///M5

Haha! Dammit I don't play a single thing. What should I learn........ Chicks seem to dig guitars, but to me that's overplayed. Maybe if I can get a bitchin' oboe I'd be golden. My boss's teenage son plays the accordion. I didn't know anybody learned that anymore. The classical guitar is the hardest instrument to learn. I would add a by far, but I am sure I will antagonize someone and get them to argue with my statement. Don't pick up a guitar and play folk or rock, won't help your concentration nearly as much as something that makes you do multiple things at once. If I had to pick up a new instrument it would be the cello, but unfair as I can already read alto clef and play the bass, guitar, piano so it is partly because it would be easy. I tried a horn a few years ago and gave up quick. My mouth doesn't like to blow.

What question? Your concert hall question? Sound reinforcement is for the stage historically, but if you want to tell me differently please do.

What amp? What sort of music? ,.....

Also something I look for in potential employees. If you are the same as someone else and they play an instrument, you lose.

Also something you have to "learn" how to do. Exactly why Aidan will be taking classical guitar and piano lessons by the time he is 6. Using your digits in a somewhat unrelated fashion really helps the concentration growth IMO.

Concentration is something also learned in college. It should apply not only to studies but life which includes sports.

Why not some horns under the dash, an array of full range 3's on the dash and some monster midbasses? Shit just ribbin' you. I'd obviously take a slightly different path, but love the fact you are having some fun with a classic. Can't wait to see this come together Brian.

You're! Grammar ninja strikes again. Now you know I am truly a Physicist and not an English major. I think I fuck that one up a lot. Helps to be humbled to stop it though

Definitely, but I am a Physicist and work with PhD researchers most days so my version of sales isn't quite like what most people picture. I also actually just manage sales people, I no longer am in the front line although most of the business that our company closes has me involved in the process somehow. Regularly with customer interface as I refuse to lose big deals that can change a year and pretty much all of our deals are big. (>$250k single purchase) My sales people, and myself to some degree, have to do Fourier math, curve fitting, logical thinking, trouble shooting and other things on a daily basis. Our sales process by default is extremely consultative. On top of selling product we also do consulting which we also get to sell. Again why I extrapolate is to reinforce what I said before, but perhaps clarify. You will use the tools you developed in school but in a different way. To me that is being able to learn and apply it. Not unlike Nick I am MUCH better at applied topics than theoretical, but that is beyond the conversation. Don't let it get you down. The path up is fast if you continue to pursue it. Take a step out of any decent sales guide and they will say to set goals. Once set, find what steps are necessary to get there. As long as you do the steps you'll get the goal. At this point in your life, the position is more important than the salary. Usually it requires that you change jobs once to get the salary. Stupid but true.

Been asked before, I doubt you'll get them but if you explain why you think it would be helpful instead of just saying it you might get closer to getting them.

What 5.1 recordings? The P9 has an offboard processor. Not part of the h/u There is a dvd audio cd that came with the car that has kiss from rose and I don't remember what else is on it, but it has both the 5.1 recordings on it and regular cd recordings so you can listen to the difference back to back. I'm about to order the complex from blue man group though... it should be awesome. Usually the processing is done inside the hu which is why crappy hus produce crappy sound. So you are proposing rear fill and 5.1 for ONE cd? And its a demo. Nice logic.

Glad you came around, lol. Funny to say that. Your good to have here as well.

I am cocky, but more than willing to learn. Attitude comes out of a lack of patience more than anything. I truly want to help, but also try not to open my mouth where I don't have some confidence in what I am saying. Public opinions based on egurgitation drive me nuts.

I don't use the oven so much, but grill/bake you can season the same. If you are doing low heat (ie <400) you need some browning agent to crisp up the skin. Butter/bacon fat combo are my personal favorites. Kosher of course. Outside of that it depends on what I am serving it with, but I paprika regularly comes to the party. It also helps in the browning. You can also do a flash browning, ie get your oven up to 450 and put in the chicken and turn the temp down to 350-375 and go from there.

Always open to discussing food Love it, but if you think that I am opinionated in the car stereo world you ahven't seen anything yet. Food takes the cake, but is much more important in my life. Conveniently I can focus my advice on my learning experience.

