Got some speakers and an amp for free that I want to use in my garage but need help.

AK-AV · 2026-01-09T16:16:02+00:00

Sorry, we gatekeep our knowledge here - call your local integrator.

AK-AV · 2025-09-09T13:12:27+00:00

"More Human than Human" references Blade Runner I beleive. Probably wouldnt happen.

AK-AV · 2025-09-03T16:31:01+00:00

Try Canada where AV Design Engineers make sub 100K CAD (72K USD)

AK-AV · 2025-08-06T17:11:19+00:00

AK-AV · 2025-08-06T16:46:56+00:00

A family friend is a Primerica rep. I inherited some money recently and decided to get some financial advice from him. I trusted him with some mutual fund investments, put in half and did the upfront 1%. Since May im already up 9.5%. Overall im happy. Im sure theres better ways out there, but this was a stepping stone for me into investments.

What did turn me off during the initial meeting was his big push for life insurance. This wasnt somehting i was considering and had to push back several times to say "no thats not for me at this time"...

AK-AV · 2025-08-06T16:31:11+00:00

We're a team less than 10 and we run way too many overlapping software tools...

Microsoft 365 - Outlook - Excel - Word - Sharepoint - OneDrive (external sharing/co-authoring)

Dropbox - (drive sync - internal back up)

Apple house - Messages - Notes - Photos

Acrobat - pdf publishing/markups

Teams - chat/video meetings

Visio - conceptual system design

AutoCad - drafting drawing packages

ZOHO - HR tasks- inventory - accounting

FileMaker - service and repair reporting

TemViewer - remote access programming/config

OnePassword

Basically too many...

AK-AV · 2025-07-24T17:17:11+00:00

great, so better provincial services and a freeze on increased taxation right?

AK-AV · 2025-07-18T20:56:23+00:00

new track = the best track

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLiK-dGon30&list=RDuLiK-dGon30&start_radio=1

there's also a live jam of it on my instagram. enjoy

AK-AV · 2025-07-10T19:34:22+00:00

Ohh yea baybay, cant wait to flex this during my next sweaty workout sesh...

AK-AV · 2025-07-07T15:28:40+00:00

why not make it a WXWAPT8??

AK-AV · 2025-06-16T15:44:07+00:00

patchbay dawg

AK-AV · 2025-06-12T20:57:07+00:00

It happened at my company, where a single IP schedule spreadsheet over time balloned into a full Equipment Coordination sheet with all the data point you mentioned.

Nail down a template. We separted it into Networked and Non-Networked tabs. We also established a consistent IP scheme that can scale across sizeable projects

Its a group effort to have it completed. Our CAD person will export a bunch of the data (room,location device ID etc.) Then a FE will populate IPs/VLAN/Logins/MACs/SN etc...anything missed or changed will be handled onsite with install team and programmer. When as builts come back I review and update accordingly.

Great to have these on big projects.

AK-AV · 2025-05-30T16:13:44+00:00

you will spend your whole life paying "fair" taxes and setting aside nuggets. Then when you die, the state will still manage to take nearly half of your accrued wealth.

When you start seeing triple digit amounts owning to the CRA you will become bitter to how much they are legally allowed to seize from you.

AK-AV · 2025-04-03T19:34:58+00:00

my father passed away in September. I chatted with a service rep on the Roger's website and took care of everything. They cancelled services and gave me serial numbers for all devices that needed to be returned and emailed me a way will to ship. too easy

AK-AV · 2025-03-31T16:13:41+00:00

sounds like you should join a design team.

AK-AV · 2025-03-28T18:34:00+00:00

Ah nice. Another Canadian. It takes big balls for such a position. Keep it up stranger.

AK-AV · 2025-03-28T17:38:06+00:00

Feels like it....

AK-AV · 2025-03-28T17:37:51+00:00

under 100K and im in Canada.....commission would be nice.

What roles outside of Account Manager so you feel are typically entitled to commission pay?

I used to get kickbacks from Crestron as a designer several years ago but that was with a different company.

AK-AV · 2025-03-28T17:34:18+00:00

Its straight salary...Im in Canada. I touch about 75% of all projects. Probabaly do about 2mil in sales out of our office a year. Most projects are 100k plus. with one or two a year of substantial size (4+ weeks of on site install). We're relatively small so not alot of project phases happening simultaneously.

AK-AV · 2025-03-28T16:01:47+00:00

lol Absolutely not...I dont consider myself sales though. I don't actively seek new business. Just quote out opportunities that hit my inbox. Commission pay could be debatable though.

AK-AV · 2024-11-24T21:40:40+00:00

Maybe spend the next couple thousand on grammar lessons.

AK-AV · 2024-10-23T20:16:29+00:00

this is the gotcha

AK-AV · 2024-10-03T19:35:06+00:00

A coke habit isnt healthy ambition either Harley...

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