So besides George, Who do you miss around here?

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  • schwarcw
    schwarcw Posts: 7,360
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    Normality, Beardog, TNrabbit, Madmax, Ben, and can't forget Joe. All gone RIP I miss them all.
    Carl

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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 52,406
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    Yeah I really miss Robert (Beardog), I was proud to call him a friend.
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  • Clipdat
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    Derm wrote: »
    Rick88

    Can't click agree hard enough.
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  • Clipdat
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    Yeah, and maybe cable naysayers will try aftermarket speaker cables and power cords.

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  • cmy330go
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    Wow. This is depressing. No school, like the old school. :'(
    HT
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  • mrbiron
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    nooshinjohn wrote: »
    Keiko.

    I really miss Vader....
    Where’s the KABOOM?!?! There’s supposed to be an Earth shattering KABOOM!!!
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  • DollarDave
    DollarDave Posts: 2,575
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    CandyLiquor
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  • Willow
    Willow Posts: 11,364
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    Gatemplin, Disneyjoe, JanMike...
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  • obieone
    obieone Posts: 5,077
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    treitz3 wrote: »
    BlueMDPicker, ThSmith, Rick88, Keiko, RuSsMaN, Doro, Shack, TroyD, TNRabbit, /mx, SCompRacer, obieone, BaggedLancer, Early B., ohskigod, reeltrouble, Face, Demiurge, RonP, engtaz, SkipF, MillerLiteScott, hoosier2, audiobliss, schwarcw......

    And the list goes on and on...

    ...and on...

    Tom

    It's nice to be missed ;)
    I don't come around much for some of the reason the others prolly left, but also, because HD formats kept changing; started with SACD/DVD-A, then BD-Audio, then 4k, Hi-Rez downloads, and I got tired of chasing them.
    I dropped $500.00 on the BDP-93, and prolly only listened/ watched to a dozen times.

    Combined with Holyweird putting out pure, agenda-driven garbage, I'm pretty much "eh, not interested" anymore.
    Literally, the last 3 movies I bought(recent production), was American Sniper, Lone Survivor, and Act of Valor (all 3, a portion of the proceeds went to charities)
    12 years ago, this place was fun, now, it's tap-dancing in a minefield, trying to avoid the "professionally offended" >:)

    I refuse to argue with idiots, because people can't tell the DIFFERENCE!
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  • agfrost
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    treitz3 wrote: »
    BlueMDPicker, ThSmith, Rick88, Keiko, RuSsMaN, Doro, Shack, TroyD, TNRabbit, /mx, SCompRacer, obieone, BaggedLancer, Early B., ohskigod, reeltrouble, Face, Demiurge, RonP, engtaz, SkipF, MillerLiteScott, hoosier2, audiobliss, schwarcw......

    And the list goes on and on...

    ...and on...

    Tom

    That's a good list, Tom. Heck, *you're* not around here like once-upon-a, but it's been nice seeing you post more of late.

    Rich (SCompRacer) checks in but doesn't post as much as he once did, I'm lucky to be able to see him IRL from time to time.
    Jay
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  • thsmith
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    I am still here just dont come around much. Work is pretty consuming.

    Last month some guy sent me a message about Anthem Preamp schematics. I tried finding them for him but it was over 10 years ago and could not locate them.

    A long list of names I have not heard in a while. Good to see there are some regulars still around.

    Club Polk is still the best audio forum in my opinion.

    Just PM me if you need something or to say hey.
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  • dromunds
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    Some of those guys still post when the force moves them
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  • dromunds
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    I have to say that I saw a post from 2006 that was saying the exact same thing about "tap-dancing around the minefield" so to speak, so it appears that sentiment's not entirely new, although often in the moment it appears to be so. Sometimes things "get going" around here but its still the only audio forum that I want to come to on a regular basis. There's a ton of good people here that give of their knowledge freely and that's who we really are.
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  • schwarcw
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    Many of the new members who joined after around 2008 probably never saw the "Tasteful Babe Thread". There was a lot of drama when the offended became activists.
    Carl

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  • krazypolk
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    nooshinjohn wrote: »
    dromunds wrote: »
    I have to say that I saw a post from 2006 that was saying the exact same thing about "tap-dancing around the minefield" so to speak, so it appears that sentiment's not entirely new, although often in the moment it appears to be so. Sometimes things "get going" around here but its still the only audio forum that I want to come to on a regular basis. There's a ton of good people here that give of their knowledge freely and that's who we really are.

    Agreed... It's just that these days, there are more mines in the fields and now there are sniper teams lurking everywhere. You also need to watch out for the air support and drones that fly in and do their damage and disappear.


    There are times where it can feel as though we are living in digital caves....

    Sounds like you're playing a video game...
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  • F1nut
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    schwarcw wrote: »
    Many of the new members who joined after around 2008 probably never saw the "Tasteful Babe Thread". There was a lot of drama when the offended became activists.

    Yep and the social justice warrior left immediately after the thread was removed. Polk got played once again.
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  • mrbigbluelight
    mrbigbluelight Posts: 9,878
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    krazypolk wrote: »
    Sounds like you're playing a video game...

    Yeah it's called "Battlefield". Play at your own risk.



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  • SIHAB
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    rick88 for sure.
    rednedtugent was a hoot as well. (didn't know a damn thing about audio tho)
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  • mantis
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    Toolfan66 wrote: »
    Along with all the names mentioned I miss the old forum as well..
    I hear you there, when this forum was updated , many jumped Ship.
    Dan
    My personal quest is to save to world of bad audio, one thread at a time.
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  • F1nut
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    SIHAB wrote: »
    rick88 for sure.
    rednedtugent was a hoot as well. (didn't know a damn thing about audio tho)

    Well Red, at least you admit it.
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  • SIHAB
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    hang on rfapper. Daddy will be back soon.
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  • codycatalist
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    What happened to Rick88? I sure do miss seeing that Linda Ronstadt avatar posted on these forums.
    Just a dude doing dude-ly things

    "Temptation is the manifestation of desire which equals necessity." - Mikey081057
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  • scubalab
    scubalab Posts: 3,105
    edited January 2019
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    ^^^Believe Rick intentionally got himself banned and went out with a bang, so to speak. I do miss him around here - he was a good guy.

    Edit - looks like he’s not banned, but IIRC he said he was leaving and posted some, uh, pictures to go out on a high note.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 35,562
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    codycatalist wrote: »
    What happened to Rick88? I sure do miss seeing that Linda Ronstadt avatar posted on these forums.

    From the inside sleeve of... umm... either Hasten Down the , or was it Prisoner in Disguise? I am too lazy to look (even though those LPs ar all of 15 feet from where I sit typing this). :p

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    Note the Koss K6 headphones.

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    Youda thunk theyda had better headphones in a studio (maybe AKG or Sennheiser, back in those days - or even Koss Pro4A or AA), no? ;)
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  • dromunds
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    Yeah, the headphones .... Lol
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