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<blockquote data-quote="trumpet" data-source="post: 8421158" data-attributes="member: 628688">I&#039;m flattered that out of all the people on this site who are capable of answering this you tagged me. The way it came about for me was a solid foundation of learning the basics from my dad and my uncle when I was working at Easy Way Electronics as a teenager. Most people don&#039;t need a system that&#039;s tuned to a fine point, but it takes understanding and skill to impress the average person with a solid sounding basic system. As many will say, there is nearly any kind of information available for free with Google today. The information alone is nothing without knowing how to apply it. I don&#039;t think anything tops a good mentor, but you must not be afraid of making mistakes and wanting to constantly get better. That means challenging yourself, whether the motivation comes from your boss, wanting to enter a competition, starting a build log on caraudio.com, one-upping your buddy, etc.Never forget the basics, it can save your butt and make you look like a hero when your vehicle sounds better than the next guy who can&#039;t understand why his vehicle sounds off, he&#039;s blowing speakers, whatever the case. Proper wiring, including termination and polarity, is so often messed up. Learn different methods of setting amplifier gains.Learn what natural voices and unamplified instruments sound like. You don&#039;t have to learn a musical instrument, but it helps. Get yourself in front of musicians, and don&#039;t limit yourself to your comfort zone of genres. One thing that is never going to be in short supply is music.If you ask &quot;Why?&quot; instead of taking something at face value you will want to find the truth. For car audio I mean take a second look at any rule of thumb you may have been told or read about. Sometimes rules are good, but they may lead you astray.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="trumpet, post: 8421158, member: 628688"] I'm flattered that out of all the people on this site who are capable of answering this you tagged me. The way it came about for me was a solid foundation of learning the basics from my dad and my uncle when I was working at Easy Way Electronics as a teenager. Most people don't need a system that's tuned to a fine point, but it takes understanding and skill to impress the average person with a solid sounding basic system. As many will say, there is nearly any kind of information available for free with Google today. The information alone is nothing without knowing how to apply it. I don't think anything tops a good mentor, but you must not be afraid of making mistakes and wanting to constantly get better. That means challenging yourself, whether the motivation comes from your boss, wanting to enter a competition, starting a build log on caraudio.com, one-upping your buddy, etc. Never forget the basics, it can save your butt and make you look like a hero when your vehicle sounds better than the next guy who can't understand why his vehicle sounds off, he's blowing speakers, whatever the case. Proper wiring, including termination and polarity, is so often messed up. Learn different methods of setting amplifier gains. Learn what natural voices and unamplified instruments sound like. You don't have to learn a musical instrument, but it helps. Get yourself in front of musicians, and don't limit yourself to your comfort zone of genres. One thing that is never going to be in short supply is music. If you ask "Why?" instead of taking something at face value you will want to find the truth. For car audio I mean take a second look at any rule of thumb you may have been told or read about. Sometimes rules are good, but they may lead you astray. [/QUOTE]

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