4th Annual Christmas Karma - Polk Audio LSi7 + PSW125 Subwoofer

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  • rdb2001
    rdb2001 Posts: 791
    edited December 2009
    In please awesome karma. Those questions are hard, I dont think I wasnt even born when some of those things happen lol:D
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited December 2009
    In please.. but even for a vet Polkie like myself.. those are tough questions.
    PolkFest 2012, who's going>?
    Vancouver, Canada Sept 30th, 2012 - Madonna concert :cheesygrin:
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  • gtu2004
    gtu2004 Posts: 620
    edited December 2009
    In please. google isn't going to help with these questions...
    Onkyo 805, RtiA5s, Csi5, Rti6s
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  • dudeinaroom
    dudeinaroom Posts: 3,609
    edited December 2009
    In please, Give me some time and I'll take a stab at the trivia.
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  • Big Dawg
    Big Dawg Posts: 2,005
    edited December 2009
    Awesome karma! In, PLEASE!

    As to the questions, I'll try to answer them, but most likely the answers are what Face said....
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  • emoxley
    emoxley Posts: 205
    edited December 2009
    In please............ I'll work on finding answers to the questions.
    Samsung HL61A750 LED DLP
    Onkyo TX-SR805 receiver
    Oppo BDP-83 blu ray player
    Polk Audio LSi9 front speakers
    Polk Audio LSiC center speaker
    Sony SS-MB100H rear speakers
    SVS PC12-NSD powered subwoofer
    Pioneer PL-514 turntable
    Logitech Harmony 628 Universal Remote
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited December 2009
    In please. Awesome karma Mark. I'll rack my brain and try to shake the dust off to answer some questions.
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  • Big Dawg
    Big Dawg Posts: 2,005
    edited December 2009
    dorokusai wrote: »

    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?
    Celery?
    Q: What was the first tweeter that Polk Audio made and sold?
    the SL1000 sounds right
    Q: What extremely rare Polk Audio product was only manufactured from 1978-1979?
    Monitor 6?
    Q: What was significant about Polk Audio's introduction of the famous Cobra Cable in 1981?
    what Face said
    Q: What was the crossover architecture difference between the Monitor 5, 7 and 10, in the original Monitor series (circa 1979)?
    what Face said also
    Q: What was the first speaker that I (Stu Lumsden) voiced entirely on my own and in about what year?
    the RTA-12 around 1978
    Q: What car audio product never made it to retail yet toured the nation as part of a new lineup?
    a Polk car XM radio
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  • Kex
    Kex Posts: 5,157
    edited December 2009
    Great karma and a terrific quiz tease! but I don't feel qualified to enter, so I'll let somebody more deserving win those lovely speakers!
    Alea jacta est!
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  • Zeros
    Zeros Posts: 940
    edited December 2009
    Wow, amazing Karma. In please!

    Now to find those answers!
    My Basement / Home Theater Room
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  • jerryj12
    jerryj12 Posts: 451
    edited December 2009
    Wow, I can't answer any of the questions, I would love to be in tho.

    In please.
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  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 1,394
    edited December 2009
    In please. Google is not helping with any of the answers.

    Halen
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  • dudeinaroom
    dudeinaroom Posts: 3,609
    edited December 2009
    Man dess is hard to find, I think I know a couple, just not sure yet. Good Q.s guys.
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  • shepx2
    shepx2 Posts: 646
    edited December 2009
    In please!!!

    Answers to questions when my head is not already pounding :D
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,987
    edited December 2009
    I know all the answers (i think), and will gladly sell them to the highest bidder. ;)
    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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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited December 2009
    If anyone knows...its Russman. If the Guru's don't get at least 50%, you're getting demoted.
    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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  • Ern Dog
    Ern Dog Posts: 2,237
    edited December 2009
    Nice Karma Mark- count me in.
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  • Roy Munson
    Roy Munson Posts: 886
    edited December 2009
    Geez Mark, great karma!

