Polk Paul has cameo in Monster Cable article

fireshoes
fireshoes Posts: 3,167
edited March 2024 in Clubhouse Archives
http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/technology/2005-01-16-monster-usat_x.htm

Not really anything too exciting, but I was reading this Monster Cable article and was surprised to see a quote from Paul DiComo. The article was about the renaming of Candlestick Park to Monster Park, bt then delved into the topic of whether cables make a difference.
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  • Mjr7531
    Mjr7531 Posts: 856
    edited January 2005
    "relatively little-known company"
    :rolleyes:
    At least polk's getting it's name out there.
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  • madmax
    madmax Posts: 12,434
    edited January 2005
    Monster was the "relatively little known company". I hope people don't associate polk with monster...
    madmax
    Vinyl, the final frontier...

    Avantgarde horns, 300b tubes, thats the kinda crap I want... :D
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  • TroyD
    TroyD Posts: 13,083
    edited January 2005
    me too...

    I'm sorta torqued that my Carver amps have stickers that say 'wired with Monster Cable'. Back then, Monster WAS a little known company. Still pisses me off though.

    BDT
    I plan for the future. - F1Nut
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  • PolkThug
    PolkThug Posts: 7,532
    edited January 2005
    "...took a job at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, a government nuclear research center near San Francisco. At the lab, Lee says, he received toxic doses of radiation that led to a degenerative nerve disorder."

    Maybe this is why he wants to take control of monstervintage.com from its owners.
    Never Forget
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  • bknauss
    bknauss Posts: 1,441
    edited January 2005
    www.audioholics.com

    Seems like Ms. Kessler has misquoted at least one person. There's definitely a good letter sent to her by the head honcho at audioholics, Gene DellaSala. I've spoken with Gene on a couple of occasions before, and its sad to see such a class act have his words mis-used for such crap.
    Brian Knauss
    ex-Electrical Engineer for Polk
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  • PolkThug
    PolkThug Posts: 7,532
    edited January 2005
    "USAToday Endorses Monster Cable Products?
    Posted Monday, January 17 2005, by clint

    Several weeks ago we were asked for our opinion and analysis of high end speaker cables and how price related to performance. We spent much time on the phone with USAToday and were confident that the writer would be objective and that we were given ample time to deliver our opinions via phone and email. Overall, several hours of time were invested in this in the hopes that some objective truth could make its way to the public through this medium. We now feel that we were duped into supplying ammunition for a rather poorly-written, one-sided opinion side-bar piece designed to endorse Monster Cable through a flawed subjective test, almost deceptively poor product comparison, and lack of much subjective information whatsoever. We are very disappointed to say the least and thought that our readers would like to see our official response to this debacle. If you ever wanted proof that the media is biased, look no further."

    http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/technology/2005-01-16-monster-sidebar_x.htm

    http://forums.audioholics.com/forums/showthread.php?p=41297#post41297

    http://forums.audioholics.com/forums/showthread.php?p=41313#post41313
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  • fireshoes
    fireshoes Posts: 3,167
    edited January 2005
    Yeah, that's a pretty crappy article. Nice Joe Six-pack system there, Sony electronics and Bose speakers. :rolleyes:
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  • Shizelbs
    Shizelbs Posts: 7,433
    edited January 2005
    That really is one steaming pile of writing.
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  • PolkThug
    PolkThug Posts: 7,532
    edited January 2005
    This says it all:

    "We cut the cables into 10-foot lengths, hooked them up to identical pairs of Bose speakers and connected them to a Sony stereo system. "

    effin pathetic.
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited January 2005
    Ms. Kessler, contributing writer for the USA Today, otherwise known as McPaper....shall forever be known as Monster ****.
    CTC BBQ Amplifier, Sonic Frontiers Line3 Pre-Amplifier and Wadia 581 SACD player. Speakers? Always changing but for now, Mission Argonauts I picked up for $50 bucks, mint.
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  • bknauss
    bknauss Posts: 1,441
    edited January 2005
    I've talked back and forth with Ms. Kessler via email now, and I just can't get it through her head that her little A/B comparison yielded no usable information. Any engineer/scientist/etc see's that there are a ton of flaws in the test.
    Brian Knauss
    ex-Electrical Engineer for Polk
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited January 2005
    I would hope that Polk Paul will drop by and comment....since he's essentially a player.
    CTC BBQ Amplifier, Sonic Frontiers Line3 Pre-Amplifier and Wadia 581 SACD player. Speakers? Always changing but for now, Mission Argonauts I picked up for $50 bucks, mint.
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  • PolkThug
    PolkThug Posts: 7,532
    edited January 2005
    Originally posted by bknauss
    ... and I just can't get it through her head...

    Some people will never get it. In one case, a co-worker of mine gave the Bose A/B test to another 'Bose is the Best' lady. The test lets you A/B between one dual cube and one Polk or Infinity.

    Lady: "The Polk only sounds better because there is only one Bose cube."
    Co-worker:"Ma'am, there is only one Polk speaker playing as well."
    Lady:"If there were all 5 cubes playing, it would sound better."
    Co-worker:"Ma'am, based on your experience, don't you think 5 of these Polks would sound better than 5 of the cubes?"
    Lady:"No, Bose makes the best speakers don't they?"

    My co-worker just gave up on this one. This is the only time the A/B has "failed".

    Regards,
    PolkThug
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,734
    edited January 2005
    In my opinion Ms. Kessler is a putz and one of the dumber ones at that.
    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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