Polk Forum before this one?

[Nisqually Dave]

I am curious, I believe that I belonged to the Polk forum prior to the one that we use now. I had forgot my Info from back then and rejoined this one. I also had received a paper that was sent by E mail back then from polk, with what was going on and new stufff coming out?

I rejoined in 2004, and have just gotten back into it lately and remember a few of the charactors of the past ( It got pretty crazy back then but fun)

I would like to find out if there is a way to track down my old profile without looking through 7500 names to find one that is familier to me.



Nisqually Dave

[TroyD]

All the old stuff prior to July 2001 is GONE....too bad because there was some REALLY funny shiite there.

Some of the old guys are still here...

RonP - Falcon
George Grand - George Grand/Tony Rome
Darrin - dbartol
gidrah
Bob McG
I-Sig - partywaggin
Russman

BDT

[Nisqually Dave]

That must be where my info went I do remember some of the names, of course Russman can you guess why.

One of the old timers was a retired Airforce Guy also.

[RuSsMaN]

George Grand
MadMax
BobMcG (and Mike - the bro's McGowan)
RonP
Darrin
John Strong
Wes

Who am I forgetting? Those guys were OLD TIMERS when I showed up.

Edit - Troy has the list going.

[BobMcG]

Dang it! What timing. Just sometime back during this winter I was cleaning out a bunch of old papers and shredded a couple with the names of most of the CP members prior to 2001. :eek: I couldn't think of a reason to keep holding onto them. Now I wish I hadn't. :(

Dave, is it that you don't remember your user name from back then? :confused:

BobMcG, formerly/originally rwmcg from CP years gone by. :)

[rskarvan]

I was there. I've got the T-shirt to prove it.

[danger boy]

All the old stuff prior to July 2001 is GONE....too bad because there was some REALLY funny shiite there.

Some of the old guys are still here...

RonP - Falcon
George Grand - George Grand/Tony Rome
Darrin - dbartol
gidrah
Bob McG
I-Sig - partywaggin
Russman

BDT

and Nascarmann
RIP

[madmax]

I never placed partywagon with I-Sig... Cool!

I remember seeing the new name RuSsMaN and thinking WTF is wrong with that guy, doesn't he know how use the caps button??? Ha Ha, now I just read the posts and think WTF.

My first post was to send someone an owners manual I had. Sure enough I needed one for a different speaker the next week and either Bob or Mike set me up.

I remember darrin and his damn remote, bob and mike, partywagon, GG of the jersy grands, snake (dare I even bring it up) and falcon. Probably more if I saw the names.

Cool old time for all back then!
madmax

[Nisqually Dave]

Yes, I had been pretty active back then. about the same time I had joined audiogon and one other. I had joined them from info from this forum. For the life of me I can"t remember it. It may not even be in the list of names for the this forum either.

Nisqually Dave

[madmax]

I remember a name very similar to nisqually or (something)dave but can't put my finger on it. Might be something totally different anyway.

[George Grand]

There was a good guy named John Bonaci. There was Frozen Willie, the bicycle salesman from Canada. Joe the Sequel, a big goofy kid who brought his mom and dad with him to my house to buy stereo stuff. That was a treat. I'm out in the garage with his dad, and I hear this non-stop "clicking" sound. Driving me nuts. I finally realized that in the middle of the summer, this guys teeth are clacking a mile a minute. Couldn't get them out of the house fast enough. Strange crowd. I named him Joe the Sequel cause we already had a guy named Joe aboard.

We're very fortunate not to have Snake around anymore. He once confided in me that before his "terrible accident", his favorite thing was to drag other people out of their cars and beat the shit out of them. He was almost bedridden, and had plenty of time to do things like "I can find anything out about anybody", and then proceeded to prove it to me by calling my home.

We are very UNFORTUNATE not to have dbartol (Darrin the Lunatic) around anymore. He was a good friend, loved to help me pound on Snake, and was ABOUT the funniest SOB I have ever met. Anybody remember when his alter-ego was "So Hot Guy"? What a freakin' crackpot!

This was all in 1999, pre-dating Russ, Troy, Doro, F1, and a lot of others you have come to know as the core of the Polk Forum.

The more I look at the name Nisqually Dave, the more I seem to remember it.

