Im famous!

MacLeod
MacLeod Posts: 14,358
edited June 2006 in Car Audio & Electronics
Woohoo! I got mentioned in a webzine!!

Apparantly they covered the MECA show a couple weeks ago. I got mentioned and bragged on in the article and even made it into the group picture.

The article and pictures also made it into The 12 Volt News which is an industry newsletter.

You cant tell it but thats a PolkMomo shirt Ive got on. I try to represent the "home team" as much as I can! :D

Yep, wont be long now. Ill be on the cover of Time pretty soon.

http://mobileaudioworld.tenmagazines.com/tenarticle.asp?aid=2693&sid=14

(yeah I know. its pretty easy to tell Ive not accomplished much in my life. ;) )
polkaudio sound quality competitor since 2005
MECA SQ Rookie of the Year 06 ~ MECA State Champ 06,07,08,11 ~ MECA World Finals 2nd place 06,07,08,09
08 Car Audio Nationals 1st ~ 07 N Georgia Nationals 1st ~ 06 Carl Casper Nationals 1st ~ USACi 05 Southeast AutumnFest 1st

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  • exalted512
    exalted512 Posts: 10,735
    edited June 2006
    holy ****! you go with your bad self!

    "The Amateur division is for first year competitors with very basic systems. Aaron Thomas has become a force to be dealt with in the Southeast region in Amateur SQ. His Dodge Ram series truck scored a 58.0 out of 70 total points to take 1st in the class."

    and i have to add this in too...
    "The hard hitter in the AS division was Team Audioworks member, Rodney Swallows. "

    who the hell names their kid Rodney Swallows?
    -Cody
    Music is like candy, you have to get rid of the rappers to enjoy it
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  • Greg Peters
    Greg Peters Posts: 605
    edited June 2006
    exalted512 wrote:
    who the hell names their kid Rodney Swallows?
    -Cody

    Better Rodney than Andy :)
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  • 1996blackmax
    1996blackmax Posts: 2,436
    edited June 2006
    exalted512 wrote:

    and i have to add this in too...
    "The hard hitter in the AS division was Team Audioworks member, Rodney Swallows. "

    who the hell names their kid Rodney Swallows?
    -Cody

    That is some bad stuff....


    Pretty darn funny bad stuff though :D.
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  • beardog03
    beardog03 Posts: 5,550
    edited June 2006
    my Hero !

    good on ya, bro...

    congrats !
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,552
    edited June 2006
    Mac.........EXCELLENT!!!
    Political Correctness'.........defined

    "A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."

    President of Club Polk

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  • swerve
    swerve Posts: 1,862
    edited June 2006
    props man!
    cats.vans.bag...
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  • audiobliss
    audiobliss Posts: 12,518
    edited June 2006
    Mac, that's awesome! Congrats!!

    *high five*
    George Grand wrote: »
    Jstas wrote: »
    Simple question. If you had a cool million bucks, what would you do with it?
    Wonder WTF happened to the rest of my money.
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  • ND13
    ND13 Posts: 7,601
    edited June 2006
    A FORCE to be dealt with

    HEHE!!!!
    "SOME PEOPLE CALL ME MAURICE,
    CAUSE I SPEAK OF THE POMPITIOUS OF LOVE"
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  • cam5860
    cam5860 Posts: 632
    edited June 2006
    Damn That alpine made that much difference! I might better look into getting me a 9855 also.
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  • MacLeod
    MacLeod Posts: 14,358
    edited June 2006
    Yup. My first ever MECA score was a 40. Since then, the only thing Ive added is my Alpine. Its most excellent time alignment feature and the 5 band parametric EQ have helped a ton.
    polkaudio sound quality competitor since 2005
    MECA SQ Rookie of the Year 06 ~ MECA State Champ 06,07,08,11 ~ MECA World Finals 2nd place 06,07,08,09
    08 Car Audio Nationals 1st ~ 07 N Georgia Nationals 1st ~ 06 Carl Casper Nationals 1st ~ USACi 05 Southeast AutumnFest 1st

    polkaudio SR6500 --- polkaudio MM1040 x2 -- Pioneer P99 -- Rockford Fosgate P1000X5D
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  • PolkThug
    PolkThug Posts: 7,532
    edited June 2006
    MacLeod wrote:
    Yup. My first ever MECA score was a 40. Since then, the only thing Ive added is my Alpine. Its most excellent time alignment feature and the 5 band parametric EQ have helped a ton.

    So, does your system actually sound better to you now, or is it just more "points friendly"?
    Never Forget
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  • MacLeod
    MacLeod Posts: 14,358
    edited June 2006
    It definitely sounds better overall but it also depends on the type of music.

