Suggestions & Ideas For The AHQ Forum??

[TBSpyder]

So there's maybe 5 regulars in here, if that, a handful of stragglers, and a couple newbs poking their heads in every now and again....but it'd be nice to get a little more action/participation/traffic/whatever going on in here. Looking for ideas, suggestions, and opinions on the forum. We need more regulars, more threads, more polls, more pictures, more everything. Let's hear what you got....

[Notladstyle]

So there's maybe 5 regulars in here, if that, a handful of stragglers, and a couple newbs poking their heads in every now and again....but it'd be nice to get a little more action/participation/traffic/whatever going on in here. Looking for ideas, suggestions, and opinions on the forum. We need more regulars, more threads, more polls, more pictures, more everything. Let's hear what you got....

get a regular meet where we can get the attention of other AUDIO enthusiasts. Of course, TR is not very friendly to non tuners so that could be difficult.

[TBSpyder]

get a regular meet where we can get the attention of other AUDIO enthusiasts. Of course, TR is not very friendly to non tuners so that could be difficult.


TR use to be somewhat unfriendly to non tuners. It has evolved tremendously however into a melting pot of just about everykind of person out there....hence the creation of TampaForums. If you've ever attended a TR function, you know that members drive everything from tuned imports to trucks, suv's, and everyday grocery getters. I know what you mean though, on the internet everyone seems like a diehard racing internet hardass.

A meet would be great, as long as we can get a decent number of people to actually show up and make it worthwhile. Seems like Billy Bob is on one side of Tampa and Jimbo is in Spring Hill and no one wants to drive more than 5 minutes down the road....if you know what I mean.

[SickVette]

Face to face is the best way. If you generate real world relationships then you can have a stronger more active forum. ON mp3car.com I hosted a meet at my home. Around 25 people showed up. We had food, looked at cars, and I even gave a few how-to's on custom work...my shop is also at my home. The key is planning and organization.


I totally agree TBSpyder...it is tuff to get people to travel. Funny thing it is a car thing..they should want to drive the car..lol.

[Notladstyle]

I will drive as far as south tampa for an audio meet. Tampa forums is Emo.

[TIM TIM TIM]

I would be willing to go to a meet, It just has to be on one of my days off :lol:

other then that, i really dont know how else to bring attention here...alot of the people on this site arent all that into car audio, and the few that are seem to be jackasses. so besides the few regulars, :dunno:

[TBSpyder]

Well, I've also noticed only about half the members who say they're going to show up actually do...which means we need a good amount of people atleast showing some interest. I think the most successful AHQ meet would be one that was held on a day which also had something else going on...such as a car show, TR get together, etc.

[TIM TIM TIM]

yeah i completely see what you mean, and agree that ahq needs quite a boost.. I havent been to an auq meet yet. I honestly didnt care about car audio anymore untill i got a job selling it :lol:.

[TBSpyder]

It's too bad we couldn't get a trip together for the Spring Break Nationals in Daytona.

[TJElite]

I could host a small (15-20 car) meet at my shop. Maybe I could kick my 3rd Friday SPL contest to a Saturday, and combine it with a meet. Its not much of a contest yet, anyway...more of a get together where we play with the meter :-)

I'm in Oldsmar...pretty central to just about everywhere.

[TIM TIM TIM]

well if we had 15-20 cars at an ahq meet i would be happy

[eli]

i think maybe pictures would help people get more interested. If you guys maybe made a sticky for our setups, and it doesnt even have to be ours but famous peoples systems, just for some eye candy. im just thinking alot of people dont really enjoy reading about frequencies and wiring and things, but everyone likes to see cool pictures. just my thought. peace

[03AcuraCLTypeS]

Ill show up as long as its not on a weekend i have a show to go to... i live in bradenton so for anyone to use the excuse that tampa is to far away they really arent that into cars and car audio so u wouldn't want them around anyway. But let me know when we wanna do one and let get it going. just FYI ill be in daytona march 21-26th so i wouldn't be able to make it for that one

[Miles]

i'm only coming if rangcrx is there.

one of the depressing things i've found while working at best buy is that most people don't give a shit about good sound. they just want something to play louder than their stock speakers and rattle their license plate. sound quality is about as high on the VAST majority of people's priority list as getting plantar's warts. there's very very few people who actually know what the hell they're talking about when it comes to this stuff, and they're usually way less vocal than the idiots that think adding 2 comp vr's and a rockford fosgate amp makes their system competition ready.

i mean shit, i remember the first AHQ meet, it was me, jesse, aaron1017 and joker (who showed up completely at random). this forum has grown a little since then, but you'll be hard pressed to get anything more than 10 to 12 people seriously interested, and out of them probably half will actually show :lol:

this is how ahq has always been. i guess i'm just a pessimist.

[VolvoBoiClw]

ill be there! if its on a weekend

[TIM TIM TIM]

duh dude you have to mix the best with the best to get the best.. kicker and fosgate are the 2 cleanest sounding ever!!

[Miles]

duh dude you have to mix the best with the best to get the best.. kicker and fosgate are the 2 cleanest sounding ever!!
i had a guy come in a couple of weeks back, immediately started running his mouth about how awesome his system sounded, and that it would blow away any alpine or fosgate system... i guess to try and impress me because i was wearing a blue shirt? :dunno:

anyways, i asked him what he had in his car, and to this day i'm absolutely amazed i didn't break out laughing so hard that i cried. his setup consisted of 2 pyle amps (10 gauge wire), lightning audio subs (in a fucking plywood box no less... hand to god) and some brand i didn't even recognize for his mids and head unit, i assume he got them from the flea market. by some fucking miracle i was able to contain myself, though i did crack a little smile.