    In please.
    2 Channel:
    Amp/Parasound Halo A23
    Pre/Carver C-1
    Tuner/Carver TX-11a
    CDP/Jolida JD 100A
    Turntable/AR XB-Shure V15 III
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  • Roy Munson
    Roy Munson Posts: 886
    edited December 2009
    RuSsMaN wrote: »
    I know all the answers (i think), and will gladly sell them to the highest bidder. ;)

    You have a PM. ;)
    2 Channel:
    Amp/Parasound Halo A23
    Pre/Carver C-1
    Tuner/Carver TX-11a
    CDP/Jolida JD 100A
    Turntable/AR XB-Shure V15 III
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  • ohskigod
    ohskigod Posts: 6,502
    edited December 2009
    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?

    cauliflower?

    Q: What was the first tweeter that Polk Audio made and sold?

    that horn tweet from the monitor 9?

    Q: What extremely rare Polk Audio product was only manufactured from 1978-1979?

    monitor 9

    Q: What was significant about Polk Audio's introduction of the famous Cobra Cable in 1981?

    helix wound, and a habit of grenading amps?..LOL

    Q: What was the crossover architecture difference between the Monitor 5, 7 and 10, in the original Monitor series (circa 1979)?

    each had more "doodads" then the other

    Q: What was the first speaker that I (Stu Lumsden) voiced entirely on my own and in about what year?

    RTA 11 1984

    Q: What car audio product never made it to retail yet toured the nation as part of a new lineup?


    rocket launcer/minigun roof pod with 12" sub


    :p ridiculous guesses aside, I am emphatically IN on the Karma
    Living Room 2 Channel -
    Schiit SYS Passive Pre. Jolida CD player. Songbird streamer. California Audio Labs Sigma II DAC, DIY 300as1/a1 Ice modules Class D amp. LSi15 with MM842 woofer upgrade, Nordost Blue Heaven and Unity interconnects.

    Upstairs 2 Channel Rig -
    Prometheus Ref. TVC passive pre, SAE A-205 Amp, Wiim pro streamer and Topping E50 DAC, California Audio Labs DX1 CD player, Von Schweikert VR3.5 speakers.

    Studio Rig - Scarlett 18i20(Gen3) DAW, Mac Mini, Aiyma A07 Max (BridgedX2), Totem Mites
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  • packetjones
    packetjones Posts: 1,059
    edited December 2009
    In please. I will start looking for the answers as well. Not sure how many i will find but i will try. lol
    Front - RTiA5's
    Rear - RTiA3's
    Center - CSiA4
    Sub - PSW110
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  • comfortablycurt
    comfortablycurt Posts: 6,745
    edited December 2009
    In please!!!!!:D This is some epic Karma!!! I just got my ears on some LSi's for the first time a few weeks ago, and I've had LSi fever ever since. Some GREAT sounding speakers.
    dorokusai wrote: »
    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?

    Just a wild stab...cauliflower?
    Q: What was the first tweeter that Polk Audio made and sold?

    SL1000 sounds about right...But according to my research, (one of)the earliest tweeters that Polk used was the Motorola Piezoelectric tweeter in the Model 9's.
    Q: What extremely rare Polk Audio product was only manufactured from 1978-1979?

    Model 9's or 9A's?
    Q: What was significant about Polk Audio's introduction of the famous Cobra Cable in 1981?

    They were the first speaker manufacturer to offer their own in house speaker cables.
    Q: What was the crossover architecture difference between the Monitor 5, 7 and 10, in the original Monitor series (circa 1979)?

    Most of the SL1000/2000 equipped Monitors used a 2.0 ohm resistor in the HF signal path, and most of the Peerless equipped Monitors used 2.7 and 4.5 ohm resistors wired in series(or parallel?).
    Q: What was the first speaker that I (Stu Lumsden) voiced entirely on my own and in about what year?

    Gonna have to go with Monitor 7's here...1979ish.
    Q: What car audio product never made it to retail yet toured the nation as part of a new lineup?

