4th Annual Christmas Karma - Polk Audio LSi7 + PSW125 Subwoofer
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Well, it's time to give something back to those that entertain me throughout the year. I have usually given away mint condition electronics that I find in my travels or dumpster diving....here's a refresher:
Technics SA-500 Receiver, won by HALO.
Pioneer SX-450 Receiver, won by Shack.
Sony STR-7055 Receiver, won by Nikolas812.
I figured I'd try and mix it up for this round and am offering my own Polk Audio LSi7 Bookshelf Loudspeakers AND a Polk Audio PSW125 Subwoofer*. They are in mint condition, black and include original boxes and literature. The cabinets have been freshly waxed and polished....they look outstanding.
*See below for the subwoofer details.
The LSi7 is the real gem of the entire LSi lineup for me...even moreso than the LSi25. It's one of the top ten bookshelf speakers that I've owned in my travels. You never expect much from a bookend and this little guy will knock your socks off.
We usually have Karma requirements and this is no different but with a little spin on it. I've enlisted the help of the Dark Wizards that populate the bowels of Polk HQ to provide some trivia.
It's only 12 questions and you don't have to answer them correctly but challenge yourself and see if you can find the answers. At the very least, please say that you are "IN!" and I'll add your name to the list. The first person to answer the most questions correctly will get a secret prize.
Q: What vegetable is Matt Polk so allergic to that he keeps the phrase “No
“ written in five languages on a card in his wallet?
A: Eggplant. It has landed him in the hospital on at least two occasions where I (Stu Lumsden) have been present.
Q: What was the first tweeter that Polk Audio made and sold?
A: A Polk-built version of the Peerless K010-DT (black, silk dome with hole at apex). We built into the monitor line for about 6-12 months w/o telling anyone about the change so that when we unveiled our own tweeter (SL1000) any stuffy critics who might be tempted to say that our manufacturing just was not up to that of Peerless (of Demark) could be told that they had been reviewing and enjoying Polk-made K010-DTs for about a year and had not heard the difference. I even had to add dirt and dust to the latex dome treatment so that when it was applied it look like what we were getting from Peerless at the time. - Stu
Q: What extremely rare Polk Audio product was only manufactured from 1978-1979?
A: An RC HP network box designed to filter unwanted + 100KHz info to ground to prevent some amplifiers from going into oscillation when attached to our Soundcable (aka Cobra Cable). - Stu
Q: What was significant about Polk Audio's introduction of the famous Cobra Cable in 1977?
A: Polk Audio was the first audio manufacturer to sell upgraded speaker cable, which subsequently started the cable wars of today. -Al
Q: What was the crossover architecture difference between the Monitor 5, 7 and 10, in the original Monitor series (circa 1979)?
A: NOTHING! The only model to model difference was the level resistor on the tweeter. While it seems formulaic it was actually the product of quite a bit of listening. -Stu
Q: What was the first speaker that I (Stu Lumsden) voiced entirely on my own and in about what year?
A: The model 5jr ~ 1982. I intentionally left the Dacron stuffing out so Matt would have something to change on his first listen. This was the first design that Polk used that had an inverse polarity tweeter. The 1st-order LP/2-order HP combination and the tweeter’s low end combined to produce a phase shift that blended much more smoothly with the tweeter flipped. It was incredibly smooth sounding. The Sensible Sound panned me. I still have the review somewhere. We sold TONS of that speaker. -Stu
Q: What car audio product never made it to retail yet toured the nation as part of the eventual new lineup?
A: Al says it was a 12" subwoofer but I think his memory is bad. Jstas probably knows....did they ever have a 12" subwoofer before the SR series?
Q: What does the "SL" stand for in the SL series of tweeters?
A: Sandy Gross approached me in the plant one day while I was working on the machinery to build the tweeter. He asked if I would be OK with the idea of calling it the SL1000 for obvious reasons. But he really was attracted to the fact that SL1000 sounded like a Mercedes model designation. The fact that it had relevance to its designer was justification enough. -Stu
Q: What does the "MW" and "RD" stand for on the bass drivers?
A: MW = Mid Woofer and RD is just a useless inventory label for replacement parts.
Q: Who developed the RM3000 phased array tweeter?
