Respect
KenCustomerService
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Good morning Forum Members,
This is Ken Carter from Polk Audio HQ. I am the Website Support Specialist for Polk Audio and Definitive Technology. Also, I get the escalated Forum issues from Ken Swauger. I am your bridge between the Forum community and the rest of the team here at Sound United.
I am seeing a lot of disrespect towards other Forum members going around, along with disregard for the rules of the Forum.
This is everyone's first and only formal warning about respecting each other, respecting the rules, and respecting Polk Audio.
There has been far too much bickering, name calling, threats, and general disrespect towards each other. This will no longer be accepted on the Forum.
So there is no confusion, here is what will take place if something like this happens in the future.
1st offense - 30 day ban
2nd offense - lifetime ban
With all that being said I am still here to help. I am the gateway to Polk Audio HQ. Many of you know that already and reach out to me directly. Also escalation situations go through Ken Swauger to me. There is no reason why you cannot contact me directly.
I am here to take questions about what is going on with Sound United, you can make suggestions to me about how to change the website, manuals, the Forum, whatever the case may be. I work for you too. And many of you who have dealt with me in the past know you don't have to wait long to hear back from me. I am readily available to help and listen to fix problems.
You can direct message me on the Forum itself or email me at [email protected]
I do look forward to hearing from everyone on this with their questions, comments and concerns.
Thank you all for your continued support of the Forum.
Ken
This is Ken Carter from Polk Audio HQ. I am the Website Support Specialist for Polk Audio and Definitive Technology. Also, I get the escalated Forum issues from Ken Swauger. I am your bridge between the Forum community and the rest of the team here at Sound United.
I am seeing a lot of disrespect towards other Forum members going around, along with disregard for the rules of the Forum.
This is everyone's first and only formal warning about respecting each other, respecting the rules, and respecting Polk Audio.
There has been far too much bickering, name calling, threats, and general disrespect towards each other. This will no longer be accepted on the Forum.
So there is no confusion, here is what will take place if something like this happens in the future.
1st offense - 30 day ban
2nd offense - lifetime ban
With all that being said I am still here to help. I am the gateway to Polk Audio HQ. Many of you know that already and reach out to me directly. Also escalation situations go through Ken Swauger to me. There is no reason why you cannot contact me directly.
I am here to take questions about what is going on with Sound United, you can make suggestions to me about how to change the website, manuals, the Forum, whatever the case may be. I work for you too. And many of you who have dealt with me in the past know you don't have to wait long to hear back from me. I am readily available to help and listen to fix problems.
You can direct message me on the Forum itself or email me at [email protected]
I do look forward to hearing from everyone on this with their questions, comments and concerns.
Thank you all for your continued support of the Forum.
Ken
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I'm sure we all welcome your involvement in the forum and appreciate your willingness to take suggestions from the collective in an effort to make Club Polk great again!
Jesse
"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."
Let's MCPGA (Make Club Polk Great Again!)
Trolling should be against the rules and there will be much less animosity.
Cheers and thanks for your involvement.
Mikey
HT:Polk LSiM 706 LSiM 705's VR3 LSiM 703's LSiM 702's| Marantz AV7704 | Sunfire TGA-7401 | Oppo UDP 203 | Sony PS4 Pro| Directv Genie HD DVR | Samsung 75" Q8 QLED | SVS PB13 Ultra | MIT EXP 2's (Fronts & Center)
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Garage Yamaha R-N303BL | Polk Monitor 5B's
Closet Yamaha M80 | 2 Polk MP3K subs| Yaqin MC100B with Shuguang Treasures KT 88's & CV181Z's | Tesla E83CC's | 2 Parasound A23's | Marantz 2252B
SDA 2BTL * Musical Fidelity A5cr amp * Marantz DV-9500 * Modded Adcom GDA-600 DAC * Rythmik F8
Micro Seiki DQ-50 * A hodgepodge of cabling * Belkin PF60
Preamp rotation: Krell KSL (SCompRacer recapped) * Manley Shrimp * PS Audio 5.0
That would be cool.
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Loudspeakers: Harbeth p3esr, Polk RT7
Cables: Aural Harmony Sonnet Interconnect II, WireWorld Equinox 7 speaker,
Black Cat silverstar 75 ohm digital, Signal Digital Power Cord, PS Audio Perfect Wave AC-3,
Pangea SE14, Voltz supplied interconnects
Optional: Arcam DV88 DVD/CD (HDCD) player, Polk SDS-400 speakers
Like Jesse said I for one welcome involvement in the forum and appreciate your willingness to take suggestions, Speaking of suggestions might I suggest relaxing the auto censorship a bit. I mean you can't even type a 3 letter word that could mean someones behavior, a persons backside or a 4 legged beast of burden. This word is even spoken on commercial TV. You can type "A big pile of brown stinky stuff that's expelled from the backside of a human being" but you can't type c***. I understand the need for some censorship after all you can't have members typing pages of the 7 words.
