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now adays, when I see a kid with audiobombs in the trunk & a sony xplode head unit I just smile & say, looks nice
I do the same, when it's a fleeting moment and we're both on our way.
I also encourage them to get into competition or on the car audio forums hoping that they will eventually learn that there's better product out there.
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... if there proud of it & encourage me to listen I'll refrain from telling them it sounds like dog**** ,it is what it is... instead I'll be gentle...I'l tell them it is what it is... & then give a little constructive critisizim & end with a " but it looks pretty good
". if they ask for advice I'd consider where the guy is what in his relm of crappyness I think can maybe help him.., but not necissarily to my standards... if it was my car I'd rip it all out & trash it... but it's not my car...
See, even if I do that on here, I have people *****, so why try?
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now if the same guy came to me BEFORE he did anything, I'd also try & guide him, BUT not to my standards or what I would necissarily do.... I would gauge what HE was looking for... I would guide him to do the best he could with his budget, but I wouldn't take someone who wants to spend $400 & start pushing them to spend thousands, UNLESS they indicated to me that they were looking for more...
Don't think I've ever done that. Hell, just yesterday, Darque was asking me for some help, I was guiding him the same way I've guided many on here. Stick with name brand stuff, not the wal-mart crap or flea market junk, and you're all good.
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I'm sure all along this guidance I'd also mention what I would do if it was mine, & what could be done to make it really something, but everyone is looking for different levels....I wouldn't push them to want what I would want...
I don't believe i'm doing that, I'm not telling him to go spend thousands, I'm telling him, like many others are, to save his money and spend it wisely, not going off of big watt numbers to make the decision on the purchase.
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you & me will spend whatever it takes. do whatever it takes.... you know that.... but there are guys out there that have different priorities, & they can't have what we can... there goal is now where near that...
I agree, which is why I've recommended the high end product to one person on this board EVER. That one person came out and said that they were willing to spend whatever it takes. That's the only time I've recommended the high $$ stuff.
I've not done that to this guy. I've said the amp he's running is no match for the components he's wanting to put on it. It's not a high quality amp, but the speakers he's wanting to buy are rather high quality...do
you see the riff here?
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this is just some guy who don't know you, your no friend of his.... your just some stranger who comes in & slaps him in the head
that's fine and all, I see your point, just don't necessarily agree with it. I can't morally just sit here and tell him "Yeah! Go on with your bad self" when I know damn well that he's headed down a damn expensive path, when we all know that if he would just save a bit more in the first place, he would e much happier, and end up spending a lot less in the long run.
Difference is, while other people will take 40 posts just to gently tell the guy his stuff sucks and waste everyones time, I take two. Like it or not, I'm not interested in wasting my time or his, or anyone else's for that matter. i can't stand fluffing ****. I do it all day at work with clients, hell, just last week I was commended on my handling of belligerent clients and my correspondence both through email and phone.
If it would be better served for me to spend countless hours fluffing ever post, holding everyone hands, and pretending like the world is a hunky dory place and that it's full of flowers and care bares, I'll do it.
maybe...