A: The tweeter was not very special. It was the fact that the tweeter was pushed back to “phase align” it with the driver. -Dave Glotfelty/Matt Polk/Stu
Q: What does A.I.M. stand for and what did it do? (SDA Question)
A: Audio Interface Module. I'm still waiting on Matt's explanation.
What was the order and aligment of the crossover in the original RTA12?
A: 4th order Gaussian. It was developed via a Fortran computer program that Matt wrote to run on his HP hand-held calculator in 1979. It was the most advanced "computer" that we owned at the time in R&D. A calculator....no kidding. - Stu
Good luck Polkies.
The Karma drawing will be on December 17, 2009.
*12/15/09 - I'm going to add a Polk Audio PSW125 Subwoofer to the mix. For those of you that want more low end response....here you go. The PSW125 will provide enough bottom end augmentation to fully immerse yourself into the whole experience. I'd suggest playing around with the settings as when it's tuned right....the blend is not too shabby.
It originally was a PSW10 but in usual Polk Audio fashion, they made this Karma even better!!! I enlisted some help from Hedy Klopfer and Jeff Nemec at Polk HQ to find some original packaging for the PSW10. Jeff spotted a stack of subwoofers with no home and asked if a better subwoofer would be ok. AS IF!!! So, long story short, you are getting an even better subwoofer. How's that Polkies!!!!
Polk Subwoofer Comparison Chart
The subwoofer is BRAND NEW, either black or cherry finish and includes original everything. This will ship direct from Polk Audio in Baltimore.
Technics SA-500 Receiver, won by HALO.
Pioneer SX-450 Receiver, won by Shack.
Sony STR-7055 Receiver, won by Nikolas812.
I figured I'd try and mix it up for this round and am offering my own Polk Audio LSi7 Bookshelf Loudspeakers AND a Polk Audio PSW125 Subwoofer*. They are in mint condition, black and include original boxes and literature. The cabinets have been freshly waxed and polished....they look outstanding.
*See below for the subwoofer details.
The LSi7 is the real gem of the entire LSi lineup for me...even moreso than the LSi25. It's one of the top ten bookshelf speakers that I've owned in my travels. You never expect much from a bookend and this little guy will knock your socks off.
We usually have Karma requirements and this is no different but with a little spin on it. I've enlisted the help of the Dark Wizards that populate the bowels of Polk HQ to provide some trivia.
It's only 12 questions and you don't have to answer them correctly but challenge yourself and see if you can find the answers. At the very least, please say that you are "IN!" and I'll add your name to the list. The first person to answer the most questions correctly will get a secret prize.
Q: What vegetable is Matt Polk so allergic to that he keeps the phrase “No
“ written in five languages on a card in his wallet?
A: Eggplant. It has landed him in the hospital on at least two occasions where I (Stu Lumsden) have been present.
Q: What was the first tweeter that Polk Audio made and sold?
A: A Polk-built version of the Peerless K010-DT (black, silk dome with hole at apex). We built into the monitor line for about 6-12 months w/o telling anyone about the change so that when we unveiled our own tweeter (SL1000) any stuffy critics who might be tempted to say that our manufacturing just was not up to that of Peerless (of Demark) could be told that they had been reviewing and enjoying Polk-made K010-DTs for about a year and had not heard the difference. I even had to add dirt and dust to the latex dome treatment so that when it was applied it look like what we were getting from Peerless at the time. - Stu
Q: What extremely rare Polk Audio product was only manufactured from 1978-1979?
A: An RC HP network box designed to filter unwanted + 100KHz info to ground to prevent some amplifiers from going into oscillation when attached to our Soundcable (aka Cobra Cable). - Stu
Q: What was significant about Polk Audio's introduction of the famous Cobra Cable in 1977?
A: Polk Audio was the first audio manufacturer to sell upgraded speaker cable, which subsequently started the cable wars of today. -Al
Q: What was the crossover architecture difference between the Monitor 5, 7 and 10, in the original Monitor series (circa 1979)?
A: NOTHING! The only model to model difference was the level resistor on the tweeter. While it seems formulaic it was actually the product of quite a bit of listening. -Stu
Q: What was the first speaker that I (Stu Lumsden) voiced entirely on my own and in about what year?
