So besides George, Who do you miss around here?

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  • txcoastal1
    txcoastal1 Posts: 13,132
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    Snow was another tube(ular) guy
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  • boston1450
    boston1450 Posts: 7,453
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    Cnh came to my house n picked up some gear & met my wife a few years back. I may still have his number n email. Great guy. Hope Scotty is doing good also
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    Randy/Maine
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  • pitdogg2
    pitdogg2 Posts: 24,554
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    txcoastal1 wrote: »
    Snow was another tube(ular) guy

    Yep and was selling a boat load of his tube stash the last few months. I really cried when i watched the pair 5692's go for a very very reasonable price.
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  • schwarcw
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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
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    Yeah I really miss Robert (Beardog), I was proud to call him a friend.
    Political Correctness'.........defined

    "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."

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  • Clipdat
    Clipdat Posts: 12,598
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    Derm wrote: »
    Rick88

    Can't click agree hard enough.
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,093
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    Maybe this thread will help some of these lost souls find their way back home....
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    “When once a Republic is corrupted, there is no possibility of remedying any of the growing evils but by removing the corruption and restoring its lost principles; every other correction is either useless or a new evil.”— Thomas Jefferson
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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
    cmy330go Posts: 2,341
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    Wow. This is depressing. No school, like the old school. :'(
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  • mrbiron
    mrbiron Posts: 5,711
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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: 10,871
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    Gatemplin, Disneyjoe, JanMike...
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  • obieone
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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
    dromunds Posts: 9,981
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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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  • nooshinjohn
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    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....
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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
    krazypolk Posts: 745
    edited January 2019
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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
    F1nut Posts: 49,792
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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.
    Political Correctness'.........defined

    "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."

    President of Club Polk

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  • mrbigbluelight
    mrbigbluelight Posts: 9,259
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    krazypolk wrote: »
    Sounds like you're playing a video game...

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



    Sal Palooza
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  • SIHAB
    SIHAB Posts: 4,519
    edited January 2019
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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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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,093
    edited January 2019
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    SIHAB wrote: »
    rick88 for sure.
    rednedtugent was a hoot as well. (didn't know a damn thing about audio tho)

    And here I thought you might be missing Rednedtugent…. and funny thing, you know about as much as he did.
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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.
    Political Correctness'.........defined

    "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."

    President of Club Polk

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  • SIHAB
    SIHAB Posts: 4,519
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    hang on rfapper. Daddy will be back soon.
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  • codycatalist
    codycatalist Posts: 2,662
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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

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