We're also missing Aaron Sherrick from way back. He was also a good guy.

[cfrizz]

Wow George, you've been around here forever! How cool is that?!

[TroyD]

Yeah, those guys go back WAY before me. I entered the scene Dec. of 1999 and things were well established back then. George and the bros McG were the ringleaders.

Darrin pops in here from time to time...

BDT

[hoosier21]

what am I chopped liver

[George Grand]

Wes, Falcon, Max, and The Bros. McG were here prior to me.

Not quite as cool as saying Sistuh Cathy, with the emphasis on the tuh part.

No Russ, you're just so eminently...........................forgettable.

Mike McG was not quite as accomodating as Brother Bob. Mike was a good guy, but he didn't take shit from anyone, so I started calling him Fireball Mike.

[TroyD]

what am I chopped liver

Sort of....that's right Hoosier was the man with the 1.2tl's...and then another set and then another set...

[F1nut]

Wow George, you've been around forever!

That's what I keep reminding him of when he starts with the, "you're older than me" stuff.

[disneyjoe7]

what am I chopped liver


Don't worry I was thinking the same thing.



But they listed some heavy weights, so lite weight's didn't make the list. ;)

[George Grand]

2002 join dates don't count there DJ (or whatever your name is).

Jesse is older than I am.

[reeltrouble1]

2002 join dates don't count there DJ (or whatever your name is).

Jesse is older than I am.

Yep, I am just a newb. George and Jesse are older than me, and it shows.

When I remember all the "flashes in the pan posters" who I have seen make a whirlwind tour of the club since I joined, it just makes me/you appreciate just how long some of these members having been making Club Polk go, making it what it is.

Its always a good thing to have the "history" rocks around.

RT1

[Strong Bad]

I can't even remember when the old forum started.

There was alot of SDA chat with the McG brothers carrying the load. They were the authority around the old forum on that.

George Grand was lighting it up along with Hoosier. I just dug out some old copies of the "Carver Sonic Holography" CD I made copies of and mailed out to a bunch of people. I guess you could call that the early stages of forum "Karma." I still have the original CD by the way (circa 1988) stored away. I'll post a photo of it tonight.

I scored my SDA SRS 2.3's from local Baltimore member Tyrone Thompson (who hasn't been around here for years) back in 2000. I scored my Carver m1.5t amp from someone on here. Hoosier, was that you? I keep thinking it was.

Too long ago to remember names. I'm getting up there with Jesse. Mind is fading....


John

[hoosier21]

I just dug out some old copies of the "Carver Sonic Holography" CD I made copies of and mailed out to a bunch of people.

I played my copy just 2 weeks ago.

[cmy330go]

...We are very UNFORTUNATE not to have dbartol (Darrin the Lunatic) around anymore. He was a good friend, loved to help me pound on Snake,....

This would make a good quote in some one's signature.:D

[disneyjoe7]

2002 join dates don't count there DJ (or whatever your name is).




Thanks George for straighting me out.... DJ or Mud. ;)

[Jstas]

I can't even remember when the old forum started.


John

It had to have started some time in mid 1998 because I remember stopping by the site. What makes me remember it? I had just gotten my Thunderbird and was upgrading the stereo and I did that in March/April 1998. I was trying to get info on my dB3065's in early 1998 and the forum was up and down and having nothing but problems. I signed up but never really posted because it was so unreliable at first. I came back in 2001 looking for info again and things were vastly different and I guess the new forum had just been put up. I saw about 5 posts from Nascarmann before he disappeared and then we found out he passed on.

No, I haven't been around here that long but I was surfing the 'net long before surfing the 'net was cool. I've been "online" since about 1991 before the 'net was the 'net that we know and love today.

I'm gonna hit up the Internet wayback machine later today and see if I can't find archives of the old Polk Audio sites. That'll have the forums.

[rskarvan]

I'm still listening to my $100 Monitor 10 series 2's with original stands that I purchased (cash-n-carry) from Wangotango (Scott Trigg). And, I still have the copy of the Carver Holography CD that Strong Bad sent to me. (thanks again)

[AsSiMiLaTeD]

Scott Trigg...now there's a name everyone remembers. What an asshole...

