Aaron Clinton

You could be in a 120 degree warehouse infested with Mosquitos sniffing fishmeal dust. This is true, I drove a forklift for a few months to get by between layoffs in an aluminum extrusion plant where I don't want to know the levels of heat that were reached.

Hahah yaeh right, have to save up all of them for the office shut down in December. The beauty of back to back to back to back layoff's. Can't take time off because I either haven't built it up yet, expect to be laid off so I need to hours owed/pay to get my through to the next hire, or have to save them up because of a forced yearly shut down. So essentially, since my week off in March of 2011, I have only taken ONE day off by choice since, and cannot do so until approx 2nd week of March 2014. Good thing I am very healthy.

Starting to sweat through my dress shirt. Might be time to get my gym bag out of the car.

A/C is out at the office again. Awesome. Was 85 up here at 7:50.

Looking good. Now go polish those headlight lenses.

:)

I can go back through your orders today if you like.

I have tried to explain that in their topics and multiple PM's. Not about Sean, but all the other brands that have smoothly run and very beneficial brand sections on this site for a long time. A perfect example, despite the build house supply issue, SoundSplinter. Mike is not the end all when it came to design or engineering knowledge on speakers, but he was/is very respected and his products are well valued by all who know the SoundSplinter brand, LARGELY due to Mike himself. Personally, I feel I learned a great deal from Mike and it affects how we run SSA to this day.

Again, I agree and feel there is much more reason for Flatline to stay than to leave.

I have sat here and had to deal with a ton of BS for no reason and I was as professional as I could ever be with the people here was I given the same courtesy hell no and if we leave the forum is it isn't retreating by any means so basically its cool for someone to spit in your face as long as they do it in a way that is suppose to be helpful LMAO what the hell. No one was spitting in your face, only discussing the testing method.

Well said and I agree.

You might not like some of the things being said, but I can guarantee that you won't find a forum with more knowledgeable people. You say that you are new to the selling aspect of car audio, and I think that you could learn a lot by staying. If you shoot straight with the people here and try to take their criticism or suggestions as constructive you can expand your own knowledge. We have a great group here but you have to be willing to keep an open mind. I know that when I personally want info about a product this is where I come. If you just want to sell shit to the masses and don't care about facts and useful information about what you are doing then maybe this isn't the place for you. I hope that you do decide to stay, it's always nice to see more brands coming to the forum/store. Says who that we wont find a forum with more knowledge people , that's your opinion and your entitled to that. If I have question on things I know who to call from subs to amps. I don't know where you saw that we said we were to sales because we aren't we have been in retail for a while and I have been in the industry for 15+ years. So what your saying is if I don't agree with what a mod says then I am closed minded lmao that is so funny. So if a mod says the moon is blue here then because they say it its law. WOW last time I check we are not in a dictator ship so I don't have to agree with someone else on their views. How they feel is their opinion and that's their opinion. I am buy no means just interested in selling shit to the masses if you want to know the truth we never even wanted to be on a forum we were just going to sell direct and that's that but we had so many people wanting to sell them that's why we are here. We have turned down customers and competitors we aren't just worried about making a buck I have a regular job like everyone else and will even if things get even bigger. We are just here to provide the best product we can and that's all. When I think of a forum for a specific company it for people to ask questions about that particular product not for mods to try to discredit the company. Nobody was trying to discredit your company. You are really reading into this the wrong way. When I first read of your company, I thought here we go again; another person ordering amplifiers with off-the-shelf parts, slapping a logo on it and offering it to the masses. Now, you came on here, offered your product, took the criticism and responded. I can say you have earned much respect with your posts whether you think so or not. The fact that you stated you didn't know everything, but would work your hardest to find an answer to a question you don't know speaks highly of your character. That is the type of people we need and want on this forum. Stick around, don't take things personal, and just think a little outside your "normal" box. We're all here to help each other grow, but the unfortunate thing about type is you cannot convey emotion through it. Just wanted to highlight this post as it could not be said better.

