Introduce Yourself

FittyFieFo

I think it'd be good for everyone to introduce themselves. Whether you're new or been here for awhile, it'd be great to "know" each other since we share a common interest. Who knows, maybe this should become a sticky :rolleyes:

It's easy: just quote this:

Name:
Location:
Age:
Occupation:
Favorite Sports Team (MLB, NBA, NFL, NHL):
Favorite Music:
Favorite Band:
Favorite Movie:
Main Use for Polk Audio Speakers:
How you got into Polk Audio products:
Next step to completing/upgrading your Polk system:
Reason behind your username:
Other Hobbies:
Anything else you would like to add:

FittyFieFo

I'll go first

Name: Scott
Location: Chicago, IL
Age: 23
Occupation: Project Manager
Favorite Sports Team (MLB, NBA, NFL, NHL): Chicago Bulls/Bears/Cubs
Favorite Music:Everything, except country
Favorite Band: None at the moment
Favorite Movie: Transformers 2 (for now)
Main Use for Polk Audio Speakers: Home Theater 5.1 then Music
How you got into Polk Audio products: Co-worker suggested Polk RTA 11T's, but went with RTi10's, and it kept going and going!
Next step to completing/upgrading your Polk system: TV Stand/Audio Rack/Speaker Wires
Reason behind your username: 554, slang. Fitty Fie Fo. Inside joke between my friend and I. It's fun to say, and just stuck with me
Other Hobbies: Sports, snowboarding, wakeboarding.
Anything else you would like to add: Club polk is great!

lightman1

name: Lightman Russ
occupation: Village Idiot and resident Troll
age: 287 in dog years
main use for Polk speakers: Listening to Music! DUUHHH!
how I got my Polk speakers: Stole 'em, of course
next step to completing system: There is no such thing as completing a system, sorry.
screen name: I make the lights come on

bobman1235

You're 23 and Transformers 2 is your favorite movie? Of all time?

kawizx9r

Lol lightman...still waiting on those chips. Btw dig in your closet some more I still need an upgrade!

FittyFieFo

bobman1235 wrote: »

You're 23 and Transformers 2 is your favorite movie? Of all time?

I don't have a favorite movie. So whatever I see in theaters, and I like it alot, it becomes my favorite movie. I should've put "Die Hard Triliogy" or Pulp Fiction

kawizx9r

Name: Fred
Location: Chicago, IL (for now)
Age: 23
Occupation: Unemployed, former marine.
Favorite Sports Team (MLB, NBA, NFL, NHL): Football aint what it used to be...but RAAAAIDERS. I don't bother with baseball/etc
Favorite Music: Anything that sounds good and doesn't have stupid lyrics if it's not an instrumental.
Favorite Band: Several..Tool, Metallica, Killswitch Engage, Avenged Sevenfold
Favorite Movie: Several such as American Beauty and some more.
Main Use for Polk Audio Speakers: HT is for my HT, 2 Channel rig for music
How you got into Polk Audio products: Graduated early from highschool and treated myself to some new RT1000P's with cold hard cash I worked for.
Next step to completing/upgrading your Polk system: New AVR with pre outs or a sub.
Reason behind your username: My first bike, a Kawasaki ZX9R all black. Afterward I owned a CBR F4i with upgraded sprockets and Yoshi exhaust that I sold before moving here.
Anything else you would like to add: Lightman owes me CHIPS :mad:

