story of new Polks

Hap

Hi all. Just thought I would tell you about my speaker buying experience. I live in the bush of northern BC. The nearest stores to audition speakers are in Prince George BC, a 4 hour drive. So I do my research on line and usually buy out of Vancouver and have the purchase sent to a friends house at the nearest town.
This time I did things differently. While in PG I saw a future store and asked if they carried Polks. Well they said yes. I asked if they would order some speakers for me, namely the Lsi 25,LsiC and LsiFX. We looked through their computer and found the Lsi 9 only. So the manager got on the phone to find out if he can order the speakers. He came back to me and said yes. So on June 14 we negotiated a price and I left with the promise that they would call me when the speakers were in. Well thanks to everyone on line I did not loose my cool because the speakers did not arrive until the first of August. I had heard about the change to China for the build and that there were delays.
While I was waiting I ordered a new amp [ATI] and adcoms new optical protection system. Everything came and I was able to find and fix a hum in my system while waiting for the speakers.
When the speakers came in I drove to PG and picked up my new speakers. I had emaled Polk about their packaging and if it would hold up to seriously bad roads. They had said that they thought everything would be fine. I was a little nervous as I know people do not know what a serious bush road is like. And seeing as I would have to drive for an hour on it I decided to air down my superduty tires to 20lbs. Well that was the ticket and the speakers arrived home safe.
Was it worth it. You bet. We spent about 100 hours breaking them in and then my wife and I sat down for the first true test. All I can say is my wife and I love these speakers. The sound is just what we wanted. Henry

scottvamp

Welcome to the forum Henry. Sounds good - you really know your amps too. Nice to have a wife who enjoys the hobbie also......:cool:

F1nut

I see a good ad here............Polk guys, are you reading this?

BTW, Welcome to the forum!

amulford

That is an excellent story, Hap. Glad to see your patience bear fruit. Welcome to the forum and we are expecting pictures of your new rig!!!

HBombToo

Originally posted by Hap


Everything came and I was able to find and fix a hum in my system while waiting for the speakers.

I'm curious how loud a hum could be without a speaker? I bought a monster package, it does voltage and current regulation. I never had a large Hum? like that anyway...

twin

Hap

Glad you guys enjoyed my story. HBombToo- I already had a system centered around RTA 11Ts with MA 700s for amp power. My wife and I built our log home from scatch. We did everything from falling the trees to installing the electrical. This being the case I try to make everything look as if it belongs. When I got the new AMP I decided to put it 8 feet in the air among the 12" log joists. This solved many problems for me such as making room ,hiding the big black box. I kept it low enough so that there is no heat problem. What did happen is I did not have many paths for the power cord. I installed a dedicated outlet but for some strange reason I had a hum from my main speakers when I first hooked it up. I moved all of my sat receivers [3] but nothing seemed to work. I was about to bring the beast down to earth when I decided to move the outlet 3 feet. This is all it needed. The AMP is not hooked into my new protection system as all ATI amps come with a built in state of the art protection system. I really upgraded my protection system for the Lsi25s with their built in amps. I did not relish the idea or taking them in after a power bump. And seeing as we are the last folks on the power line up here we get lots of bumps. Well thats probably more than you want to hear. Thanks for the welcome guys.

kingtut

Interesting location for the amp. How about some pix of the location where the amp sits?

ohskigod

pics of the system would be cool

i wouldnt mind seeing pics of the cabin either. building it from scratch must give a sence of acomplishment i will never experience for myself (i'm not the most mechanical person on the planet )

johnny_utah

Originally posted by kingtut
Interesting location for the amp. How about some pix of the location where the amp sits?

how about some pics of the log cabin and the bush road. Sounds to cool. *pictures no one around for miles and walking around in the buff*

Hap

To satisfy some of your curiosity i will just give a few facts. We found our place in 1972. It is a 1/4 section surounded by Crown land. We built the house on a small hill overlooking a beautful river. We decided to build here instead of next to the river because we were worried about flooding. Turns out that was a good move as we have seen the whole valley covered with flood water. Our place is home to almost every animal of the north country. We often see bears of all kinds,wolfs,wolverine,moose,linx,and the list goes on. The river has Steelhead and Salmon although they are not worth fishing for up this high. We got power in 1978. It is still hard for us to believe that we are out this far and have power,sat,internet. My wife and I are retired now. I am 59 and she is 58. We were childhood sweethearts who moved here from San Diego. Our children [two boys] left home and now live in Vancouver. They come home every summer to fish and hike the back country. As far as pictures go I will have to get a digital camera someday. Oh we do go skinny dipping when ever it is hot enough.

gmorris

I've often wondered how the acoustics of a log cabin would be. I figured it would be rather on the dead side. Have you encountered any acoustic problems, or did you just set up the system and forget about it?

johnny_utah

your setup (cabin & land) sounds very awesome, and a bunch of nice polks. *daydreams - someday*

kingtut

Wow, sounds like a great place to live and retire. San Diego is just crazy right now, w/all the traffics and the escalation of the real estate. The average shoe-box home in SD is more than $500k, and the wages do not keep up w/the real estate prices, but we do have the weather, the beach and the mountains. We call it "the San Diego discount".

Hap

gmorris; log homes are actually quite lively and so we had to put in quite a few area carpets to cover the hardwood floors. The house is 3600 sqft with lots of angles due to the large logs used in constuction. I went with the Lsi25 due to the size of the room they are in. My subwoofer needed some help. Actually my next purchase will probably be a new sub. Something that will fit well with the Lsi.

Jstas

You should check out the new LSi subs. They would probably be very well matched to your all LSi system already.

Unless I missed something and didn't see that you already have one.

janmike

Henry,

I noticed that you purchased an ATI amp and wondered what you thought of it. I am looking at the Rotel / Parasound and seen this AT1202 on the market. Any feedback would be appreciated.