    The MECA SQ disc is very bass heavy with a lot of Jazz, stand up basses and Cellos and the like with Rebecca Pidgeons's Spanish Harlem being the more horrid to tune properly. I listen to heavy metal mostly which is very easy on the bass so with my MECA settings I have virtually no bass for my daily listening.

    No biggie tho because all I did tho is turn the sub fader all the way to 0, adjust my sub amp's gain and tune everything for the MECA disc. That way when I stick in Metal Church or Fates Warning, all I have to do is crank the sub fader back up to 12-15 and Im set.

    Tuning is a real art and a lot harder than I thought. When I first started competing I thought it was all about staging and imaging. It aint.
    polkaudio sound quality competitor since 2005
    MECA SQ Rookie of the Year 06 ~ MECA State Champ 06,07,08,11 ~ MECA World Finals 2nd place 06,07,08,09
    08 Car Audio Nationals 1st ~ 07 N Georgia Nationals 1st ~ 06 Carl Casper Nationals 1st ~ USACi 05 Southeast AutumnFest 1st

    polkaudio SR6500 --- polkaudio MM1040 x2 -- Pioneer P99 -- Rockford Fosgate P1000X5D
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  • LittleCar_w/12s
    LittleCar_w/12s Posts: 568
    edited June 2006
    Awesome job Mac. Congrats.
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  • aaharvel
    aaharvel Posts: 4,489
    edited June 2006
    Congratulations Mac.
    but I can't get the link to work..?
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  • brettw22
    brettw22 Posts: 7,624
    edited June 2006
    The link doesn't work for me...........

    EDIT: Wow......1209th time I clicked on the link it's working now............pfft.
    comment comment comment comment. bitchy.
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited June 2006
    congrats dude.


    link works fine for me..
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  • MacLeod
    MacLeod Posts: 14,358
    edited June 2006
    Thanks for the kind words fellas. A little ego strokin' goes a long way. :D
    polkaudio sound quality competitor since 2005
    MECA SQ Rookie of the Year 06 ~ MECA State Champ 06,07,08,11 ~ MECA World Finals 2nd place 06,07,08,09
    08 Car Audio Nationals 1st ~ 07 N Georgia Nationals 1st ~ 06 Carl Casper Nationals 1st ~ USACi 05 Southeast AutumnFest 1st

    polkaudio SR6500 --- polkaudio MM1040 x2 -- Pioneer P99 -- Rockford Fosgate P1000X5D
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  • deepinya
    deepinya Posts: 199
    edited June 2006
    Dont forget the little people!
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  • 98thumpin
    98thumpin Posts: 649
    edited June 2006
    cinfrats mac good job and keep winning
    John Tyler Birch

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    Denon avr-1907
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  • audiobliss
    audiobliss Posts: 12,518
    edited June 2006
    98thumpin wrote:
    cinfrats mac
    Got home keys?
    George Grand wrote: »
    Jstas wrote: »
    Simple question. If you had a cool million bucks, what would you do with it?
    Wonder WTF happened to the rest of my money.
    In Use
    PS3, Yamaha CDR-HD1300, Plex, Amazon Fire TV Gen 2
    Pioneer Elite VSX-52, Parasound HCA-1000A
    Klipsch RF-82ii, RC-62ii, RS-42ii, RW-10d
    Epson 8700UB
    In Storage
    [Home Audio]
    Rotel RCD-02, Yamaha KX-W900U, Sony ST-S500ES, Denon DP-7F
    Pro-Ject Phono Box MKII, Parasound P/HP-850, ASL Wave 20 monoblocks
    Klipsch RF-35, RB-51ii
    [Car Audio]
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  • MacLeod
    MacLeod Posts: 14,358
    edited June 2006
    98thumpin wrote:
    cinfrats mac

    What did you call me?! Well then, a double cinfrat on you!
    polkaudio sound quality competitor since 2005
    MECA SQ Rookie of the Year 06 ~ MECA State Champ 06,07,08,11 ~ MECA World Finals 2nd place 06,07,08,09
    08 Car Audio Nationals 1st ~ 07 N Georgia Nationals 1st ~ 06 Carl Casper Nationals 1st ~ USACi 05 Southeast AutumnFest 1st

    polkaudio SR6500 --- polkaudio MM1040 x2 -- Pioneer P99 -- Rockford Fosgate P1000X5D
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  • 1996blackmax
    1996blackmax Posts: 2,436
    edited June 2006
    Congrats was what I think he meant :D.
    Alpine: CDA-7949
    Alpine: PXA-H600
    Alpine: CHA-S624, KCA-420i, KCA-410C
    Rainbow: CS 265 Profi Phase Plug / SL 165
    ARC Audio: 4150-XXK / 1500v1-XXK
    JL Audio: 10W6v2 (x2)
    KnuKonceptz
    Second Skin
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  • hrdhtdvr
    hrdhtdvr Posts: 103
    edited June 2006
    Everybody shush now, Mac will get such a big head that he won't be able to fit in this room any more. :D

    J/K ! Good job man!!!
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  • 1996blackmax
    1996blackmax Posts: 2,436
    edited June 2006
    Too late................




