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Gold Member Username: The_image_dynamic
San Diego
Post Number: 2977
Registered: Dec-06
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| Posted on Wednesday, October 24, 2007 - 08:00 pm: |
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Well there is this douchebag wanksta at work named Hector that thinks he knows everything and owns the place. He walks around like a bad ąss with his arms like 6 inches from his body like he is tremendously cut or something except that he is not and he has no biceps at all. He does actual work like thirty minutes of his ten hour (OT) shift and makes $30 an hour ($45 on OT). He is a toolbag of epic proportions. I was going to wait for him after work someday and use his stupid face as a punching bag but I figured I would wait for something to come along that would be far more mentally damaging and lasting.
So anyways... I got my chance today. I was sitting at my desk around noon when I hear him tell my buddy Mike that he knows more about audio than anyone at work and blah blah. He was putting Mike (who is the nicest guy almost ever) down saying he didn't know anything about audio and to leave all that complex stuff to him. Then I heard him say and I quote: "This Yamaha 7.1 receiver I got is so bad ąss man, it hits hard on my 12's and it would probably even push a 15!!!" I'm like ok I have heard enough out of this ąssclown. So I walk up and say "Hey Hector -- I hear you are a real wizard when it comes to audio huh? Keep in mind that there are at least twenty people that can hear this going down. "So tell me something, can you explain any basic audio principles for me?" He puffs out his chest and says "Holmes I know all that shģt!" while he looks around all bad ąss at the people that are now in a circle around us. So I say ok... what is damping factor? Silence. What is slew rate? Silence. What is the worse kind of distortion between harmonic and inter-modulation Hector? Nothing. So I get a little easier on the punk. I say... ok if I had a dual 2 ohm subwoofer and I wanted a 1 ohm total load, how would I wire it? Series? Parallel? At this point he knows he is defeated and he starts to squirm and I can see him trying to think how he can escape this with as little damage as possible. So I say... I just heard you say that a 15 is harder to push than a 12 -- can you explain that to me if both woofers were the same efficiency? And Hector, do you even know what efficiency is? Silence, except for the whispering of the growing crowd, which now includes bosses and about thirty others that are sick of this guys attitude and "smart" mouth.
So I make it even easier for him, cuz well, I am a nice guy. I ask... OK in a 5.1, 6.1 or 7.1 home theater system, what does the "point one" stand for? I think I spotted a tear at this point. So I ask the most basic question I could think of at the time... If you have a 3-way speaker system at home (which he does because we hear him brag about it ad naseum, and they are Sony's lmfao) what does that mean exactly? He stands there scratching his chin looking puzzled. What is a crossover then? Nothing. Just then he spun around and glared at everyone as he walked really fast out of the room and said "f!ck all you guys"
Turns out the guys knows nothing about audio at all... even simple stuff, and his whole act was just that, an act. I am not even kidding, after the door out of our department closed, a cheer went up that reminded me of when a song ends at a concert. Everyone was high-fiving me and each other and the rest of the day everybody was super happy and having fun. We never saw him again the rest of the day.
Moral of the story... don't talk shģt about things you don't know anything about and act all bad ąss because you figure that the chances are slim that anybody will actually call you on it. Because someone just like me might hear you. |
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Gold Member Username: Naledge503
Http://com4.runboard.c...
Post Number: 2109
Registered: Jun-06
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| Posted on Wednesday, October 24, 2007 - 08:03 pm: |
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lol.....is the same guy that when he would come around, you guys would sing "Low Rider"? |
Gold Member Username: The_image_dynamic
San Diego
Post Number: 2978
Registered: Dec-06
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| Posted on Wednesday, October 24, 2007 - 08:06 pm: |
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No lmao, that's his brother Ernesto aka Ernie. That guy is a whole 'nother story. And we didn't sing it, my buddy had the cd all cued up and ready each time. We got in major trouble with the union over that and Paul got suspended with no pay for 10 days. I will get Ernie too  |
Silver Member Username: Spivey17323
Dunellen,
New jersey
United states
Post Number: 738
Registered: Jun-07
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| Posted on Wednesday, October 24, 2007 - 08:07 pm: |
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hahaha good story man. glad you set him straight. i hate ppl that brag like that when they dont know what theyre talkin about |
Gold Member Username: Bernymac
BME
Post Number: 3389
Registered: Sep-04
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| Posted on Wednesday, October 24, 2007 - 08:15 pm: |
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Good story brad. Glad to hear you had fun at work today lol. |
Gold Member Username: Nd4spd18
Northwest PA
Post Number: 3541
Registered: Jul-06
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| Posted on Wednesday, October 24, 2007 - 08:18 pm: |
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LMAO good stuff.