AndyGwis

Name: Andy (duh)
Location: Dallas, TX
Age: 28
Occupation: IT Sales for Consulting / Staffing firm (Technisource)
Favorite Sports Team (MLB, NBA, NFL, NHL): any University of Texas team
Favorite Music: Everything, except country
Favorite Band: Kings of Leon (Black Tie Dynasty, Black Keys, Silversun Pickups, and Deathcab for Cutie are also getting a lot of playtime)
Favorite Movie: too many to list. I've really been into Dexter on TV, though.
Main Use for Polk Audio Speakers: doorstops. honestly, my only polks aren't hooked up right now.
How you got into Polk Audio products: Got bonus check and bought some Polk Monitors. People here kept suggesting other good gear, and I got hooked. I think I like gear more than the music now, unfortunately.
Next step to completing/upgrading your Polk system: There is no completing, there is only the journey
Reason behind your username:first name, part of last name
Other Hobbies: Basketball, football, golf, investing/trading, wakeboarding/airchairing
Anything else you would like to add: I go through a lot of audio gear. Like, a whole lot. Don't even bother keeping up with my signature or showcase anymore.

concealer404

Name: Ben
Location: Indy
Age: 23
Occupation: Project manager/claims/customer service/implementation specialist
Favorite Sports Team (MLB, NBA, NFL, NHL): Clockwork Orange frisbee team?
Favorite Music: Anything but country and most hip hop/r&b
Favorite Band: Ouch... hard. Circa Survive?
Favorite Movie: Uhmmm..... Fight Club
Main Use for Polk Audio Speakers: They're GREAT at sitting in storage!
How you got into Polk Audio products: Picked up a pair of VS-25s off of craigslist, liked them well enough to try some others, now i just hang around for general info, more than polk-specific stuff, since i'm no longer actively using polk.
Next step to completing/upgrading your Polk system: Getting more Paradigms?
Reason behind your username: Error 404, not found.
Other Hobbies: Cars
Anything else you would like to add: I have tin ears!

bobman1235

FittyFieFo wrote: »

I don't have a favorite movie. So whatever I see in theaters, and I like it alot, it becomes my favorite movie. I should've put "Die Hard Triliogy" or Pulp Fiction

Just bustin your balls, Fitty. But seriously, that movie was awful

Name: Bob (shocking, I know)
Location: New Hampshire
Age: 29
Occupation: Diagnostic Engineer. I write test software for a company that supplies embedded computers to government subcontractors.
Favorite Sports Team (MLB, NBA, NFL, NHL): Patriots. Football's the only sport I can muster any real interest in, and the older I get the more ridiculous rooting for any specific team seems.
Favorite Music: The stuff that sounds good.
Favorite Band: It feels like a copout, but it has to be the Beatles.
Favorite Movie: I don't think I could even pick a favorite 50 movies. Casablanca? Rear Window? Annie Hall? The Godfather?
Main Use for Polk Audio Speakers: Mostly TV / Movies, but music as much as I can.
How you got into Polk Audio products: Bought some R15s back when I was in college, found this website, got hooked.
Next step to completing/upgrading your Polk system: Who knows?
Reason behind your username: Bobman is a nickname, 1235 is from Dylan's "Rainy Day Women #12&35, not because I'm particularly fond of that song, but because the album was sitting in front of me when I was choosing a screen name and needed something to put at the end of my name.
Other Hobbies: Tennis, motorcycling, hiking, camping
Anything else you would like to add: Check out my blog of rants : http://bobmansrants.blogspot.com/ (warning : naughty language, offensiveness)

edbert

Name: Eric
Location: Allen, TX
Age: 30
Occupation: Benefits/Loan Administrator (GuideStone Financial Resources)
Favorite Sports Team (MLB, NBA, NFL, NHL): Dallas and Houston teams, Big 12 and SEC football
Favorite Music: Anything but gangsta rap and death metal
Favorite Band: I don't really have a default, anything with that classic rock sound
Favorite Movie: Princess Bride and Monty Python and the Holy Grail (both are so quotable and still make me laugh)
Main Use for Polk Audio Speakers: HT and car audio(my car and in-laws Wrangler)
How you got into Polk Audio products: Initially bought Polks for my car, downhill from there
Next step to completing/upgrading your Polk system: Getting money!!!!!
Reason behind your username: Initials and part of last name
Other Hobbies: Church, sports, hanging out with the wife and kids, just being outside!!!

