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  • teekay0007
    teekay0007 Posts: 2,288
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    heiney9 wrote: »
    I guess Backer Labs - James Bond 007 is out of the running? :)

    I think it's a safe bet that any submissions with the company's name spelled wrong are out of the running! :p

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  • mrbiron
    mrbiron Posts: 5,721
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    Using Chuck Norris results in instant death.....

    *typed by wife at mrbirons funneral*
    Where’s the KABOOM?!?! There’s supposed to be an Earth shattering KABOOM!!!
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  • tonyb
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    BackertLabs wrote: »
    tonyb wrote: »
    Should get the show on the road here, if people want enough time to put it on their Christmas list.
    Yes you are right! We are under a rock until we get the contest winner sorted out... each name that we like turns out to have various legal problems so it's taking a lot of our time right now, but we will be done shortly.
    nbrowser wrote: »
    Will this and your other products be CSA approved?
    We have not yet submitted for CSA approval but we will have to if the product catches on and we begin selling into Canada, which would be awesome for us.

    Thanks guys, you know we audiophiles are an impatient crotchety bunch. :) Well I am anyway, the rest are just crotchety.
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  • agfrost
    agfrost Posts: 2,497
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    I won!

    ...well, kinda. They chose the name I submitted but I didn't win the drawing against others who submitted the same name.

    I do, however, win a pair of Backert Labs coffee mugs.

    Cool contest and I do feel good about my naming skills. :smile: I told you all you were fighting for 2nd place.
    Jay
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  • EndersShadow
    EndersShadow Posts: 17,759
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    And what name pray tell was it you submitted?
    "....not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." William Bruce Cameron, Informal Sociology: A Casual Introduction to Sociological Thinking (1963)
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 33,077
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    Yeah, what name won ? Don't see anything on their website.
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  • mrbiron
    mrbiron Posts: 5,721
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    Are those $3K coffee mugs? :D

    I also won, but due to the facility being obliterated by chuck norris, i'll have to suffice with a cordial "Good Game" across my tush.

    What name was chosen or do we have to wait for the formal announcement?
    Where’s the KABOOM?!?! There’s supposed to be an Earth shattering KABOOM!!!
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  • motorhead43026
    motorhead43026 Posts: 4,120
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    Did they make you sign a confidentiality agreement...lol.
    Since we don’t know where we are going we have to stick together in case someone gets there….Ken Kesey.

    Idolizing a politician is like believing the stripper REALLY likes you.

    And the boots you lick will stomp you too.
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  • mrbiron
    mrbiron Posts: 5,721
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    No, but my temple has a circular bruise after the conversation.....
    First time i've wept in a long time.
    Where’s the KABOOM?!?! There’s supposed to be an Earth shattering KABOOM!!!
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  • BackertLabs
    BackertLabs Posts: 117
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    The most-splendiferous name that agfrost submitted (along with two other names which were no slouches) was Rhumba... Victor from Lawrenceberg, IN was another entrant who submitted this name, and he won the grand prize. We are currently preparing to notify all who entered via email (which requires yours truly to master some email stuff that I haven't had to think about before). But the rules don't prevent us from announcing the results however we want, so you are the first to know. :) Our sincere thanks to all who entered!
    The preamp specialists. http://BackertLabs.com
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  • motorhead43026
    motorhead43026 Posts: 4,120
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    Were you guys drinking when you decided on this name?


    JK, sounds good, good luck
    Since we don’t know where we are going we have to stick together in case someone gets there….Ken Kesey.

    Idolizing a politician is like believing the stripper REALLY likes you.

    And the boots you lick will stomp you too.
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  • polrbehr
    polrbehr Posts: 2,875
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    Congrats to the winner.
    You guys seem to have gotten off to a good start here, hope now that this is over you stick around, too; the people on this forum generally embrace a well-made product, especially if the company that produces the product has some keyboard time here (ask the people over at SVS about that).
    And if you're serious about getting a demo going, so much the better. Good luck in your future endeavors!


    So, are you willing to put forth a little effort or are you happy sitting in your skeptical poo pile?


    http://audiomilitia.proboards.com/
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  • mrbiron
    mrbiron Posts: 5,721
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    Andy, this was a "splendiferous" opportunity to say the least. I will thank you and kindly ask that my 11 units be triple boxed... :p

    When is the Backert Labs "Friends and Family" 50% off sale? Maybe a B-stock section on your webpage. Momma won't let me spend that kind of money on anything unless it's another engagement ring. If that was the case, i could have done the Rhythm 1.1...