A: The model 5jr ~ 1982. I intentionally left the Dacron stuffing out so Matt would have something to change on his first listen. This was the first design that Polk used that had an inverse polarity tweeter. The 1st-order LP/2-order HP combination and the tweeter’s low end combined to produce a phase shift that blended much more smoothly with the tweeter flipped. It was incredibly smooth sounding. The Sensible Sound panned me. I still have the review somewhere. We sold TONS of that speaker. -Stu
Q: What car audio product never made it to retail yet toured the nation as part of the eventual new lineup?
A: Al says it was a 12" subwoofer but I think his memory is bad. Jstas probably knows....did they ever have a 12" subwoofer before the SR series?
Q: What does the "SL" stand for in the SL series of tweeters?
A: Sandy Gross approached me in the plant one day while I was working on the machinery to build the tweeter. He asked if I would be OK with the idea of calling it the SL1000 for obvious reasons. But he really was attracted to the fact that SL1000 sounded like a Mercedes model designation. The fact that it had relevance to its designer was justification enough. -Stu
Q: What does the "MW" and "RD" stand for on the bass drivers?
A: MW = Mid Woofer and RD is just a useless inventory label for replacement parts.
Q: Who developed the RM3000 phased array tweeter?
A: The tweeter was not very special. It was the fact that the tweeter was pushed back to “phase align” it with the driver. -Dave Glotfelty/Matt Polk/Stu
Q: What does A.I.M. stand for and what did it do? (SDA Question)
A: Audio Interface Module. I'm still waiting on Matt's explanation.
What was the order and aligment of the crossover in the original RTA12?
A: 4th order Gaussian. It was developed via a Fortran computer program that Matt wrote to run on his HP hand-held calculator in 1979. It was the most advanced "computer" that we owned at the time in R&D. A calculator....no kidding. - Stu
Good luck Polkies.
The Karma drawing will be on December 17, 2009.
*12/15/09 - I'm going to add a Polk Audio PSW125 Subwoofer to the mix. For those of you that want more low end response....here you go. The PSW125 will provide enough bottom end augmentation to fully immerse yourself into the whole experience. I'd suggest playing around with the settings as when it's tuned right....the blend is not too shabby.
It originally was a PSW10 but in usual Polk Audio fashion, they made this Karma even better!!! I enlisted some help from Hedy Klopfer and Jeff Nemec at Polk HQ to find some original packaging for the PSW10. Jeff spotted a stack of subwoofers with no home and asked if a better subwoofer would be ok. AS IF!!! So, long story short, you are getting an even better subwoofer. How's that Polkies!!!!
Polk Subwoofer Comparison Chart
The subwoofer is BRAND NEW, either black or cherry finish and includes original everything. This will ship direct from Polk Audio in Baltimore.
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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I have no idea for the questions but I would still like to be INHT setup
Panasonic 50" TH-50PZ80U
Denon DBP-1610
Monster HTS 1650
Carver A400X :cool:
MIT Exp 3 Speaker Wire
Kef 104/2
URC MX-780 Remote
Sonos Play 1
Living Room
63 inch Samsung PN63C800YF
Polk Surroundbar 3000
Samsung BD-C7900 -
This is an absolutely awesome karma, and a great gesture for the upcoming holidays! I'd love to be in....I got some work to do in answering these questions!
Again, awesome karma Mark and goodluck to anyone and everyone
Truck setup
Alpine 9856
Phoenix Gold RSD65CS
For Sale
Polk SR6500
Polk SR5250
Polk SR104Any clue how to use the internet? Found it in about 10 sec. -
In......Ill try to answer these soon.:oPolk Audio Surround Bar 360
Mirage PS-12
LG BDP-550
Motorola HD FIOS DVR
Panasonic 42" Plasma
XBOX 360[/SIZE]
Office stuff
Allied 395 receiver
Pioneer CDP PD-M430
RT8t's & Wharfedale Diamond II's[/SIZE]
Life is one grand, sweet song, so start the music. ~Ronald Reagan -
In...wow.
Ok, I know some of these but some of it's pretty extraneous....
BDTI plan for the future. - F1Nut -
Mark, you never stop surprising me (no, I'm not talking about that...).
What a great gesture from you to give away such an awesome karma.
I am not in, and I do NOT want that secret prize because I know it will be all sticky, but I might try to answer some of the questions.