All I'm asking for is some common sense and to consider the context of the post. If this is possible at all.
Now you can tell me to stick it and that's just the way it is, Don't worry you won't offend me at all.
Peace, Love and Rock 'n Roll.
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Unfortunately for most of us we only get to experience the first day and then we can't even remember it.
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"50% Why... That's almost half."
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"The best way to enjoy digital music reproduction is to never listen to good analogue reproduction." ~ Kenneth Swauger
2nd offence = lifetime ban seems way overkill to me unless it is really bad?? No warnings, 2 offences an gone forever. Is there a time-frame on the 2 offences?
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Sunfire TGP 5
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PS Audio GCPH phono pre
Sunfire CG 200 X 5
Sunfire CG Sig 405 X 5
OPPO BDP-83 SE
SDA SRS 1.2TL Sonicaps and Mills
Ctr CS1000p
Sur - FX1000 x 4
SUB - SVS PB2-Plus
Workkout room:
Sony Bravia XBR- 32-Inch 1080p
Onkyo TX-DS898
GFA 555
Yamaha DVD-S1800BL/SACD
Ft - SDA 1C
Not being used:
RTi 38's -4
RT55i's - 2
RT25i's -2, using other 2 in shop
LSI 15's
CSi40
PSW 404
I will not go into repeating what has already been said but wish to thank you and Polk for providing this space for the members.
God bless. Steve
P.S. I gave your post a "like" so we can get your badge count up a bit
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Three 20 amp circuits.
I was just thinking about how good Polk has been to me
and that someone would complain about tax that amounted
to two Cafe Mochas...
Yamaha a-s2100 Amp, CD-2100 CD player, T-S500 tuner
Loudspeakers: Harbeth p3esr, Polk RT7
Cables: Aural Harmony Sonnet Interconnect II, WireWorld Equinox 7 speaker,
Black Cat silverstar 75 ohm digital, Signal Digital Power Cord, PS Audio Perfect Wave AC-3,
Pangea SE14, Voltz supplied interconnects
Optional: Arcam DV88 DVD/CD (HDCD) player, Polk SDS-400 speakers
Hey, it's a spell check thing???? See screen shot.
Panamax 5400-EX
Sunfire TGP 5
Micro Seiki DD-40 - Lyra-Dorian and Denon DL-160
PS Audio GCPH phono pre
Sunfire CG 200 X 5
Sunfire CG Sig 405 X 5
OPPO BDP-83 SE
SDA SRS 1.2TL Sonicaps and Mills
Ctr CS1000p
Sur - FX1000 x 4
SUB - SVS PB2-Plus
Workkout room:
Sony Bravia XBR- 32-Inch 1080p
Onkyo TX-DS898
GFA 555
Yamaha DVD-S1800BL/SACD
Ft - SDA 1C
Not being used:
RTi 38's -4
RT55i's - 2
RT25i's -2, using other 2 in shop
LSI 15's
CSi40
PSW 404
We all love spirited debate, disagreements, but it should never end up in the gutter. So now that we know the consequences for the bad apples, what do the good apples get ? A cookie ? Shot and a beer maybe ? Autographed pic of Ken ? Personally I fall somewhere in the middle between good/bad apples me thinks, so like Charlie Brown....I'll get a rock at best.
Seriously gents, let's move back to having some fun around here, without the daggers and pitchforks. Now that I think about it, we never had these problems when we had the "tasteless babe thread" ....coincidence ?
Thanks again Ken for getting ahead of this.
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Pioneer elite vhx 21
Sony 4k BRP
SVS SB-2000
Dynaudio Audience 72
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Cary xciter dac
Cullen modded Sonos
Joule la-100 pre
B&k Ref 4420 amp
Cables-
Acoustic zen Satori speaker cables
Acoustic zen Matrix 2 IC's
Analysis plus crystal oval ic's
Wireworld eclipse 7 ic's
Audio metallurgy ga-o digital cable
Kitchen
Sonos zp90
B&k 1430
Tad 803 speakers
@gimpod I completely understand your point. This is the warning.
I will look into the censorship issue. With that said though if we are treating each other with respect then there is no need to use words that need censorship.
If everyone follows the rules and respects each other like we should be doing anyway there won't be any need for a ban.
