Hello icutfc, I started in AV at age 12 also. I was the cleaning boy for a high end retail shop. I learned to hate all things Krell and Mark Levinson because of the weight :). It sucked to lift those monsters at 12 years old. I continued to work there as the cleaning boy until 18 when i started full time as an apprentice installer.

My favorite part of working there was that i got to learn about snake oil cables etc and i even had the pleasure to try out one of the green CD pens that most people dont even know about these days.