As a former US Marine myself who worked on radar equipment during my tour I can tell you QQQ is on the up-and-up. You as a fellow dog need to be around some more in the residential audio side more before passing judgement. I've been in the rese. side for over 8 years, 2 years in the commercial side and 5 years of electronics in the military. Now since I am very active in this industry I would love nothing more than some kind of standard. BUT you are starting with the wrong side. Start with the manufactures, moviemakers as these guys have more weight than us. Just being realistic here.
I challenge you for a week to come to Birmingham and see what real world AV is like. I think you have a great passion for the 'standard' but are a little ignorant about technology and the implementation of today’s AV. You will see a 5K HT system to 700K.
JFYI there are VERY experience AV pros here and then there are trunk slammers as well. Driving down the road the other day I saw a beat up van with some magnetic signs that said "Two men and some Wire". Had to call the office and have a laugh at that. Would you know it, we have come behind them to fix their jobs before.
I think its great to have CEDIA certify people. But really its just paper. Would you say that you are better then me because? Sounds that way. I've taken more HT class than I'm sure you have in you little time here. I haven't taken the 'CEDIA' classes yet. I'd rather spend the money on certification from Crestron. Paper is paper. It's the individual who sets themselves apart.
Dave
This message was edited by DavidatAVX on 11/09/03 22:40.