[RuSsMaN]

1996 - http://web.archive.org/web/19961219034114/http://www2.polkaudio.com/

1997 - http://web.archive.org/web/19970129163947/http://www.polkaudio.com/

1998 - http://web.archive.org/web/19980704043938/http://www.polkaudio.com/

1998 - http://web.archive.org/web/19980704044007/www.polkaudio.com/cpredf.htm

The old SRT Chicken Out or Check it Out page - http://web.archive.org/web/19970129164256/www2.polkaudio.com/warning.htm

Polk Fashions, what could be cooler? http://web.archive.org/web/19970129164303/www2.polkaudio.com/wearable.htm

There is no browsing the old forum pages, it wasn't a public site, you had to have a password to get in.

Cheers,
Russ

[HBombToo]

I really miss livforfam. He was my friend:D

[read-alot]

I did read a lot on this forum before I ever joined.

Speaking of Wango was he kin to Spyde Man or Har Navalta ?

[TroyD]

I'm trying to think if Nascarmann predated this version of the forum? I dunno.

Those were the supposed 'free' Monitor 10's if I remember correct that ended up costing Ron 100 bucks.

Trigg was a straight up thief. Har was a paranoid loser and Spyderman was in ignorant moron.
BDT

[RuSsMaN]

Hey, at least Scott got 3 out of 4 stars for integrity.

[Jstas]

I'm trying to think if Nascarmann predated this version of the forum? I dunno.

Those were the supposed 'free' Monitor 10's if I remember correct that ended up costing Ron 100 bucks.

Trigg was a straight up thief. Har was a paranoid loser and Spyderman was in ignorant moron.
BDT

Troy, isn't this the same nascarmann?

http://www.polkaudio.com/forums/member.php?u=26477

[Strong Bad]

OMG, Scott Trigg. George Grand and he had some real good times on here. I wonder how many people that scumbag Trigg has ripped off.

Harnavalta, now there is Doro's bestest buddy in the whole world. Many a thread were lit up by them going at it!

My good pal was Noballscoach (Ohballcoach) who locked in a deal with me for some FX1000's. I mailed a check to him only to get a phonecall from Hoosier saying he tried to sell them to him, even though we locked in the deal.

Jesus Russ, those old Polk homepages are probably making Justin throw up on his keyboard. Man, do I remember those webpages.

rskarvan and Hoosier, thanks for letting me know you still have those Carver CD's. That is way too cool! When I get home I'll post a photo of the original and some copies I still have from back then.

John

[TroyD]

Yeah, that's the nascarmann. RIP, broham.

BDT

[BobMcG]

If I remember right, MikeMcG and I met some of you original Polkies on our original "Excite" SDA sites we had running prior to the Polk Forums. These got started in '95 or '96 and we used to carry on discussions there before we had a "fancy" forum to go to. It was slowly but surely after the Polk site was up that the use for the private SDA sites were no longer needed and fell by the way side. The remaining one, (the last incarnation after the big change at Excite) is the one on Yahoo that has been left up. The membership lists for the two Excite clubs were among the papers I shredded this winter. Rats!

[TroyD]

I remember the excite SDA sites. That was cool, heady stuff. WAY above my knowledge level at that point (and even probably now). However, everyone including Mike (who was known not to suffer fools) was exceedingly patient and generous with thier time and knowlegdge to folks with a real interest in learning more about audio.

Bob and Mike are the true, original standard-bearers for Polk in general and SDA in particular.

BDT

[George Grand]

I love it. I had completely forgotten about Trigg being "awarded" 3 out of 4 stars for integrity. Like I said back then, "Hey, you can trust him 75% of the time." Then a couple weeks later it was 2 stars, then one, and then THAT little piggy had NONE!

Tedwick, you may be younger than Jesse and I, but I've seen your picture, and you've been eating better than the both of us combined.

[BobMcG]

Hey G'Man,
'member... Scotto had gotten the boot from the old private SDA sites too! He was trying to work his deals everywhere, and got caught everywhere. :D

[rskarvan]

Twinkle twinkle little star... how I wonder where my Shipments are????

Ok... I'm not the best judge of character. I admit it.

And, yes, those speakers were supposed to be free... Grrrr.
Interesting thing though... every driver in both of those speakers has been replaced with new Polk OEM parts.

