Coleman from CT sounds dead

[MakinPaper]

he sold me the company shortly before he passed for $1.00

 

[Bart_Thedinger]

he sold me the company shortly before he passed for $1.00

Daddy Bart running this ***** now. Don't let me catch you ODing in the Kia now.

 

[Slo_Ride 5,000+ posts]

Daddy Bart running this ***** now. Don't let me catch you ODing in the Kia now.

Lmao!

 

[mastershake575 10+ year member]

Just now seeing this thread, someone mentioned CT sound today and I hadn't heard that name come up in years.

I remember all the good Coleman stories. Amps catching on fire, buildhouse and dealers getting stiffed, when push came to shove cease operations and use stolen money to buy hundreds of Nvidia graphics cards to "start my new mining business".

My all time favorite was when he first started out he was telling everyone how to use auto technix sound deadener wrong and knew none of the science behind it. One of the mods @whitedragon551 explained it properly to him (despite Coleman trying to argue with him) and then Coleman went to a bunch of other car audio forums basically copying and pasting what whitedragon had told him word for word

Goes to show how your reputation takes a hit when you have no passion/knowledge in your field and your just in it to make a quick buck

 

[Jeffdachef 5,000+ posts]

damn how'd i miss this shit show lmao.

 

[Buck 5,000+ posts]

Coleman was always good to me. I had his phone number, did pre-fab box designs for him to put up on his site. He treated me fairly, never had a problem with him personally. Some products weren't the best, but they were new and you always have to work out bugs with products. A lot of CT Sounds stuff that we used and installed was solid. IIRC they had a nice little 4 channel that we used a lot in our customer builds.

You guys should really hold your opinions when it comes to his death. I realize what site I'm on and that this is the internet, but it's just a general respect thing.

I'm not saying he did anything right or wrong, feel free to feel how you feel. At the same time, you try starting up a business like he did and see how it goes for you, before you judge him. He was young when he started AT up, then switched to CT Sounds. I had some of his first deadner in my Explorer. He was always cool with me, from my time talking to him and working with him on some relatively small things. He was respectful and he listened to my concerns and advice about enclosures, and some sub issues I had with his lower powered 18's. We got some early model prototypes that we put in my Explorer that had wayyyyy too stiff of a suspension on them for their wattage. And we just talked back and forth, really trying to make stuff better. He was always cool with me.

People like to criticize others, even though they've never been through the same sitations and their lives are completely different. I just ask if you want to criticize him, put yourself in his shoes first, before you do.

 

[MattinMO]

I thought this was a new thread that said Coleman was back from the dead for a second

 

[Slo_Ride 5,000+ posts]

Awww

 

[Slo_Ride 5,000+ posts]

I thought this was a new thread that said Coleman was back from the dead for a second

I was dead *** hoping it was

 

[mastershake575 10+ year member]

People like to criticize others, even though they've never been through the same sitations and their lives are completely different. I just ask if you want to criticize him, put yourself in his shoes first, before you do.

Normally I would agree but Coleman screwed so many people over and was only in it to make a buck. There's up and downs in most peoples lifes but that doesn't excuse them from there actions, especially if they have a large track record of bad decisions.

 

[Buck 5,000+ posts]

Normally I would agree but Coleman screwed so many people over and was only in it to make a buck. There's up and downs in most peoples lifes but that doesn't excuse them from there actions, especially if they have a large track record of bad decisions.

I'm not familiar with that, not saying it did or didn't happen. All I know is how he treated me.

 

[ciaonzo 5,000+ posts]

Can't say much for the man either way but the AT 150.6 & AT 1400.1 I bought years ago are still running strong.

 

[Buck 5,000+ posts]

Can't say much for the man either way but the AT 150.6 & AT 1400.1 I bought years ago are still running strong.

Yeah we used a lot of their multi channel amps, liked them a bunch. We were dealers back when it was Audio Technix. We were dealers for a lot of other stuff too.