Lots of positive karma will go your way._________________________________________________
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holy cow, that is awesome karma! I'd have to do a bit of research on those questions but I'll guess brocolli for #1? In pleasepanasonic th-50pz85u
pioneer elite vsx-92txh
pioneer elite bdp-05fd
emotiva xpa-3
monster power hdp 2550
sa 8300 hd dvr
sda 2b's
fronts - rti a9's
center - csi a6
surrounds - fxi a6's
sub - polk dsw pro 600
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I'm in, I thought of myself as noob before but after looking at that list I KNOW I am a noob! I'll try to do some searching and see if I can find some answers.
Thanks
AbelPolk Audio RTA 12c's, Monitor 7c, Monitor 5JR+, SDA CRS+ -
Awesome Karma, i'm IN,
I know i'm new but i'll try and figure out the answers to these questions as well should we just pm them to you when ready?Main 2ch -
BlueSound Node->Ethereal optical cable->Peachtree Audio Nova 150->GoldenEar Triton 2+
TT - Pro-ject Classic SB with Sumiko Bluepoint.
TV 3.1 system -
Denon 3500 -> Dynaudio Excite 32/22 -
I'm in but I'm thinking I will be lucky to get the answers to more than a couple of those questions right. I'll see what I can dig up though!"The secret of happiness is freedom. The secret of freedom is courage." Thucydides
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In please. Sweet karma bro.
BenPlease. Please contact me a ben62670 @ yahoo.com. Make sure to include who you are, and you are from Polk so I don't delete your email. Also I am now physically unable to work on any projects. If you need help let these guys know. There are many people who will help if you let them know where you are.
Thanks
Ben -
Awesome Karma. Count me in please.Speakers: SDA-1C (most all the goodies)
Preamp: Joule Electra LA-150 MKII SE
Amp: Wright WPA 50-50 EAT KT88s
Analog: Marantz TT-15S1 MBS Glider SL| Wright WPP100C Amperex BB 6er5 and 7316 & WPM-100 SUT
Digital: Mac mini 2.3GHz dual-core i5 8g RAM 1.5 TB HDD Music Server Amarra (memory play) - USB - W4S DAC 2
Cables: Mits S3 IC and Spk cables| PS Audio PCs -
I know one of them is really hard and like I said, it's ok if you can't answer them all. These questions will put our Polk Guru's into overdrive
Ben - Nice to see you back silly man. Get crackin'!!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. -
i realized that i'm still just a newb when i read over your trivia questionaire. i can take a wild guess at matt's allergic reaction vegetable though. squash.
IN PLEASE! i've been wanting lsi7's or 9's for my computer rig for over a year now. i kick myself in the head every other day for not buying beardog's when he was selling them for cheap.
POLK SDA-SRS 1.2TL -- ADCOM GFA-5802
PANASONIC PT-AE4000U -- DIY WILSONART DW 135" 2.35:1 SCREEN
ONKYO TX-SR805
CENTER: CSI5
MAINS: RTI8'S
SURROUNDS: RTI8'S
7.1 SURROUNDS: RTI6'S
SUB: SVS PB12-PLUS/2 (12.3 series)
XBOX 360WiiPS3/blu-rayTOSHIBA HD-A35 hd dvd
http://polkarmy.com/forums/index.phpbobman1235 wrote:I have no facts to back that up, but I never let facts get in the way of my arguments. -
Definitely would like to be 'In' on this one. They'd be rear duty for the LSi15s I bought from you and a perfect match.
I'm going to say Mushrooms on the allergy front. -
Count me in please, can't wait to see the answers to those questions.
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Count me in Awesome karma Mark.
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In please!!!!! Nice karma.
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In please****Home Theater****
Integra DHC-40.1
Rotel RMB-1075
Fronts 265-RT
Center 265-RT
Rears 65-RT
Sub BIC H-100
****VIDEO****
Projector Epson 8700 UB
BLU-RAY Sony BDP-S1000ES
****2-Channel****
Magnepan SMGa
Sub ED A3-250
AMC 3100a
TT Music Hall 2.2
Bellari VP 130 Phono Pre
Grant Fidelity Tube DAC-09
Sirius Stiletto 2 -
In, please. I have less than a fraction of a clue on any of the questions, but I'll search a little and see if I can come up with any answers. Cool."Don't forget to change your politician. They are like diapers they need to be changed regularly, and for the same reason."
