The ORIGINAL Original Forum. When?

George Grand
George Grand Posts: 12,258
edited November 2007 in The Clubhouse
When did the FIRST Polk Forum come on-line? This new one only credits certain people back to July 01. The one that I joined in Sep 99 already had The Bros. McG aboard, John Strong, Max, and maybe a couple others. Is it possible that a ten year anniversary is approaching? How long was the old forum in existence before I joined?
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  • rskarvan
    rskarvan Posts: 2,374
    edited November 2007
    I don't know... but, I am pretty sure that I was there!
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  • McLoki
    McLoki Posts: 5,231
    edited November 2007
    First I found reference to it was Dec. 11th of 1997. (click on the link for Dec. 11th to see what it looked like.)

    Since I did not have a login at that time, I cannot log in to check it out. Would be interesting though. (maybe I could find the first Club Polk wire debate...)

    Michael

    (nothing is ever really gone once it shows up on the net...)
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,987
    edited November 2007
    10 years this month George.
    Check your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service.
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  • dkg999
    dkg999 Posts: 5,647
    edited November 2007
    Well shouldn't we be having some Club Polk 10th anniversary specials from Polk Audio :D
    DKG999
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    Music System: Magnepan 1.6QR, SVS SB12+, ARC pre, Parasound HCA1500 vertically bi-amped, Jolida CDP, Pro-Ject RM5.1SE TT, Pro-Ject TubeBox SE phono pre, SBT, PS Audio DLIII DAC
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  • mantis
    mantis Posts: 17,185
    edited November 2007
    I joined in 99 or 2000 I can't remember. the forum has changed at least 3 times now.
    Dan
    My personal quest is to save to world of bad audio, one thread at a time.
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  • Strong Bad
    Strong Bad Posts: 4,277
    edited November 2007
    WOW, has it really been 10 years already? I can't remember what the old boards even looked like. I believe when I joined, I used the serial #'s from my Monitor 10B's that I had purchased in 1987.

    George Grand, The Bros McG, Madmax, Russ Abernathy and several others are who I can recall.

    Before there was an official Flea Market, we were pulling deals. The Carver m1.5t amp I still have today was wheeled and dealed back then. I sold a Carver m1.0t amp to someone also.

    Look what it has grown into!

    Russ says 10 years this month...so...HAPPY BIRTHDAY Polk Forum!

    John
    No excuses!
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  • exalted512
    exalted512 Posts: 10,735
    edited November 2007
    I joined a couple months after the big change in july of 01
    -Cody
    Music is like candy, you have to get rid of the rappers to enjoy it
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  • George Grand
    George Grand Posts: 12,258
    edited November 2007
    Yes, Russ Abernathy was there. The Falcon too. Frozen Willie, the traveling bicycle salesman from Canada.
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  • I-SIG
    I-SIG Posts: 2,238
    edited November 2007
    Has it really been 10 years? Wow.

    I'm pretty sure I joined in 1998 sometime.

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

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  • simm
    simm Posts: 564
    edited November 2007
    I remember an announcement on Polk's site stating that Club Polk was in the works and that it was coming soon. I guess it was 10 years ago as my daughter was just a few yrs old and she will be 13 in Feb. Time flies doesn't it?

    Anyone remember the system builder page where you could input all kinds of variables such as room, equipment, planned purchases, budget, etc and it would build you a recommended system based on what you told it? I used to love that feature.

    I don't post alot as but I have been here almost daily since the beginning and had my data lost in one of the changovers.

    Steve
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  • jcaut
    jcaut Posts: 1,849
    edited November 2007
    I joined sometime in late '99 or early 2000. Can't remember exactly. George, madmax, john strong, rskarvan, Mike and Bob McG, Ron, Wes..,CHRIS... Several others were here when I joined. Seems like I came on board about the same time or just slightly after Troy. The forum was a far cry from what it is today. It used to be unusual to have more than 10 people browsing the forum at one time. I remember that "system builder".

    You can't actually log in to those archived forum pages, can you? Doesn't work for me. Or perhaps I've forgotten my login for the "old" forums.

    Happy 10th anniversary, Club Polk!
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  • venomclan
    venomclan Posts: 2,467
    edited November 2007
    I joined in October 1998, seems like time flies.
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  • schwarcw
    schwarcw Posts: 7,335
    edited November 2007
    Well Happy Birthday Club Polk!

    Thanks to all of you old timers that made this place what is today. And for sticking around to give solid advice to folks like me who were looking for information. I've learned a lot from this Forum, made some friends, got some good deals and traveled all the way to Georgia to a house owned by a guy named "Reeltrouble".;)

    Thanks to all!
    Carl

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  • Jstas
    Jstas Posts: 14,806
    edited November 2007
    Is that the original forum? 'Cause I remember signing up for some newsletter and got a notice for a Club Polk thing. I signed up for Club Polk back then but the forums were not yet online. I know I signed up for an account but the place was deader than a doornail so I bailed on it for a while.