    The in car SDA? I could swear I remember seeing an in car SDA system on ebay a while back...but I may be remembering wrong.
    The nirvana inducer-
    APC H10 Power Conditioner
    Marantz UD5005 universal player
    Parasound Halo P5 preamp
    Parasound HCA-1200II power amp
    PolkAudio LSi9's/PolkAudio SDA 2A's/PolkAudio Monitor 7A's
    Audioquest Speaker Cables and IC's
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  • dane_peterson
    dane_peterson Posts: 1,903
    edited December 2009
    Awesome... Love the trivia. Though I'm FAR from a Polk guru, and haven't the foggiest.

    IN please!
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  • kcoc321
    kcoc321 Posts: 1,788
    edited December 2009
    +100 on the EPIC KARMA...you are LEGEND....thank you...IN please

    as far as vegi..no clue....asparagus?...

    I agree on SL1000 & Mon 9's (mon 6 are '90)

    MONITOR question:
    monitor 5 & 7 cross overs are exactly the same.
    The difference with the Mon 10 are
    1. 2.5 resistor on HP vs 2.0
    2. resistor is bypassed with a 12uf cap (so they were first)
    3. HP has a 0.4mH ind & 2.7u res VS the 0.23mH on the Mon 5 & 7
    LP is the same.
    (at least according to the wiring diagrams)

    Your First speakers....IDK....Mon 5jrs?

    I like the SDA car idea...
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  • cstmar01
    cstmar01 Posts: 4,424
    edited December 2009
    In please! awesome Karma!
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,987
    edited December 2009
    Polkers, the Karma isn't ending anytime soon - mark the thread, and get your think/search on. Kudos to the attempts so far, a few are on track, a few are spot on, a few read well for entertainment value - which is good too!

    I'd LOVE to have a pair of speakers from Mark. I know he hasn't put a sharpie to them, but I guarantee they have been signed. The only caveat I would state is that if you have any blacklighting in your listening room / home cinema - they might be distracting. I'm sure they can be seen from SPACE under the right conditions.

    Cheers,
    Rooster
    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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  • ESavinon
    ESavinon Posts: 3,066
    edited December 2009
    In please, Thank You.
    SRT For Life; SDA Forever!

    The SRT SEISMIC System:
    Four main satellite speakers, six powered subs, two dedicated for LFE channel, two center speakers for over/under screen placement and three Control Centers. Amaze your friends, terrorize your neighbors, seize the audio bragging rights for your state. Go ahead, buy it; you only go around once.
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  • wutadumsn23
    wutadumsn23 Posts: 3,702
    edited December 2009
    Great Karma Mark, count me IN!! Now to get cracking on those questions.

    -Jeff
    HT Rig
    Receiver- Onkyo TX-SR806
    Mains- Polk Audio Monitor 70
    Center- Polk Audio CS2
    Surrounds- Polk Audio TSi 500's :D
    Sub- Polk Audio PSW125
    Retired- Polk Audio Monitor 40's
    T.V.- 60" Sony SXRD KDS-60A2000 LCoS
    Blu-Ray- 80 GB PS3


    2 CH rig (in progress)
    Polk Audio Monitor 10A's :cool:

    It's not that I'm insensitive, I just don't care.. :D
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  • agfrost
    agfrost Posts: 2,426
    edited December 2009
    In please Mark.

    Happy Holidays,

    Jay
    Jay
    SDA 2BTL * Musical Fidelity A5cr amp * Oppo BDP-93 * Modded Adcom GDA-600 DAC * Rythmik F8 (x2)
    Micro Seiki DQ-50 * Hagerman Cornet 2 Phono * A hodgepodge of cabling * Belkin PF60
    Preamp rotation: Krell KSL (SCompRacer recapped) * Manley Shrimp * PS Audio 5.0
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  • kawizx9r
    kawizx9r Posts: 5,150
    edited December 2009
    1. Probably an idiot, but I'd say something along the lines of a spice? Hey, they originate from vegetables :p plus I can't think of anything else as common that can create an allergic reaction. Hmmmm....
    Truck setup
    Alpine 9856
    Phoenix Gold RSD65CS

    For Sale
    Polk SR6500
    Polk SR5250
    Polk SR104


    heiney9 wrote: »
    Any clue how to use the internet? Found it in about 10 sec.
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