Car Audio Schools

[billabongcr 5,000+ posts]

excatly nothing beats hands on experiance.//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

businesses look at both:

schooling = know how to do it the right way (hopefully)

experience = knows how to make it work

its good to have both

 

[GTMustang04 10+ year member]

with all jokes laid aside i hope you do well in your future buisness.

Thanks man

 

[GTMustang04 10+ year member]

ok you claim to have 2 million dollars + but you are asking around on a car audio forum? obviously the person laying out this cash knows something business more then people on a forum so i'd ask him.

okay it was 100+ degrees that better and I was just asking what school i should attend not about the business

i'm also calling bs on 110 degrees in arkansas

 

[GTMustang04 10+ year member]

opps i left in part of your quote lol

 

[gl0ck 10+ year member]

If i had the choice i would do the snake pit, they seem rather interesting. Not to mention DEI has the best support in the industry imo.

 

[iceteebone 5,000+ posts]

okay it was 100+ degrees that better and I was just asking what school i should attend not about the business
i'm also calling bs on 110 degrees in arkansas

average high for arkansas in the summer is 90 degrees. just trying to see what kind of bullshit your shoveling //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[azbass 5,000+ posts]

average high for arkansas in the summer is 90 degrees. just trying to see what kind of bullshit your shoveling //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

dude who cares.

 

[billabongcr 5,000+ posts]

i think you should start with YOUR system first.

buy some subs, an amp or 2, some MDF, and some components.

im assuming you know almost nothing about car audio right now (not making fun, but its the impression i get) buy some equipment, and try and figure everything out for yourself, with your car. get a feel for it, you may not like it. it doesnt always work (i like cars, i like music, why not open a car audio shop?) without hands on. schooling is good yes, but you cant learn some things from a book. you have to learn to troubleshoot.

the "custom" part would really come from your boxes more than anything imo. you have to learn to cut and make them look pretty, but thats not even the half of it. you have to take dimensions, mathematical formulas to calculate volumes and port areas to get the right hz and all that bs. its not easy. i dont even know how to do it, i ask people on here to design for me (something you cant do everytime you have a customer come in wanting a box). then you gotta learn wiring, ohms, impedances, and every car wiring is different. sometimes if you wire the radio in wrong, the car will think its being stolen, and not start until you go to the dealer to get codes lifted. (i work in an autobody repair shop) some cars, if you cross 2 wires under the dash, the fuel pump wont pump gas..etc. things like that. cars a high tech now. its not simple plug and play anymore sometimes.

aanndd you wouldnt just have an audio shop more than likely. to make the real money, youd need a full custom shop. rims/tires/suspension/custom interior/engine mods.etc. and all that stuff = lots of overhead = thousands of dollars worth of stuff laying around for customers to look at. they just dont wanna walk into a customization shop thats a solid white wall room with a magazine on the counter to look through and wait for stuff to be ordered..comein..blah blah blah

so get some stuff, even if its cheap, and start playin.

 

[GTMustang04 10+ year member]

dude who cares.

lol yea but with the humidity it feels like a million degrees i hate this state. Which school is better mobile dynamics or snake pit

 

[iceteebone 5,000+ posts]

dude who cares.

i think it's kinda odd that shoveling gravel in claimed 110 degree heat gets you 2 million dollars. i'm actually curious about this cause i'll shovel gravel for 2 million dollars so i wanted to know the average temperature in arkansas.

 

[billabongcr 5,000+ posts]

i think it's kinda odd that shoveling gravel in claimed 110 degree heat gets you 2 million dollars. i'm actually curious about this cause i'll shovel gravel for 2 million dollars so i wanted to know the average temperature in arkansas.

ill shovel gravel all summer long sunrise-set if someone offerd me $10-20k

 

[matrxx dude 5,000+ posts]

i think it's kinda odd that shoveling gravel in claimed 110 degree heat gets you 2 million dollars. i'm actually curious about this cause i'll shovel gravel for 2 million dollars so i wanted to know the average temperature in arkansas.

werd!

 

[ga12r 10+ year member]

You can come work for my shop to learn the ropes, and as long as I dont have to pay you, I wont ask you to pay me for the schooling.//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/naughty.gif.94359f346c0f1259df8038d60b41863e.gif

 

[GTMustang04 10+ year member]

i think you should start with YOUR system first.
buy some subs, an amp or 2, some MDF, and some components.

im assuming you know almost nothing about car audio right now (not making fun, but its the impression i get) buy some equipment, and try and figure everything out for yourself, with your car. get a feel for it, you may not like it. it doesnt always work (i like cars, i like music, why not open a car audio shop?) without hands on. schooling is good yes, but you cant learn some things from a book. you have to learn to troubleshoot.

the "custom" part would really come from your boxes more than anything imo. you have to learn to cut and make them look pretty, but thats not even the half of it. you have to take dimensions, mathematical formulas to calculate volumes and port areas to get the right hz and all that bs. its not easy. i dont even know how to do it, i ask people on here to design for me (something you cant do everytime you have a customer come in wanting a box). then you gotta learn wiring, ohms, impedances, and every car wiring is different. sometimes if you wire the radio in wrong, the car will think its being stolen, and not start until you go to the dealer to get codes lifted. (i work in an autobody repair shop) some cars, if you cross 2 wires under the dash, the fuel pump wont pump gas..etc. things like that. cars a high tech now. its not simple plug and play anymore sometimes.

aanndd you wouldnt just have an audio shop more than likely. to make the real money, youd need a full custom shop. rims/tires/suspension/custom interior/engine mods.etc. and all that stuff = lots of overhead = thousands of dollars worth of stuff laying around for customers to look at. they just dont wanna walk into a customization shop thats a solid white wall room with a magazine on the counter to look through and wait for stuff to be ordered..comein..blah blah blah

so get some stuff, even if its cheap, and start playin.

I just got my mustang and i was waiting to do the enclosures and stuff at the school so i could use it as a demo vehical and yea i plan on it being more then a custom audio shop i plan it being an all around mobile electronics, performance, and customization shop that is what i plan on it being..... yea i plan on having a warehouse with product in it and i also plan on having like a showroom type area where customers can look at and see all the products i offer to sell, install or build i also plan on having a couple of demo vehicals to show and one that is just designated for the showroom floor for customers to see what all can be done and plus to take to audio shows to get the name of the shop out in the public more

 

[billabongcr 5,000+ posts]

You can come work for my shop to learn the ropes, and as long as I dont have to pay you, I wont ask you to pay me for the schooling.//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/naughty.gif.94359f346c0f1259df8038d60b41863e.gif

thats actually a really good way to learn. im gunna have to do a "trial" like that for a week or 2 at a bigger collision shop to get my foot in the door if i wanna start making the real $$