[BobMcG]

Troy,
You're too kind. There were a lot of really great people on the old sites. Man, I wished I had saved some of the stuff. I had printed out quite a few of the better discussions we had... but they're gone now. Some really good times though for sure. :)

[TroyD]

Honestly though, at that time....none of the great unwashed had SDA nor knew a lot about it. Bob/Mike, Chuck, Wes, John and Hoosier, that was about it. Hell, I was VERY skeptical about SDA. Were it not for you guys, I probably would STILL be ignorant of SDA.

Compare that to now where EVERYONE has SDA's.....it's a very cool thing.

BDT

[rskarvan]

Hey... I had SDA's back then. Everyone forgets me.

[TroyD]

...and Ron. :D

BDT

[madmax]

I remember back then I was into power. At one point I had four 1800 watt amps, just to bi-amp the 1.2's. Now, I'm happy with a couple of tubes. Getting older and wiser I guess.
madmax

[George Grand]

I sure do remember Bob! He got booted off your site, then we got him booted off AudioKarma, and then badmouthed him so bad over at Carver that he only made one or two posts and abandoned ship.

He's probably made a million off e-prey, and a million red feedbacks too. At least he didn't make it off us.


Most of the guys and gals on this forum owing a BOATLOAD to the Bros. McG. is a very accurate statement.

[BobMcG]

I remember back then I was into power. At one point I had four 1800 watt amps, just to bi-amp the 1.2's.

Anyone out there think "madmax" isn't appropriate? :p :D

[RuSsMaN]

It is. A lot more appropriate than madmax001, which was his original handle.

I guess madmax0 through madmax000 were already taken.

[BobMcG]

Yeah, madmax001 just doesn't have the flavor of madmax. Kinda like the difference between Coke Zero and Coke. :)

[Nisqually Dave]

Now If I could just remember by monicer from back then, I took over as President of my Gun Club in 1998, If you think that this equipment is expensive and addictive get involved in that. I feel like a recovering alcoholic and now my wife is threatening to pull the plug on my computer if I buy any more equipment. Russman did they keep a list of names back then and if so how do I get to it.

Nisqually Dave

[RuSsMaN]

I'm working on it Dave, I think that's a long shot.

[hearingimpared]

Cool Thread!

[ESavinon]

I can't even remember when the old forum started.

There was alot of SDA chat with the McG brothers carrying the load. They were the authority around the old forum on that.

George Grand was lighting it up along with Hoosier. I just dug out some old copies of the "Carver Sonic Holography" CD I made copies of and mailed out to a bunch of people. I guess you could call that the early stages of forum "Karma." I still have the original CD by the way (circa 1988) stored away. I'll post a photo of it tonight.

I scored my SDA SRS 2.3's from local Baltimore member Tyrone Thompson (who hasn't been around here for years) back in 2000. I scored my Carver m1.5t amp from someone on here. Hoosier, was that you? I keep thinking it was.

Too long ago to remember names. I'm getting up there with Jesse. Mind is fading....


John

Tyrone's doing fine. I bought 2 pairs of crs + a few weeks ago from him.
He promised to visit the forum as soon as he finishes moving.

[RuSsMaN]

Ok, this is the best I've been able to get yet, right before the switch over.

Forum entry page - http://web.archive.org/web/20010223185745/clubpolk.polkaudio.com/forums/

You can only see 1 page of Techincal / Setup and 12 volt -
http://web.archive.org/web/20010502213055/clubpolk.polkaudio.com/forums/technical/

http://web.archive.org/web/20010428014200/clubpolk.polkaudio.com/forums/infield/

Unfortunately, you cannot view the threads in tech - but you can for the infield. Still, you can see the 'old' format, as posts slowly got squeezed over to the side of the screen.....

Here is the main page a couple months after the switchover - how did we survive with FOUR forums?

http://web.archive.org/web/20010803155810/clubpolk.polkaudio.com/forum/

Memory lane, aint it GRAND? G. B. Grand to be exact (George's old handle)

Cheers,
Russ

[TroyD]

I can't open the links at work but, hell yeah. Memory lane ROCKS.

BDT

[Strong Bad]

Tyrone's doing fine. I bought 2 pairs of crs + a few weeks ago from him.
He promised to visit the forum as soon as he finishes moving.