    Stick around, enjoy the company, the beer thread, and maybe even take a gander at the "cleavage" thread. Wowza!
    Where’s the KABOOM?!?! There’s supposed to be an Earth shattering KABOOM!!!
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  • agfrost
    agfrost Posts: 2,497
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    ...I thought I'd let the Backert folks spill the name in their own way/own time.

    I'm stopped weeping (mostly) by now.
    Jay
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  • BlueFox
    BlueFox Posts: 15,250
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    Isn't Rhumba the name of an automated robot vacum sweeper?
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  • chumlie
    chumlie Posts: 8,658
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    BlueFox wrote: »
    Isn't Rhumba the name of an automated robot vacum sweeper?

    Just thinking the same thing.
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  • motorhead43026
    motorhead43026 Posts: 4,120
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    It is Rumba, pronounced (room ba) I believe for the vacuum,
    Since we don’t know where we are going we have to stick together in case someone gets there….Ken Kesey.

    Idolizing a politician is like believing the stripper REALLY likes you.

    And the boots you lick will stomp you too.
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  • agfrost
    agfrost Posts: 2,497
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    "Roomba" is the vacuum. Cuz' it sweeps the room, get it?
    Jay
    SDA 2BTL * McCormack DNA 0.5 amp * Oppo BDP-93 * Modded Adcom GDA-600 DAC * Rythmik F8 (x2)
    Micro Seiki DQ-50 * Mitsubishi LT-30 * Hagerman Cornet 2 Phono
    Preamp rotation: Krell KSL (SCompRacer recapped) * Manley Shrimp * PS Audio 5.0
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  • EndersShadow
    EndersShadow Posts: 17,759
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    Weird, we have a software program called Rhumba on our computers....
    "....not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." William Bruce Cameron, Informal Sociology: A Casual Introduction to Sociological Thinking (1963)
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  • agfrost
    agfrost Posts: 2,497
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    Should have tried "Monster" something. Sure that would've worked out OK. :p
    Jay
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 33,077
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    Rhumba ???

    They legalize weed out there Andy ? LOL

    I'd rather have that face plate plain anyway, or maybe signed by the man himself. It's a nice looking piece as is.
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  • voltz
    voltz Posts: 5,384
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    I'd tell ya what name I choose but I think I will save it for the next contest I don't win B)
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  • jeremymarcinko
    jeremymarcinko Posts: 3,785
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    Rhumba, huh. I prefer Samba.. :)
    https://youtu.be/6Lj4ZUgJFQI
    Oh, Listen here mister. We got no way of understandin' this world. But we got as much sense of this bird flyin in the sky. Now there is a lot that bird don't know, but it don't change the fact that the world is happening to him all the same. What I am tryin to say is, is that the course of your life, well its changing, and you don't even see it- Forest Bondurant
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  • MrRoboT
    MrRoboT Posts: 39
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    This comp would be great if a forum member won!
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 33,077
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    MrRoboT wrote: »
    This comp would be great if a forum member won!

    It's great anyway, even if we didn't win a thing. Backert Labs was nice enough to include us, is sending Skip a demo piece, and possibly offering up a demo piece to float around between us here for those willing to participate.

    Andy at BL has been great, attentive and very generous. BL's is certainly going out of their way for us, and we appreciate that. The audio world could use more like them.
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  • BackertLabs
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    Hey there guys,
    Well we definitely wish that everybody who submitted the winning name could have received a free unit! But it actually felt great giving the one unit away. Even though the process ended up being kind of hard for us, I definitely want to do this again for our next unit, which will probably be our phono preamp.
    Pho, no... pho, no....
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  • motorhead43026
    motorhead43026 Posts: 4,120
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    You can call that PONO, Neil won't mind....lol.
    Since we don’t know where we are going we have to stick together in case someone gets there….Ken Kesey.

    Idolizing a politician is like believing the stripper REALLY likes you.

    And the boots you lick will stomp you too.
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  • BackertLabs
    BackertLabs Posts: 117
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    The Polk Forum Peregrinating Unit is now on its way, first stop: TEXAS (DSkip)
    Next stop ... ? Here are the people that I have as signed up:
    - BlueFox
    - breal74
    - tonyb
    - DSkip
    - MrBuhl
    - marvda1
    - nooshinjohn
    - Moose68Bash
    - Toolfan66
    - heiney9
    - muncybob
    - [maybe?] polrbehr
    My apologies if I've left any of you out who want to try it - please just bonk me on the head to remind, and you'll be on the list.
    With 11 or 12 of you (wow), I wonder if we should ask that each in-home demo last 1 week before moving the unit along. What do you all think?
    The preamp specialists. http://BackertLabs.com
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  • breal74
    breal74 Posts: 324
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    Ten days sounds like a good plan, but with Backert's generous offer I am even fine with ten hours. I am excited to get my ears on this unit!
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