Polk Add

dpd
dpd Posts: 3
edited February 2024 in Clubhouse Archives
I have not had anything to say in awhile, but after I saw the latest Polk add in Steriophile Guide to Home Theater I had to take the time to say how much it sucks. The add talks about the new LSi line of speakers and at the top of the add, in bold letters it says HIGH END SPEAKERS FROM POLK? YOU CAN'T BE SERIOUS. Then it has this little tiny picture of the LSi15 and a great big picture of Matt Polk. WHAT THE?? The first thing I think If I didnt know better is that this insinuates that Polk finally produced a high end speaker. (not so) The add degrades POLK!! Second The speakers should have the large photo not Matt Polk. When I bought my speakers, I know that I look at the speakers and there specs. Not what one of the owners of the company looks like. I dont care and personally I dont think anybody else does. I think Matt should follow his partners lead and stay out of the adds or at least be a much smaller part of the add. Having Matts picture in the add will not sell any more speakers than having my picture in the add. Marketing needs to wake up. I do not want to see you guys present your speakers like this. Im sure Matt is a great guy, who cares about audio very much. I don't care!! Your selling high end speakers not Matt. ACT LIKE IT PLEASE!! Let me tell you also that it hasn't been adds like this one that has made you the speaker company that you are today. That add is truly a joke and a slam to the great speakers that Polk makes. Step IT UP!!!
POLKAHOLIC
DON
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  • Frank Z
    Frank Z Posts: 5,860
    edited November 2002
    Don,
    You raise a valid point but look at it this way....How many other manufacturers actually put a REAL face (Not a model) in their ads? To me it says Matt has nothing to hide and stands beside (Behind?) his product. I don't see "Mr.Sony" or "Mr. Martin Logan" showing their face in public to back up their products. I think the ad works fairly well.
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  • madmax
    madmax Posts: 12,434
    edited November 2002
    Used to be that Stereophile wouldn't let a Polk add in their fine publication! The SDA's were a "trick" and not worth their mention. Now THAT is annoying!
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  • mantis
    mantis Posts: 17,204
    edited November 2002
    ooops Frank Mr Martin Logan you will see from time to time in his adds.**** dude Matt and Martin Logan shared some add some time ago with a bunch of other great speaker companies.

    But I will have to agree with dpd.....that add isn't very cool.The speakers you can hardly see.Bigger and in a real enviroment would have been better then Matts face......I like em but I like the speakers more.
    Dan
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,761
    edited November 2002
    Jeez guys....

    Ad, as in advertisement.

    Add, as in 2 plus 2 equals 4.
    Political Correctness'.........defined

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  • madmax
    madmax Posts: 12,434
    edited November 2002
    OK, I guilty... Don't you hate it! Kinda like reading "base" 20 times when talking about bass... or were they talking about fish?
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  • Frank Z
    Frank Z Posts: 5,860
    edited November 2002
    ****, I can't believe I missed that!
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  • pensacola
    pensacola Posts: 269
    edited November 2002
    I was surprised to see a Polk ad
    in Stereophile (proper) this month. I can't remember
    the last time they've advertised there, and I've been
    reading the mag off and on for 20 years.

    I'm wondering whether they signed the ad contract
    BEFORE or AFTER Stereophile began mentioning
    Polk--in positive terms--over the past three months.

    Hmmm...

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  • TroyD
    TroyD Posts: 13,093
    edited November 2002
    Actually, I think the add is pretty good. I think it harkens back to the old Polk ads with Matt in his lab coat. Back when Polk was a more boutique-ish brand. It will catch the attention of new folks as well as the folks who remember the old Polk ads. Kind of a nostaglia thing.

    As far as the small picture of the Lsi15, Big freakin' deal. Who buys a speaker based on the picture in an add? The point is to raise interest and awareness which I think the add does quite well.

    Good job MC!