Knucklehead

Name: David
Location: Southeast VA
Age: 43
Occupation: ATM Technician/Bank Alarm Tech/Access Control Tech
Favorite Sports Team (MLB, NBA, NFL, NHL): Any College Sports
Favorite Music: 80's Metal mostly, some new stuff
Favorite Band: Metallica
Favorite Movie: The Patriot
Main Use for Polk Audio Speakers: H/T
How you got into Polk Audio products: Name recognition
Next step to completing/upgrading your Polk system: Upgrade my mains
Reason behind your username:Always loved the Stooges, my Dad's nickname for me...LOL
Other Hobbies: Spending quality time with the Family
Anything else you would like to add: wish I had more money!

AndyGwis

Princess Bride and Monty Python and the Holy Grail

Two of my favorites as well!

Toolfan66

Seems like most of you guys are still pups.. LOL


Name:Larry
Location:Colorado
Age:43
Occupation:Production Manager
Favorite Sports Team (MLB, NBA, NFL, NHL): NFL, NHRA, NASCAR.
Favorite Music:Anything that sounds good.
Favorite Band: TOOL
Favorite Movie: Pulp Fiction
Main Use for Polk Audio Speakers: HT, and Music. I have 3 setups.
How you got into Polk Audio products: Circuit City, and this place for SDA's
Next step to completing/upgrading your Polk system: Tube Pre, CDP.
Reason behind your username: TOOL of course.
Other Hobbies: Bike Riding, Hiking.
Anything else you would like to add: If it's marketed right, you'll buy it. But... if it's real, you'll feel it.

Toxis

Name: Todd
Location: Kansas City
Age: 29
Occupation: HT Installation Support
Favorite Sports Team (MLB, NBA, NFL, NHL): I'm more into Action Sports; mainly wakeboarding and wakeskating. UFC as well...
Favorite Music: Metal & Electronica
Favorite Band: Metallica and Slipknot as a close second.
Favorite Movie: Too many to list. Fight Club, Anchorman, Holy Grail, Snatch...
Main Use for Polk Audio Speakers: HT and Mobile... LSI/SR for me!
How you got into Polk Audio products: Started in the A/V industry at CC and loved them from minute one. Then got to know the company and they remain as my #1 go to line.
Next step to completing/upgrading your Polk system: If anything (like I need another step), maybe go 7.1?...
Reason behind your username: A twist on my real name.
Other Hobbies: Wakeskating is #2 behind HT/Audio... but it's a close #2!
Anything else you would like to add: Transformers 2 is one of the biggest let down movies I think I'll ever see in my lifetime. Seriously, robot heaven? HA! Michael Bay needs to be beaten...

FittyFieFo

Anything else you would like to add: Transformers 2 is one of the biggest let down movies I think I'll ever see in my lifetime. Seriously, robot heaven? HA! Michael Bay needs to be beaten...

I got what I wanted to see . Machine robots killing machine robots.

BigMac

Name:Mac
Location:Richmond,Va.
Age:39
Occupation: private security/bodyguard,personal trainer
Favorite Sports Team (MLB, NBA, NFL, NHL):-NA-......UFC is my favorite
Favorite Music:depends on my mood
Favorite Band:no clear winner.....but if I HAD to pick just one-Led Zeppelin
Favorite Movie:Schindler's List
Main Use for Polk Audio Speakers:2 channel/HT (my M10b pull double duty)
How you got into Polk Audio products:bought some M10b off of CL
Next step to completing/upgrading your Polk system:Upgrading to a new CD player
Reason behind your username:first it was because I use to be fat as ****, then it was because I was really big and muscular,now it's a name that has just stuck
Other Hobbies:guns/shooting,strongman training,and lots of other good stuff
Anything else you would like to add:anything else and I would have to kill ya,lol.

TECHNOKID

Great thread/idea and yes it should be a stickky as it should make it a lot smoother for both senior members and new members instead of simply barging in as a newcomer and disturbing the peace of CP.