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In please. Great Karma."The good thing about science is that it's true whether or not you believe in it." Neil deGrasse Tyson.
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Outstanding Karma!!! In please. As far as the questions go, I'm clueless. But I'll take a stab at #1 - Broccoli???"2 Channel & 11.2 HT "Two Channel:Magnepan LRSSchiit Audio Freya S - SS preConsonance Ref 50 - Tube preParasound HALO A21+ 2 channel ampBluesound NODE 2i streameriFi NEO iDSD DAC Oppo BDP-93KEF KC62 sub Home Theater:Full blown 11.2 set up.
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This is the best karma ever! The LSi7 is my favorite home speaker. Id possibly have an **** if I won this! Ive been dreaming of a home reference system for years!
As for the trivia questions, the only one I know is naturally the car audio one. There was an 8" sub in the Signature Reference line that made it into a demo car or two but never hit the shelves.polkaudio sound quality competitor since 2005
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Amazing Karma! I'd love to try some LSI's. I've got to admit that I don't have a clue how to answer those questions though.....
IN please!____________________________________________________________
polkaudio Fully Modded SDA SRS 1.2TLs + Dreadnaught, LSiM706c, 4 X Polk Surrounds + 4 X ATMOS, SVS PB13 Ultra X 2, Pass Labs X1, Marantz 7704, Bob Carver Crimson Beauty 350 Tube Mono Blocks, Carver Sunfire Signature Cinema Grande 400x5, ADCOM GFA 7807, Panasonic UB420, Moon 380D DAC, EPSON Pro Cinema 6050 -
Great Karma!!!! InTV: Philips 42" LCD 1080p
Front Speakers: Polk Audio RT800i
Center Speaker: Polk Audio CS1
Surround Speakers: Polk Audio R50's powered of Denon AVR
Subwoofer: Polk Audio DSW pro500
AVR: Denon 3801
DVD Player: Denon DVM 745 upscale 1080p
Sat: Directtv HD 10
Front Speakers Amp: Rotel RB 890
Center Speaker amp: Rotel 970 BX -
In please!DKG999
HT System: LSi9, LSiCx2, LSiFX, LSi7, SVS 20-39 PC+, B&K 507.s2 AVR, B&K Ref 125.2, Tripplite LCR-2400, Cambridge 650BD, Signal Cable PC/SC, BJC IC, Samsung 55" LED
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 -
I'll try and get lucky later on the questions but I'm in thanks!!
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Wow, great karma! In please, and although I don't have clue #1 about any of those questions I'll try and research them and at least take a shot.Speakers: Polk LSi15
Pre: Adcom GFP-750 with HT Bypass
Amp: Pass Labs X-150
CD/DVD Player: Classe CDP-10
Interconnects: MIT Shortgun S3 Pro XLR
Speaker cables: MIT MH-750 bi-wire
TT:Micro Seiki DD-35
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In please...Answers soon to follow...
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In please...awesome karma Mark.
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Since none of you dorks want to take a stab, I'll make a few guesses and be the first jackass.
Melon?...(so am I)Q: What vegetable is Matt Polk so allergic to that he keeps the phrase No
written in five languages on a card in his wallet?
I'm going to say Sl1000 but I'm probably wrong.Q: What was the first tweeter that Polk Audio made and sold?
Those funny looking towers with drivers on both sides(forget the name).Q: What extremely rare Polk Audio product was only manufactured from 1978-1979?
It was a high capacitance design that wasn't very tube amp or receiver friendly.Q: What was significant about Polk Audio's introduction of the famous Cobra Cable in 1981?
According to the schematics, M5's had a electrolytic cap in the HF circuit, M7's and M10's did not. M10's had a contour filter in the HF circuit and different values in the HF pass than the other two.Q: What was the crossover architecture difference between the Monitor 5, 7 and 10, in the original Monitor series (circa 1979)?
Monitor 7's? 1979.Q: What was the first speaker that I (Stu Lumsden) voiced entirely on my own and in about what year?
In car SDA?Q: What car audio product never made it to retail yet toured the nation as part of a new lineup?"He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you." Friedrich Nietzsche
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