    BDT
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  • STUFFMD
    STUFFMD Posts: 381
    edited November 2002
    Mr. Polk has been putting his pretty boy face in his ads since as long as I have been into High End Stereo(late 70's early 80's)...and his reputation has done nothing but grown since the incept of the company. I think the point you might be missing DPD is a little thing called brand recognition...just like the Coke or the Porche label.....Mr. Polks face pretty much conjures up the vision of quality stereo products. Although I would also disagree with the High End label......I would say that Matthew Polk and Co. make a quality speaker with good sound quality for real people, i.e Very Good Bang For The Buck. As far as the ad campaign , if it ain't broke, don't fix it.....that's why his company is very respected in the stereo trade.
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  • mantis
    mantis Posts: 17,204
    edited November 2002
    well BDT,
    it still would be a GOOD THING to SEE the friggin speakers!!!!!!!
    As far as the small picture of the Lsi15, Big freakin' deal. Who buys a speaker based on the picture in an add? The point is to raise interest and awareness which I think the add does quite well.
    Dan
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  • mantis
    mantis Posts: 17,204
    edited November 2002
    the add sucks
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,986
    edited November 2002
    You DO see them. Next step, go listen.

    Like I have to tell YOU that, Dan. ;)

    I'm all for Matt in the pic, even though he is a sorta odd looking fellow. . .

    Cheers,
    Rooster
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,761
    edited November 2002
    Ad, damn it! Not add.
    Political Correctness'.........defined

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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,986
    edited November 2002
    Originally posted by F1nut
    Ad, damn it! Not add.

    Until you send the **** a speak-n-spell, forget it, lost cause.

    WAAAAAAAAAAAA

    Cheers,
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  • TroyD
    TroyD Posts: 13,093
    edited November 2002
    WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

    man, don't SAY **** that funny!

    besides, 1 word out of three, that's 33%, he is improving.


    Well, Dan, that's MY opinion, you have yours. You can see the speaker, what's the point?

    To me, the point of the ad is to generate interest in the LSi line (not one speaker specifically) which I think it does quite well.

    BDT
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  • DarqueKnight
    DarqueKnight Posts: 6,765
    edited November 2002
    It could have been worse.:p
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  • dpd
    dpd Posts: 3
    edited November 2002
    raife1 post of the old Polk addd to me is a good adddd. I see what is being sold with out having to squint. Its much better than the adddddd that I originally posted about. This is just my opinion. I myself can see a big difference between the two addddds. Hope I spelled correctly this time. Sure other speaker companys have there main guy in the ad but not to the same extent as the add that I originally posted about. You know the aD i'm talking about.
    POLKAHOLIC
    Don
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  • Steve@3dai
    Steve@3dai Posts: 983
    edited November 2002
    Great pic raife!
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,986
    edited November 2002
    Raife, pls email me, russcgates@attbi.com .

    Cheers,
    Rooster
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  • madmax
    madmax Posts: 12,434
    edited November 2002
    Well hell, no wonder you can't see them in the ADD, if they were big enough like the SDA's then you would!
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  • DarqueKnight
    DarqueKnight Posts: 6,765
    edited November 2002
    Look what I found::cool:
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  • DarqueKnight
    DarqueKnight Posts: 6,765
    edited November 2002
    Surrounded by old friends.:lol:
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  • DarqueKnight
    DarqueKnight Posts: 6,765
    edited November 2002
    See what you can buy when you sell a lot of speakers?
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  • mantis
    mantis Posts: 17,204
    edited November 2002
    Geeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee I can see the speakers in all the older adddddddddddddddddddddssssssssssssssss.

    The ad sucks bigger pic's are nice.My opnion.Troy not knocking yours......you agree,I disagree so what else is new.
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  • mantis
    mantis Posts: 17,204
    edited November 2002
    Sorry Russ My opnion stands.........The ad sucks.The speakers are micro.Matt is large.Last ad I saw of Polks with Rt's was the rt800i's in cherry,all the wood chips on the ground I could see the speakers well...Lsi's are a small **** pic off the website......Sorry looking.
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  • phuz
    phuz Posts: 2,372
    edited November 2002
    Someone please scan and post this new adDDDDDD. Thx.
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,761
    edited November 2002
    That's it! All you ****'s are getting Speak and Spell for Christmas. :lol:
    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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  • mantis
    mantis Posts: 17,204
    edited November 2002
    speak and spell...........cool I can brush up.......thanks dude your all heart!!!
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  • NDTA
    NDTA Posts: 83
    edited November 2002
    As much as you hate Bose speakers, Polk really needs to learn how to market their products like Bose.
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited November 2002
    yes, yes YES! I think it's a good idea to have Matt in the ad's. but i'd really enjoy seeing more pics too. Cram the ad with beautiful pictures of the whole speaker line... and maybe have a smaller pic of Matt. most other speaker makers show several pics of theirs. why not for the next ad's, make some changes. It could only help, not hurt.
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