    :D






    .....
    Alpine: CDA-7949
    Alpine: PXA-H600
    Alpine: CHA-S624, KCA-420i, KCA-410C
    Rainbow: CS 265 Profi Phase Plug / SL 165
    ARC Audio: 4150-XXK / 1500v1-XXK
    JL Audio: 10W6v2 (x2)
    KnuKonceptz
    Second Skin
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  • MacLeod
    MacLeod Posts: 14,358
    edited June 2006
    Nah, there is a guy in my class that despite having $4000 in gear, he is on a team that has 4 (!) world champions and are tuning his system for him. He knows virtually nothing about car audio but with his Focal K2P speakers, Audioson amps and Alpine 701 processor all being tuned by the 2 top guys in MECA versus me plugging along by myself in the parking lot of my apartments, I have plenty of ego checking going on. So far Ive beat him once and he's got the best of me twice.
    polkaudio sound quality competitor since 2005
    MECA SQ Rookie of the Year 06 ~ MECA State Champ 06,07,08,11 ~ MECA World Finals 2nd place 06,07,08,09
    08 Car Audio Nationals 1st ~ 07 N Georgia Nationals 1st ~ 06 Carl Casper Nationals 1st ~ USACi 05 Southeast AutumnFest 1st

    polkaudio SR6500 --- polkaudio MM1040 x2 -- Pioneer P99 -- Rockford Fosgate P1000X5D
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  • exalted512
    exalted512 Posts: 10,735
    edited June 2006
    MacLeod wrote:
    I wouldnt say that. In fact, I have yet to run across a SQ competitor that did NOT do all his own work. Ive met some that have farmed out some fiber glass work and such but for the actual install and tuning, its all done by the owner.

    Actually, I have yet to run across too many competitors of SPL or SQ that dont do all their own work. If youre serious and enjoy car audio enough to compete then typically youre going to be doing your own installing.
    told you so;)
    -Cody
    Music is like candy, you have to get rid of the rappers to enjoy it
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  • MacLeod
    MacLeod Posts: 14,358
    edited June 2006
    Yes but he's the only one and its also because he was friends with those guys before hand and they just talked him into getting the system and then they installed it for him to compete, so technically Im still right! :D
    polkaudio sound quality competitor since 2005
    MECA SQ Rookie of the Year 06 ~ MECA State Champ 06,07,08,11 ~ MECA World Finals 2nd place 06,07,08,09
    08 Car Audio Nationals 1st ~ 07 N Georgia Nationals 1st ~ 06 Carl Casper Nationals 1st ~ USACi 05 Southeast AutumnFest 1st

    polkaudio SR6500 --- polkaudio MM1040 x2 -- Pioneer P99 -- Rockford Fosgate P1000X5D
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  • 1996blackmax
    1996blackmax Posts: 2,436
    edited June 2006
    Even when you are wrong you are right.....


    :D

    At least in your mind

    j/k

    :)
    Alpine: CDA-7949
    Alpine: PXA-H600
    Alpine: CHA-S624, KCA-420i, KCA-410C
    Rainbow: CS 265 Profi Phase Plug / SL 165
    ARC Audio: 4150-XXK / 1500v1-XXK
    JL Audio: 10W6v2 (x2)
    KnuKonceptz
    Second Skin
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  • exalted512
    exalted512 Posts: 10,735
    edited June 2006
    let me just quote the important part:
    MacLeod wrote:
    I wouldnt say that. In fact, I have yet to run across a SQ competitor that did NOT do all his own work.

    I guess I just missed the part where you were right:cool:
    -Cody
    Music is like candy, you have to get rid of the rappers to enjoy it
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  • MacLeod
    MacLeod Posts: 14,358
    edited June 2006
    "I wouldnt say that, in fact I have YET to run across...."

    I didnt say that all competitors do their own work, just that I havent ran across any.
    polkaudio sound quality competitor since 2005
    MECA SQ Rookie of the Year 06 ~ MECA State Champ 06,07,08,11 ~ MECA World Finals 2nd place 06,07,08,09
    08 Car Audio Nationals 1st ~ 07 N Georgia Nationals 1st ~ 06 Carl Casper Nationals 1st ~ USACi 05 Southeast AutumnFest 1st

    polkaudio SR6500 --- polkaudio MM1040 x2 -- Pioneer P99 -- Rockford Fosgate P1000X5D
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