Who’s Who?

SOOO MUCH KNOWLEDGE HERE!!  It's great!  So far I've only had one question go unanswered on this forum.  It feels good to know I'm not the only one putting so much time into trying to make the things I love better.  There's not much to say about me.  I'm 20.  I'm a Communications Specialist in the US Air Force, and I'm in South Korea, 9000 miles from my car.     I've built nearly 80 computers since I started with electronics, around 5  years ago, and when time and location allows, I've worked really hard on my true love, my car.  I've been through nearly 3 years of constant technical training, most of which was electronics principles, to perform my job here, working on communications equipment and software.  I guess the good thing is that it all counts for college and I'm just a couple semesters away from my Bachelors in Communications Technology.  But we all know that field, like history, never stops changing.  I've got sooo many things lined up to do, and ideas to try as soon as I get home late this Feb.  I'd have to say that learning, along with trial and error would be my number 1 hobby.  I love to learn hands on.  My quote pretty much wraps it all up,  "Experience is something you never get until just after you need it."

Hey my name is Ryan I'm a car audio installer in Colorado @ Automotive Stereo & Alarm. It's just myself and the owner. Ive been installing for around 7 years and am 26 years old. I love competing in DB dragracing always making our customers smile and take great pride in what i do for a living. Sometimes the hours suck or the pay or warranty work when we have it but i definitley dont mind waking up in the morning. I am married and have two beautiful girls 4 and 8 years old. It really funny the always like to ride in my car cause it's louder than moms,.

I did my first custom fiberglass enclosure in her expedition and she loves it. Thanks to all the people who post helpfull information on this site for veteran installers as well as DIY's. Thank you 12volt for a great monthly paper and this truly wonderful FORUM. That's my peice.

                                                   Thank's all.  RYAN McCOMAS

I'm an idiot.

I've been doing car audio/home audio for 15 years. Now I finally decide to try doing it for a living.

I did construction for 6 years.

I have a Class A CDL with Hazmat and drove for 3 1/2 years moving furniture.

I've worked in a billion different plants doing machine setups and anything else mechanical.

I did drafting for........a lot of years.

I built and repaird repaired computers since.......

Anything mechanical, electrical or envolving cars, I can do. If i've never done it before, I just pick up a book and/or talk to someone that knows about it.

I was told that I have Adult ADD.( or i'm just retarded lol)

I just  decided a year ago to focus only on car audio/video.

Problem is that I keep trickin' out motors, suspensions, interiors and body work, painting...you name it, i'll do it.

I have no help and I keep doing too much. But what the hell, I love it.

If it's car stuff it's my passion of choice.

My name is Jeff I'm in the fabulous and always overcast Rochester New York Area. No it's no where near New York City. It's about 6 hours or so away. I learned installations while I worked for Circuit City as an operations manager. When it was slow I would go back and hang with the boys in the shop. That unfortunately was most of the time I was working. I'm not mecp certified but my friends call me the macgyver of the group. My real specialty is alarms/starters and sub-enclosures. I'm a do it yourselfer when it comes to just about everything these days as I no longer work for circuit city. I've learned from watching, reading, and then doing it myself.

Biggest thing I've done is an RX300 with remote start and a cool defogger mod. Pretty tricky and lots of great Lexus stuff to bypass to make it all work. Worked on the 1st try with all functions and no blown fuses. Thanks to www.the12volt.com,  this site is awesome! 

Hey I'm 19, and grew an interest in Mobile Audio installing sents 17. Thanks to Car Audio magazines I new how to fiberglass before even knowing how to properly install a head unit. I haven't had much experience in the field so I'm always open (all ears) when someones sound like they know what their talking about. I'm currently in college, (Georgia Southern) and hopfully I will be transfering to Ga Tech, to get my B.S. in EE. I'm trying to get on at an installing bay (any one around the area please allow an opertunity)... Well I guess thats it, nothing fancy but just an young eagered mine trying to one day contribute to the 12v. technology.

Hey everyone.  I am in Ashland, Kentucky, am 30 years old and have been into stereos and music since before junior high school and into car audio since I was 18 and got my first car, an '82 Chevette.  In those days, I knew nothing about car stereos or how to do it right but over the years I learned from trial and error as well as reading up on it all.

I have always been a DIY'er on most everything and turned "semi-installer" about 6 years ago for a little sideline business to bring in extra $$$.  I say semi-installer because I used to think of myself as an installer(hence the name "audeogod") but since reading on this site as well as other sites about what all there is to be done and the necessary skills to do it with, I had to downgrade that designation.  I do not know how to fiberglass or put in car alarms and remote starters, but that is just because I have never attempted to.  I can learn anything in a very little time when I want to.  I still go by the name "audeogod" because I am now used to it.  It's been my internet name for about 4 years now.  And yes I know there's an "e" where there should be an "i" but do you have any idea how many people out there think of themselves as an audiogod??  That name is never available when you register on a website.  

Anyway, my skills are installing head units, amplifiers, building subwoofer boxes(sealed only so far), and installing speakers in factory locations as well as cutting out new locations for them too.  I can also usually run down electrical problems in a stereo system when things aren't working like they should.  I am a licensed electrician in my state.  That training helps me alot with things like that. 

I look foward to learning more from this site and contributing to it as well with my "limited" knowledge.  I will try not to post any false information but I won't say that it will never accidentally happen anyway.

Hello,

My name is Austin and yup I'm from Canada, EH. I'm only seventeen and just finishing up high school, but my love for car stereos has been with me for years. Even though I have only had a car for almost 2 years, I have had my car stereo iready for nearly 3 years, lol. From the age of 14, I would go to the soundsaround near my house and sit there for hours with the sales reps in car stereo. This may seem odd but I actually learned alot from them and acquired some great friends! I bought all my subs, amps, and deck at the age of 15 and just couldn't wait to put them in my 89 tempo!!!! I guess it was silly to put 2 12" JL's and an overhead monitor in a tempo, but it was fun to see peoples faces when I turned it up, lol. Since then I have bought a 92 saturn sc and have uninstalled everything from the tempo and reinstalled it in my saturn. I still have an alarm, underglow, ps2, and loads of dynamat waiting to be installed,  but I think I'll wait till it warms up :). I've been looking into the mecp program in Toronto and wondering if it's worth the (5390 + canadian). This site is really interesting and it's great to know that this is such a large field of interest!!

Thanx, Austin