And both those products are 80%+ salt. On top of that it is fine ground salt which is bad for seasoning meat. Coarse is better since you have more surface area per unit weight. Diamond Crystal Kosher salt takes 2 tsp to equal 1 tsp of salt weight of table salt. Having that control REALLY helps improve your cooking. Best thing you can do to improve it actually is master the use of salt.

Exactly, but if the resonance is at a useful frequency and phase you wouldn't want to dampen it and either way you are going to have it being absorbed/wasted.

What 5.1 recordings? The P9 has an offboard processor. Not part of the h/u

Hopefully someone I know will shoot a deer, I'd like some ground venison.

Haha, Ive always said I need to start cooking from scrap and using fresh materials but just havent worked my way up to that level yet (some things I got a hand on but not all). Making Gyro pizzas for dinner. ie just chopped some garlic for the tzatziki, dough is leftover from last Monday been "rising" in the fridge for a week so the flavors ought to be developed real well, and the sauce I made a couple months ago and has been in the freezer. Too lazy to make the mozzarella, but I've thought about it. I also didn't make my gyro meat although I have been known too. I love non-processed food.

When I make shrimp, I either put them on the grill or in a pan on the stove and throw some butter, garlic seasoning and some pepper for seasoning and let them do some sauteeing in there (just depends if its a quick meal or a big dinner). I guess it also depends on your taste or preference too. Didn't read this, but want to clarify that fresh garlic is really the key in what I recommended. Garlic powder is an alternative but you have to use way less as it tastes synthetic. I only use powder in rubs actually. Appreciate ya for the input, I love to learn how to become a better cook. I dont buy fresh garlic, but maybe i will start and yeah I only use a little bit of garlic salt when I do use it because you dont need to much. I forgot about broiling them also. NEVER use garlic salt. Garlic powder and kosher salt separately that way you can control seasoning and flavor independently.

If you knew which department there I might know a few people.

Generically speaking, it only takes mass to block sound waves. Depending on what frequency and what energy will determine the amount. Lead sheeting is the most obvious tool for this, but MLV is a cheaper alternative which is why it is used. As for your SPL question, there are a ton of things that you can do to both the structure to either help or hurt as well as the acoustic space. No "rule of thumb" though as every application is specific.

But apparently not because m5 is telling everyone else otherwise... BTW m5, I just copied and pasted that link from my bookmarks page. Let's see, I can either copy and paste it or type out a synopsis... Let me think... You can go to hell. :ebeer: Certain cars come with 5.1 systems in them from the factory... but everyone says rear speakers make the whole system sound like shit... oh noes! What you people really don't understand is a case by case basis. You learn one thing and apply it to everything, which just isn't how it works... Maybe if you didn't think you were God of the car audio industry and actually think once in a while you might start to finally get it through your head what I am trying to tell you. But I guess I can't be that smart to challenge m5! Do you even know the reason that there are no rear speakers in concert halls? The reason that all the sound comes from the front? No need to get pissy and take this personal, not my fault you are a complete noob. As for myself, I am not a god, still learning. Lots to go. And the 5.1 systems in those cars was a MARKETING GIMIC. Answer the question, do you have ANY 5.1 recordings you listen to in your car? If not, why would you want a 5.1? How are you asking me about concert halls with fronts only when you promote rears? You also misjudge John's comment. He didn't say the headunit made the difference, but the processing in it. Perhaps you know of a "budget" headunit that has the processing power of the P9? Completely different beast. In this case that tuning potential is part of the install which I said the OP in the thread we are discussing needs to focus on and not waste his money on a headunit.

3.9, two B's in 4 years, Those two B's were in theory based math classes. Was VP and President of a volunteer organization that won highest awards in the organization, lead tech for transmission in my senior design project (rotating machinery anyone?) Member of the engineering honor society, recipient of an award only two people in the Mech engineering program recieved (the other guy did get an offer from Exxon), recipient of an award only 2 people in the Houston area received, etc... wtf else do you need??? A master's degree. Seriously. I ran into that problem when thinking about oil companies with my geology degree. Wouldn't even look at you really without one. Work experience is a valid alternative to a Masters, perhaps prefereed depending but I realize that its a bit of a catch 22. Guess I forgot to mention my work experience. Worked for over a year for a company where I worked in the Exxon refinery. and Worked an internship for a summer at Praxair and kept a part time job there until the following summer when I had to take classes. That would have been who I used as a reference. Applying for a job is a bit like poker, you have to stack the deck every way possible.