I want this to be used as a place where people can share ideas, help each other and not feel like if they make a mistake they won't be berated for not knowing what a tweeter is.
This is a community and it should feel like that.
If it was me I'd put a link to the "Forum Rules of Conduct" at the top centered in big letters on every forum page period, That way no one could say they couldn't find them. Before everything got switch over to Vanilla I think there were some but they were hard to find.
Peace, Love and Rock 'N Roll.
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“The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.” ~ Mark Twain
Unfortunately for most of us we only get to experience the first day and then we can't even remember it.
---
"Close only counts in Horseshoes, Hand Grenades and Thermonuclear Weapons."
"50% Why... That's almost half."
"I know, I'm sick and need help."
----
Gimpod Custom 4th & 5th Gen SDA Circuit Boards
----
"The best way to enjoy digital music reproduction is to never listen to good analogue reproduction." ~ Kenneth Swauger
I do have something in the works for forum members exclusively and I will disseminate that information when it is available.
Stay tuned!
I am not sure I have ever seen anyone berated for not knowing what a tweeter is but things do get a bit focused at times.
I can see how someone could become frustrated trying to explain for the thousandth time how biamping across an AVR with a single power supply is not biamping. I frequent an av forum where they swear by 11.2 AVR's so one could bi amp off of the extra channels.
I think that audio has and always be a matter of taste. Tastes differ but the one thing the Polk forum has always done is help to advise a person to find their taste. How many threads have there been where members helped a person find the "warmer/more sterile" sound they were looking for.
If you do not believe amps or cables do not matter then to me common courtesy dictates you stay the hell out of a thread where someone is asking for thoughts and opinions.
We had a troll whos posture was "if Roger Russel did not write it it must not be real". While RR has done some amazing work so have others who should not be discounted for their efforts.
If I am ever due a warning I will take it like a man with squared shoulders and a straight back. Some of this passive aggressive silliness I am seeing must be the work of Psyc students studying the effects of trolling an audio forum.
If I were a Psych student I could see doing it as a study but I am not a well person
Seeing some of the threads lately it looks like you're going to have your hands full. I hope you realize its just a few that are stirring the pot and trying to get members riled...I believe some are calling these members Trolls.
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2 Channel: Rogue RP-5 / WireWorld Electra power cord / Marantz TT-15S1/ Ortofon - Quintet Black MC / Marantz NA8005 DAC / W4S mAmp's / Synology DS 216+ll-4TB / Polkaudio LSiM703
I actually appreciate Ken's drawing of a hard line. This place is great when the focus is on helping others. Yes, there will be naysayers here, but I know a lot of Christians and atheists that get along just fine.
HT 5.1: Anthem MRX 720 / BDP-Denon DBT1713UD / Polkaudio LSiM703 / W4S mAmp's / Polkaudio LSiM706c / Polkaudio LSiM702F/X's / SVS PC12-NSD / Panasonic TC P55VT30
2 Channel: Rogue RP-5 / WireWorld Electra power cord / Marantz TT-15S1/ Ortofon - Quintet Black MC / Marantz NA8005 DAC / W4S mAmp's / Synology DS 216+ll-4TB / Polkaudio LSiM703
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Preamps: Shuguang S200MK, Dayens Ampino, Parasound P5
Amps: Shuguang S845MK, Dayens Ampino Monoblocks, Parasound A23
Integrateds: Triode Corporation TRV-88SER, MastersounD: BoX, Dueventi, Compact 845, Evolution 845; North Star Design Blue Diamond
Sources: AURALiC Aries, Denon HEOS Link, North Star Design: Magnifico, Supremo, Incanto, Intenso, Venti
Cabling: Wireworld
TV: Sony XBR-75X940C
Edit....
Only if you put a 20 in the swear jar....
Sony 850c 4k
Pioneer elite vhx 21
Sony 4k BRP
SVS SB-2000
Dynaudio Audience 72
Polk FX500 surrounds
Cary xciter dac
Cullen modded Sonos
Joule la-100 pre
B&k Ref 4420 amp
Cables-
Acoustic zen Satori speaker cables
Acoustic zen Matrix 2 IC's
Analysis plus crystal oval ic's
Wireworld eclipse 7 ic's
Audio metallurgy ga-o digital cable
Kitchen
Sonos zp90
B&k 1430
Tad 803 speakers
Question please: When a post is "flagged" is there any action taken? I have tried to use this tool but often it seems like flag notifications go no where. In one instance, I PM'ed the mods a couple days later to complain and only then was it removed.
Well....there goes a weeks pay.....
When did you start working as a cook?