You might not like some of the things being said, but I can guarantee that you won't find a forum with more knowledgeable people. You say that you are new to the selling aspect of car audio, and I think that you could learn a lot by staying. If you shoot straight with the people here and try to take their criticism or suggestions as constructive you can expand your own knowledge. We have a great group here but you have to be willing to keep an open mind. I know that when I personally want info about a product this is where I come. If you just want to sell shit to the masses and don't care about facts and useful information about what you are doing then maybe this isn't the place for you. I hope that you do decide to stay, it's always nice to see more brands coming to the forum/store. Says who that we wont find a forum with more knowledge people , that's your opinion and your entitled to that. If I have question on things I know who to call from subs to amps. I don't know where you saw that we said we were to sales because we aren't we have been in retail for a while and I have been in the industry for 15+ years. So what your saying is if I don't agree with what a mod says then I am closed minded lmao that is so funny. So if a mod says the moon is blue here then because they say it its law. WOW last time I check we are not in a dictator ship so I don't have to agree with someone else on their views. How they feel is their opinion and that's their opinion. I am buy no means just interested in selling shit to the masses if you want to know the truth we never even wanted to be on a forum we were just going to sell direct and that's that but we had so many people wanting to sell them that's why we are here. We have turned down customers and competitors we aren't just worried about making a buck I have a regular job like everyone else and will even if things get even bigger. We are just here to provide the best product we can and that's all. When I think of a forum for a specific company it for people to ask questions about that particular product not for mods to try to discredit the company. (In reference to the underlined segments) I don't think that is at all what Rick is saying. Also, I don't think anyone was trying to discredit the company at all, only trying to gain more information, become more informed on the product and understand why on the testing methods. That is a perfect example as to why Rick said this is the forum of more knowledgable people.

You might not like some of the things being said, but I can guarantee that you won't find a forum with more knowledgeable people. You say that you are new to the selling aspect of car audio, and I think that you could learn a lot by staying. If you shoot straight with the people here and try to take their criticism or suggestions as constructive you can expand your own knowledge. We have a great group here but you have to be willing to keep an open mind. I know that when I personally want info about a product this is where I come. If you just want to sell shit to the masses and don't care about facts and useful information about what you are doing then maybe this isn't the place for you. I hope that you do decide to stay, it's always nice to see more brands coming to the forum/store. I agree. Heck we have members and even some staff that criticize the SSA brand products, and I have taken that in and use it towards the future and how we direct our own brand.

Getting them into peoples hands is our top priority but sacrificing other things just to make a sale isnt as important. Are our amps great HELL YEA will anyone be please buying one DAMN right. The have exceeded all of our expectations and more. But if it means we lose a few sales if we arent here maybe so. But anyone that would want to buy a amp from us I mean really wanted one it wouldnt be hard to track us down to buy one. We went into coming here thinking that things may go a certain way but we hoped it wouldnt but instead it went exactly the way we thought it would from certain people saying certain things. Honestly thats the reason I left SSA years ago but everyone deserves another chance and I decided to come back and low and behold it starts all over again. Be owe well it is what it is. I respect everyone and expect the same if certain people cant respect that then as I said maybe this isnt the place for us. Some peopel may feel that the new company desereves to be treated a certain way to see if we can hang or whatever weve dealt with a ton of BS on alot of other forum and for the past year and a half we are still here and have grown alot as a company. Everyone has values that they hold to as I am sure SSA does but that doesn mean your beliefs are the best compared to someone elses. Having the amplifiers on the store will be a big help on getting them into peoples hands. I don't see where anything is being sacrificed by having a section here. In the few days there has been a Flatline section, the brand name has gotten an instant boost in exposure and brand recognition. I am not saying the SSA forum is the end-all, but there have been brands that have left and have essentially fallen off the map to the mass majority. Being a part of this forum, regardless if it is exactly the post content you wanted, is a hugely beneficial thing to the brand. Not comparing, but keep in mind, Sundown started out here on the SSA forum and here on the SSA store.... Having a technical discussion on testing method shouldn't be perceived as a negative thing as to how ever people are telling you, or be considered BS. There was some great info brought up and discussed, both beneficial to the SSA members and to Flatline. None of which I feel should warrant Flatline leaving.

I don't think the point people were trying to say that you were misleading anyone, just discussing the testing method and their opinions on it.

Bing bing bing! We have a winner.

I have tried to stay away.

I am just trying to find a happy medium where all can enjoy and learn from the site while not negatively effecting the money that pays for it.

It's ok Jon, the whole ordeal is just wearing on me.

We might squeeze them in with the t-shirt order. So make sure you vote on the t-shirt design poll, and we can add the 3 buttons onto the order.

That is strange, I will have to check your account. I don't think it transferred when the store was rebuilt or whatever happened right after I order the XCON. That could be why, but I thought Mark got everybody.

Mark got to see them in person and he had very positive things to report back.

The newer versions of the software do not track it as it just a massive amount of basic data added to an already mega database. As for CA-F, I don't think there is a backwards compatible feature to the rep system. The chat bar on the bottom was causing glitches with the database, and we need to take it off CA-F too and find a replacement.

That is strange, I will have to check your account.