipse IC's and speaker cables
    Harman Kardon T65C w/Grado Gold. (Don't laugh. It sounds great!)

    There is about a 5% genetic difference between apes and men …but that difference is the difference between throwing your own poo when you are annoyed …and Einstein, Shakespeare and Miss January. by Dr. Sardonicus
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  • audioluvr
    audioluvr Posts: 5,865
    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    why is someone sawing a Polk loudspeaker with what appears to be an EGO battery powered chainsaw?
    Do NOT ask me why I can ID the saw... :blush:

    Just a minor correction so they'd fit on his moms bookshelf.
    Gustard X26 Pro DAC
    Belles 21A Pre modded with Mundorf Supreme caps
    B&K M200 Sonata monoblocks refreshed and upgraded
    Polk SDA 1C's modded / 1000Va Dreadnaught
    Wireworld Silver Eclipse IC's and speaker cables
    Harman Kardon T65C w/Grado Gold. (Don't laugh. It sounds great!)

    There is about a 5% genetic difference between apes and men …but that difference is the difference between throwing your own poo when you are annoyed …and Einstein, Shakespeare and Miss January. by Dr. Sardonicus
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  • Hermitism
    Hermitism Posts: 4,320
    I'm glad they went to a forum member.

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