OMG! Please tell him John says hello. I want to catch up to him sometime in the near future. You said he is moving....is he still local to Baltimore?

I remember he got into car audio and tricked out his Dodge Durango, but I never got to see it.


Russ, hilarious man! The forum back then had 4 choices for forum topics. My oh my how it has grown!


John

[RuSsMaN]

The best I can tell, the forum started sometime between June 12, 1997 and Dec 11, 1997. 6/12/97 archive has no CP entrance or mention, 12/11/97 does, and refers to it as 'new'. There is no archive between those two dates.

Cheers,
Russ

[TroyD]

The actual switchover was pretty funny as well...

BDT

[ESavinon]

OMG! Please tell him John says hello. I want to catch up to him sometime in the near future. You said he is moving....is he still local to Baltimore?

I remember he got into car audio and tricked out his Dodge Durango, but I never got to see it.


Russ, hilarious man! The forum back then had 4 choices for forum topics. My oh my how it has grown!


John

Yes he is. I drove down from ny to baltimore a few weeks ago. He's moving into an apartment. His house is for sale.

[danger boy]

it's to bad we can't get our original sign up dates on here.. I know I must have begun around 1999 or 2000. because I think I remember us talking about Y2K :p alot

[Nisqually Dave]

Did you see where back then to be on the forum you had to have Polk equipment. It was pretty restrictive, but they trashed Bose even worse then than now.

It was quite fun back then, I remember that was when everyone was trying to figure out how to get a get together where everyone could come.

[disneyjoe7]

Wait a minute I remember the just before switch over page, I must have done some looking around first before I joined. So there Mr. Grand I should count. ;)

[BobMcG]

And, I do believe that Tyrone Thompson still has an old photo album on our SDA club site, as well as other's.

[I-SIG]

Damn, how did I miss this thread? Oh yeah, I'm ripping everything I have into my iPod!

I've kinda wondered what happened to Aaron. My parents still have the CS350ls I bought from Ty.

Just think, a few of us have been hanging around this place for damn near ten years! :eek:

I remember Mike and Bob's unExcite page. Now it's combined on Yahell, more or less. George hooked me up with some Carver owner's manuals and Bob recommended the AA DLC I still use this day. I got lucky on it as it has a CIA power supply that's even better than the PS4!

Chuck, yep, Partywaggin = I-SIG! :D Maybe I need to get Justin to change it.

Wes

[Nisqually Dave]

Hey have you guys relized how old we are all getting. I will twenty next week, (not).

I am proud of myself I got you guys all talking about the times back then. I am sitting here listing to my system you guys help me setup back then, I am in the process of updating parts of it now but it still sounds great. It still drives my Old lady crazy when I am watching Bladerunner are a good volume at 2:00 AM.

Whoo does she get mad.

[BobMcG]

Wow Wes, good memory! You remembered the days of calling it the unExcite site after we heard they were deleting all of the private sites (including the two SDA sites) and going to a new format.

And yes, the Yahoo club site was only a half hearted attempt to replace the unExcite sites. By then the Polk site was where we hung out the most for discussions. However, they didn't have a "member's showcase" back then and we did so that's where Polkies got to show off their systems. After Polk developed their showcase section (copy cats :p ) there was even less need for the Yahoo site.

[I-SIG]

Wow Wes, good memory! You remembered the days of calling it the unExcite site after we heard they were deleting all of the private sites (including the two SDA sites) and going to a new format.

And yes, the Yahoo club site was only a half hearted attempt to replace the unExcite sites. By then the Polk site was where we hung out the most for discussions. However, they didn't have a "member's showcase" back then and we did so that's where Polkies got to show off their systems. After Polk developed their showcase section (copy cats :p ) there was even less need for the Yahoo site.

I bet I haven't logged into unExcite in over a year. Does anyone even use it anymore?:confused:

Yeah, speaking of the system showcase, I need to get off my ass put one up now that I'm probably gonna let it be for awhile, unless I find that DAC Lush recommends.

Wes

[George Grand]

Wes, I often think about Aaron. He's probably rolling in cash. If anybody met that young man in person it was obvious he was destined for big things.

You still got the SUMO "Charlie" tuna I sold you?

DJ or whatever your name is....nah, you still don't count.