FittyFieFo wrote: »

I think it'd be good for everyone to introduce themselves. Whether you're new or been here for awhile, it'd be great to "know" each other since we share a common interest. Who knows, maybe this should become a sticky :rolleyes:

It's easy: just quote this:

Name:Ren

cnh

Damn you guys are YOUNG!

And I'm internet-Phobic so here are a few tidbits...

Occupation....guess?

Age--more than 287 dog years.

Favorite Movie...that's easy....Akira Kurosawa's Ikiru (To Live)! Black and White....check it out, it will teach you more about LIFE and OTHERS than almost anything else! The man was a genius!

Polks. HT Polk Ms and 2 channel SDA-2Bs

Music....anything and EVERYTHING...more than almost anyone else I know....has something to do with my occupational tolerances.

OK...favorite piano= Chopin Nocturnes, favorite composer classical Beethoven.

Favorite female vocalist (Virginia Rodriquez and Cesare Evora)

Favorite RECENT group, Gogol Bordello, Manu Chao

Favorite African group King Sunny Ade

Bob Marley (Reggae)

60s fare: Beatles, Joni Mitchell, Joplin, Hendrix..you know the drill--a lot of great stuff back there!

Favorite American composer: Gershwin, Phil Glass

Favorite Chinese composers: Zhu Jian-er, and Tan Dun

Favorite classical Guitarist: Andres Segovia, especially Segovia's Bach transcriptions

80s--almost NOTHING! Era of commercial nonsense..well maybe REM--are they 80s?

Favorite compilations: Buena Vista Social Club, and David Byrne's trilogy of Brazilian music.

I could continue but you get the idea.

Sports...Football, Boxing (not that ****-fighting exhibitionism referred to as Ultimate Fighting!) Weight-lifting, track and field. I find Baseball boring....and B-Ball only interesting during the finals....both sports PLAY TOO MANY games and B-Ball season is now almost a YEAR long.....too long!!!

User name...an homage of sorts?

Interests, where do I even begin! And how do I EVER END? Human life and thought from the beginning to the end?

cnh

Conradicles

Name: Eric
Location: Foothills of NC
Age: 35
Occupation: Shipping Manager
Favorite Sports Teams (NFL/NCAA): Cleveland Browns/Ohio State/UNC Tarheels
Favorite Music: All types of Christian Music and Classic Rock and Folk
Favorite Band: Third Day
Favorite Movies: All of the Lord of the Rings
Main Use for Polk Audio Speakers: 2-channel and H/T - both are SDA's
How you got into Polk Audio products: Monitor 10A's
Next step to completing/upgrading your Polk system: Crossover Upgrades
Reason behind your username: Old nick name of Conrad
Other Hobbies: Fishing
Anything else you would like to add: SDA's rule

Tony M

Name:Tony Millard..:D
Location:wilm. NC
Age:52 in 4 days
Occupation:retired
Favorite Sports Team: NFL Panthers, and the finals for all the rest of sports
Favorite Music:New age , soft rock and some heavy. No rap
Favorite Band:Like others have said it's hard to choose just one but Steely Dan, Eagles, Pink Floyd get equal play time here.
Favorite Movie:Lord of the Rings Trilogy, 12 angry men, The birds, Delores Claiborne just to name a few.
Main Use for Polk Audio Speakers:To EXPERIENCE music and movies
How you got into Polk Audio products:I auditioned the Biggest SDA's when I was about twenty but the demo was a movie so I moved on. 20 some yrs. later I bought a pr. of Polk monitor 10's from good will. Most of you have seen my hoard that has amassed since then. I now know what the SDA experience sounds like.:eek:
Next step to completing/upgrading your Polk system:Getting Bigger SDA's.:D
Reason behind your username:I thought the screen was asking for my real name and not a handle. They won't let me change it now.:(
Other Hobbies:woodworking and I'm no Norm Abrahm...
Anything else you would like to add: This Forum is like a neighbourhood coffee shop or Cheers bar or big card game to me. A great mix of people and thoughts.
I'm glad it's here.