If you don't mind me asking Brad, what's your job? I thought you were a musician...... |
Platinum Member Username: Wingmanalive
A pic is worth
1000 posts!!
Post Number: 10736
Registered: Jun-06
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| Posted on Wednesday, October 24, 2007 - 08:24 pm: |
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Good story. Every office has one, or two. It eventually catches up to them.
I collect the cardboard tubes inside the rolls of paper that feed our plotter at work. Very thick tubes of all sizes. Perfect port material. Why buy when it's free? Co-worker asked what they were for. I told him I use them for speaker building. He laughed so hard so everyone could hear. "You put holes in your speakers??!!"
"Yes, it's called a tuned port." I said.
"A what?"
It was hopeless after that.......... |
Gold Member Username: The_image_dynamic
San Diego
Post Number: 2979
Registered: Dec-06
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| Posted on Wednesday, October 24, 2007 - 08:27 pm: |
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Taking a break right now for awhile. My forearms and wrists are in pretty bad shape from constant touring, and I am sick of traveling. I am an Aerospace Technician at the moment. |
Gold Member Username: Adddisorder
Palm Beach,
Florida
Post Number: 5368
Registered: Jan-06
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| Posted on Wednesday, October 24, 2007 - 09:01 pm: |
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thats funny. |
Gold Member Username: Joebruce
15 AQ HD3
Post Number: 1591
Registered: May-04
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| Posted on Wednesday, October 24, 2007 - 09:16 pm: |
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lol what a douche. he prolly went in the bathroom and cried. |
Gold Member Username: Safe_cracker
Chicago,
IL
US
Post Number: 3697
Registered: Jan-06
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| Posted on Wednesday, October 24, 2007 - 09:36 pm: |
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Should have asked him, if you have a HU with a sub LP crossover and is set at 80hz with a 12db/octave slope and your sub amp has a built in non-defeatable LP crossover set at 80hz with a 24db/octave slope, what is the total outcome of the combined crossovers....   ...Would have popped a socket for sure, Polo... |
Gold Member Username: Nyyfan13
Fi SSD
USA
Post Number: 6605
Registered: Jul-06
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| Posted on Wednesday, October 24, 2007 - 10:11 pm: |
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really know how to sh1t on a guy brad.....lol |
Silver Member Username: Jtown
ATX,
Texas
Post Number: 570
Registered: Mar-07
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| Posted on Wednesday, October 24, 2007 - 10:51 pm: |
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I vote you get promoted. |
Platinum Member Username: Rovin
4 10 Pioneer...
Post Number: 12435
Registered: Jul-05
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| Posted on Wednesday, October 24, 2007 - 10:56 pm: |
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NICE ! ... |
Gold Member Username: Pitbullguy
Ascendant Audio Arsenals,
Chicago
Post Number: 2016
Registered: Oct-06
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| Posted on Thursday, October 25, 2007 - 10:17 am: |
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Well done Brad. He is a disgrace to car audio newbs!!! You must embrace your newbness!!!
meanwhile little does he know, if he actually wanted to LEARN about car audio, and wasn't such a douche, so people didn't hate him, you'd probly be more than happy to talk to him about stuff and teach him.....some people... |
Platinum Member Username: Bestmankind
-apem
Post Number: 15545
Registered: Oct-05
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| Posted on Thursday, October 25, 2007 - 12:43 pm: |
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you da man brad. lol. glad i am on your good side. ima think before i open my mouth around you. lol. |
Gold Member Username: Livin_loud
Do Work
Fi Audio
Post Number: 1900
Registered: Jan-06
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| Posted on Thursday, October 25, 2007 - 05:16 pm: |
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exactly what does this guy do in a place where you're an Aerospace Technician? |
Gold Member Username: Drivingreckless
DD 9515f,
148.2 db Mov...
Post Number: 4447
Registered: Apr-06
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| Posted on Thursday, October 25, 2007 - 05:42 pm: |
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hey brad...
your cool for embrassing a guy infront of alot of people!!!! |
