Audio related degrees???

[gsuchyta 10+ year member]

Are there any good audio related degrees for us car audio enthusiasts?

I know there aren't any as specific as car audio and after reading up on some other threads I've pretty much come to the conclusion of electrical engineer or acoustical engineer.

I absolutely love car audio and home audio and would know I would love a career in either field just looking for some from suggestions from the almighty CA.com

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[gsuchyta 10+ year member]

BTW my college is paid for and I need to decide very soon what my degree is because I have all my coar classes done

 

[chunky cumz 10+ year member]

http://www.mecp.com/home.asp

 

[terra 5,000+ posts]

you should probably learn how to spell "core" first..

and acoustical engineering is the way to go.

 

[Louisiana_CRX 5,000+ posts]

electrical engineer would be your best choice

 

[chunky cumz 10+ year member]

its the only thing i know of

 

[lilmaniac2 5,000+ posts]

acoustical engineering is a more specific degree and will have less competition

 

[TSGP]

only thing is with acoustical engineering its **** near impossible to find a job.

I started going into electrical engineering...found out that nothing an EE does is even remotely related to anything audio. Then I switched and started taking AE courses...again nothing to do with car audio AT ALL (this is when I was 18)

Go into something that requires some type of skill and you'll make a lot more money to feed your hobbies

 

[chunky cumz 10+ year member]

only thing is with acoustical engineering its **** near impossible to find a job.
I started going into electrical engineering...found out that nothing an EE does is even remotely related to anything audio. Then I switched and started taking AE courses...again nothing to do with car audio AT ALL (this is when I was 18)

Go into something that requires some type of skill and you'll make a lot more money to feed your hobbies

you could do audio for mariah carey concerts, im sure there is a little bit of money in that

 

[Twistid 5,000+ posts]

EE has alot to do with audio, the electronic side atleast. We had to learn everything about field effect transistor amplifiers, bandpass filters, resistors, stuff like that

 

[IDSkoT 5,000+ posts]

electrical engineer would be your best choice

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Or acoustical.

But electrical would be working more with amplifiers and the like.

Acoustical would probably be working more towards speaker designs... but I believe an Acoustical Engineer works with theaters and Opera houses and the like.

 

[gsuchyta 10+ year member]

I'm cool with theaters and opera houses and stuff like that. That would still fascinate me. I'm just an audio fanatic and don't want to be doing something I'm not going to like for the rest of my life so I'm switching my degree to something audio related.

 

[newusername 10+ year member]

There aren't many good acoustic engineering programs out there. I've looked.

EE is very related to audio (don't know why someone said it wasn't). The cornerstone of audio is electricity and electronics; even the mechano-acoustical aspect of audio is often simulated with analog electrical circuits. Also, signal processing is an important part of the present and future of audio and that's right out of your EE classes.

Mechanical engineering has some value, although not to the extent that EE does.

Don't go to any of the installer institutes. There is nothing worth the tuition cost at any of those places. If you want something similar with more value, shell out some money and get a class from experts actively involved in the field: Mark Eldridge has held a few lately with very positive feedback.

The best thing you can do is to pick classes that will make sense, rather than getting a specific degree. That means you'll take a lot of Physics classes, a number of general engineering classes, some computer science, some EE, and take some trades courses, too. Though you won't come out of it with a degree, it is probably the best way to specialize in the field.

There are lots of books that you can read, and forums can be a good source for knowledge at the novice level. It is key that you pay attention to only those who have valuable insight; the same reliable posters can be found on mostly the same forums, since they're all passionate about the subject....but on CA.com, it just takes a bit more filtering to find those posts. If you're not already, you should be a member at DIYMA and then supplement your discussion there by sharing what you've learned here, or getting involved in debate. You'll find the concepts are much easier to understand once you've learned them, then re-taught them several times over.

 

[gsuchyta 10+ year member]

What I have learned on this site and realm over the last year has been awesome. I generally search stuff rather than make a new thread, but really not much on audio-related degrees/fields.

 

[gsuchyta 10+ year member]

so I believe I will be more fascinated with electrical engineering than acoustical engineering. That is what my dad does though