FittyFieFo

OK...favorite piano= Chopin Nocturnes, favorite composer classical Beethoven.

Do you play piano? I'm tried learning one of Chopin Nocturnes, forget which piece. But his classical is brilliant.

McLoki

FittyFieFo wrote: »

Name: Michael
Location: Central Il. (between Chicago and St. Louis)
Age: 42
Occupation: Professional Meeting Attendant
Favorite Sports Team (MLB, NBA, NFL, NHL): Don't do the sports thing
Favorite Music: Any (ok - never really got into yodeling)
Favorite Band: none really - but probably something from the 80's.
Favorite Movie: Shawshank Redemption, LOTR (the trilogy), X-men 2, Princess Bride
Main Use for Polk Audio Speakers: Home Theater (about 90% or so)
How you got into Polk Audio products: Have always liked them - first set was a pair of SDA1b's when I graduated College.
Next step to completing/upgrading your Polk system: Upgrade Crossovers in my LSi15 front speakers.
Reason behind your username: Mc (nickname Mick) Loki (first and best St. Bernard I ever had)
Other Hobbies: Photography, weight loss (like most hobbies, pick it up and drop it repeatedly over the course of years), animals.
Anything else you would like to add: Anyone who would like to visit or is just passing though and would like to hear some LSi's (or monitor 10's or SDA1b's or RTi6's or RM6600's) just drop me a PM....

Michael

cnh

FittyFieFo wrote: »

Do you play piano? I'm tried learning one of Chopin Nocturnes, forget which piece. But his classical is brilliant.

I wish I did! And you're right. I do play a bit of the Classic Guitar...but not that well...as I'm self-taught! Well, my father played...but he was mostly interested in Flamenco...which I also like--especially SABICAS.

cnh

kawizx9r

cnh wrote: »

I wish I did! And you're right. I do play a bit of the Classic Guitar...but not that well...as I'm self-taught! Well, my father played...but he was mostly interested in Flamenco...which I also like--especially SABICAS.

cnh

Ha, I got into guitar too...self taught as well. Haven't touched it in years though and sits in my closet. 6 string fender strat in 3 tone sunburst :cool:

TECHNOKID

Age--more than 287 dog years.

Wimp!

bobman1235

cnh wrote: »

Damn you guys are YOUNG!

TOOLFORLIFEFAN wrote: »

Seems like most of you guys are still pups.. LOL

This is the INTERNET, the average age is like 12. I thinK Club Polk could be the highest average age of any internet forum out there, aside from the AARP.

concealer404

We seem to have a concentration of 23 years old in particular.

WE ARE THE FUTURE!

FittyFieFo

concealer404 wrote: »

We seem to have a concentration of 23 years old in particular.

WE ARE THE FUTURE!

Up to us to bring the economy back on its feet. Tough task!

cnh

What was it Santayana said about the 'past'? Oh yeah!

'Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.'


cnh

NotaSuv

Name:John
Location:Richfield MN
Age:52+
Occupation:COO/Ops Director for the 3rd largest sushi company in the US
Favorite Sports Team (MLB, NBA, NFL, NHL):All NY teams
Favorite Music:Classic rock to classical and all inbetween
Favorite Band:LOL lots of em as I enjoy ALL music from rock to classical to CW
Favorite Movie:should be movies.....too many to list...Big Lebowski is one on the monthly watch list
Main Use for Polk Audio Speakers:Right now they are sitting in the spare speaker room awaitng a new home
How you got into Polk Audio products:by chance
Next step to completing/upgrading your Polk system:actually its now a non Polk system and a new CD source is the next purchase
Reason behind your username:same name as the license plate on my Jeep
Other Hobbies: SAR 1st responder K-9 training,4-wheeling,working on Jeeps,hunting,fishing,most any outdoor activity..going back to Hawaii this Fall for some tow-in and kite surfing..
Anything else you would like to add