    Ah well, I guess you should all feel lucky that you weren't plagued with my presence sooner.
    Expert Moron Extraordinaire

    You're just jealous 'cause the voices don't talk to you!
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited November 2007
    i have been around the forums de Polk since around 99 or 00 and i'm approaching a big milestone myself.. closing in on the big 10,000 posts ;)
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 32,950
    edited November 2007
    I know I signed up way before 2001...back when Russ was a bit more testy.You think Jessie was bad? Go back and hit on some of Russ's exchanges for some real entertainment.Probably why I never posted back then,a few of you guy's scared the crap outta me as a newb.Now they seem like big old teddy bears.Alittle anniversary celebration seems in order some how.My idea is to gather all the founding old members and tie them up to a pole in a parking lot somewhere and throw polk approved whipped cream pies at 'em.Would make a great video at the next fest.
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  • TroyD
    TroyD Posts: 13,077
    edited November 2007
    I joined in early 2000, IIRC. George, The Bros. McG, Ron, Russ, Hoosier, skaravan, stubby. Wes (partywaggin'), GZ, Aaron, Joe the Sequal, Darrin, Micah....Snake, yeah they were all here.

    Back then the software was the same that Audio Asylum uses...where threads would go on and get squished and hard to follow. Everyone really bitched about the changeover but I think, in retrospect, this is much better.

    I still have to give the nod to the snake as being the biggest (and most disturbing) troll we've ever had.

    For myself, I didn't post all that much until two things happened. One, I bought a pair of MiniMonitors from Russman so that started us talking and BS'ing. The other, about the same time, was George got a TDY to Charleston and he and his came over to the house for dinner and that was the start of it, pour moi.

    Doesn't seem like that long ago, you know?

    BDT
    I plan for the future. - F1Nut
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  • TroyD
    TroyD Posts: 13,077
    edited November 2007
    I also have a question about the old forum....well, just the old websie. There used to be a link to a survey to win free speakers. I KNOW damn well that nobody ever 'won' anything. That **** had to have been rigged.

    I'll bet Paul just made up names...yeah, Joe **** from Pigsknuckle, Arkansas or some ****.

    BDT
    I plan for the future. - F1Nut
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  • Ron-P
    Ron-P Posts: 8,516
    edited November 2007
    The Falcon too.
    Holy sheet. It's been a long time. I don't remember when I joined, not sure how long but I'm guessing late in the 99s or early 2k.

    Damn those were some good times.
    If...
    Ron dislikes a film = go out and buy it.
    Ron loves a film = don't even rent.
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  • Systems
    Systems Posts: 14,873
    edited November 2007
    I know I posted a few times on some different ID many many years ago when I needed info on my old rt12 and CS350.
    Testing
    Testing
    Testing
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  • Strong Bad
    Strong Bad Posts: 4,277
    edited November 2007
    TroyD wrote: »
    I also have a question about the old forum....well, just the old websie. There used to be a link to a survey to win free speakers. I KNOW damn well that nobody ever 'won' anything. That **** had to have been rigged.

    I'll bet Paul just made up names...yeah, Joe **** from Pigsknuckle, Arkansas or some ****.

    BDT

    The survey to win a Polk Sub. HA HA! Yeah, I remember that!

    I went digging through my "Archives" (flashy name for a pack rat junk drawer) and found 2 copies of the first issue of the Speaker Specialist. Thats the newsletter Polk was sending out. Issue #1 Winter 1999-2000. I also have issue #3 Summer 2000 & Issue #4 Winter 2000 (missing issue #2).

    Issue #3, page 12 has a photo of Polk Paul sitting on a PSW450. Oh you sexy ****! ;)

    Snake was the original Troll.

    Scott Trigg was probably the first known Flea Market Thief!


    Great memories!


    John
    No excuses!
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited November 2007
    The Survey to win a Polk Sub is still there.
    If you will it, dude, it is no dream.
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  • TroyD
    TroyD Posts: 13,077
    edited November 2007
    Yeah and I'll bet nobody is still winning.

    BDT
    I plan for the future. - F1Nut
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  • beardog03
    beardog03 Posts: 5,550
    edited November 2007
    I`m not sure why, but it popped up on my screen the other day, and I went along with it !!

    I wonder when they will anounce the winner ?!!
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  • John in MA
    John in MA Posts: 1,010
    edited November 2007
    McLoki wrote: »
    First I found reference to it was Dec. 11th of 1997. (click on the link for Dec. 11th to see what it looked like.)

    Since I did not have a login at that time, I cannot log in to check it out. Would be interesting though. (maybe I could find the first Club Polk wire debate...)

    Michael

    (nothing is ever really gone once it shows up on the net...)


    I forgot how much fun early corporate websites used to be. Like the page for the SRT system "Check out or chicken out."
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  • Serendipity
    Serendipity Posts: 6,975
    edited November 2007
    TroyD wrote: »
    Yeah and I'll bet nobody is still winning.

    BDT

    Haha, notice anything about the past winners?

    November......Michael Wysong
    October........Michael Keech
    September....Jerry Cummins
    August.........James Stotler
    June.............Kevin Chan
    June.............Kevin Berry
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  • exalted512
    exalted512 Posts: 10,735
    edited November 2007
    michael michael....jerry james...kevin kevin....

    sounds made up to me :p
    -Cody
    Music is like candy, you have to get rid of the rappers to enjoy it
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  • sucks2beme
    sucks2beme Posts: 5,600
    edited November 2007
    What's really interesting is when a search on older equipment leads you to old
    Polk forum threads. Carver m500t leads you to a buy by George Grand
    from a "very bad bad man" who was banned,Wangotango.
    Many searches lead back to Polk. Isn't the web wonderfull?
    A lot of history here to be found.
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  • John in MA
    John in MA Posts: 1,010
    edited November 2007
    For some reason, some photos of my 11Ts are the only thing I've posted online to show up in Google Images so far.
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  • rskarvan
    rskarvan Posts: 2,374
    edited November 2007
    I miss the discussions about Micah's sock drawer.
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