[integralsgreen]

defentally need some meets/parties/bbq. also maby some local shops willing to throw like a monthly meet to let us meeter and hang out in exchange for some poblisity in the ahq fourm. defentally need some kinda opertunity to put faces with names.

[TBSpyder]

defentally need some meets/parties/bbq. also maby some local shops willing to throw like a monthly meet to let us meeter and hang out in exchange for some poblisity in the ahq fourm. defentally need some kinda opertunity to put faces with names.


Are you back in town?

[TBSpyder]

one of the depressing things i've found while working at best buy is that most people don't give a shit about good sound. they just want something to play louder than their stock speakers and rattle their license plate. sound quality is about as high on the VAST majority of people's priority list as getting plantar's warts.

That's because it's Best Buy...I'm willing to bet over 60% of your customers are under 25years old. There's actually alot of high end customers out there who are audiophiles but they don't shop at best buy.

[aaron1017]

I'd be down for a meet. Ya'll can play with my new headunit!

http://www.usfbs.com/UserData/Aaron1017/Images/20060121055541.jpg

[m0nk3y]

free porn.

[integralsgreen]

Are you back in town?
2 weeks ill be home for good

[TBSpyder]

free porn.


How about a "Pictures of women with systems" thread? Might not be porn...but probably the closest we'll be allowed to get. :lol:

[TBSpyder]

I'd be down for a meet. Ya'll can play with my new headunit!

http://www.usfbs.com/UserData/Aaron1017/Images/20060121055541.jpg



:lol: Daaaamn...check out that display, lcd?

[TIM TIM TIM]

That's because it's Best Buy...I'm willing to bet over 60% of your customers are under 25years old. There's actually alot of high end customers out there who are audiophiles but they don't shop at best buy.
that is true. now though, cc carrying eclipse i have had several older people ready to drop cash, we just havent got everything in stock yet.. so there having to wait lol

[integralsgreen]

How about a "Pictures of women with systems" thread? Might not be porn...but probably the closest we'll be allowed to get. :lol:
peek at my sig :lol:

[93ex]

It's also very hard because I know that most of us dont have the $$ or the time to constantly be adding on. Unlike the tuning section, people can change an exhaust and talk about it, rear end and talk about it, blah blah blah. I dont think many of our systems have changed that vastly over the last year.

[TBSpyder]

It's also very hard because I know that most of us dont have the $$ or the time to constantly be adding on. Unlike the tuning section, people can change an exhaust and talk about it, rear end and talk about it, blah blah blah. I dont think many of our systems have changed that vastly over the last year.


Good point. Hell, I've actually went backwards...I don't even have a system in my newest vehicle, but that's mainly because the top and doors are usually off and even if it made past the theifs, it probably wouldn't last too long when I go mudding and offroading. Maybe when I have some more disposable income....

[integralsgreen]

i got a big update in the works. not equiptment wise but alot of labor. its commin out pretty sick. its just hard to get time to work on it here because i olny get like 1 day every 4 weeks where its actually warm enough to go outside. ive ben doin alot of the work in my room and loosin alot of brain cells. fiberglass + 10x12 room = dizzyness

[TBSpyder]

As far as a meet goes...what night of the week would most of you be able to make it?

[GradeA_TireFryer]

mondy or thursday

[zhillz]

Well, I've also noticed only about half the members who say they're going to show up actually do...which means we need a good amount of people atleast showing some interest. I think the most successful AHQ meet would be one that was held on a day which also had something else going on...such as a car show, TR get together, etc.

well how about when there is an actual car show we get a TR only section?

[TBSpyder]

well how about when there is an actual car show we get a TR only section?


That could be a possibility, but first we would need enough members interested in entering their car into a show in order to make it worthwhile for the people putting the show on. I think right now, the majority of the member, atleast in this forum, are interested in just meeting up.

[TBSpyder]

Ok guys, do you want a Saturday or do you want a Sunday meet?

[integralsgreen]

i come home sunday the 27th throw me a welcome home meet lol

[integralsgreen]

do they still do that quaker stake meet? mabe we can all meet up there and have a lil ahq section

[03AcuraCLTypeS]

they do still do the QS&L thursday night thing... but its gone to a bust if u ask me... not many people up there at all till like way after 10 PM, which for us working class fokes who have to be up at 5 am that doesn't fly...but i would be down for like a saturday early evening meet... mabye meet somewhere get something to eat then go for a cruise around town after everyone gets a chance to check out the systems... my $0.02

[TBSpyder]

Already working on something for next month (April). Just need to find out when more of yall are available...Saturday's or Sunday's. Right now, we're leaning towards a Sunday meet.

We can do Quaker Steak as well if there is enough interest, I'm sure there would be no problem in setting aside some space for us as long as there is no loud & obnoxious bumping.

[TIM TIM TIM]

I think it should be more of a meet where we can hear eachothers stuff... at regular meets people get pissed off when there hear the bumping in the parking lot... but honestly i wanna hear your systems, not just look

[TBSpyder]

I think it should be more of a meet where we can hear eachothers stuff... at regular meets people get pissed off when there hear the bumping in the parking lot... but honestly i wanna hear your systems, not just look

You will, don't worry. Like I said, something is in the works for April.

[TBSpyder]

Need some input...because ofcourse, we want a meet where as many people will be available to participate as possible. Basically, a meet is in the works, it will most likely take place on a Saturday. What I would like to know is the time of the day that the most of you would be willing to come, either late afternoon (around 4 to 6pm) OR early evening (around 6 to 8pm). Please post up your thoughts.

[TJElite]

Need some input...because ofcourse, we want a meet where as many people will be available to participate as possible. Basically, a meet is in the works, it will most likely take place on a Saturday. What I would like to know is the time of the day that the most of you would be willing to come, either late afternoon (around 4 to 6pm) OR early evening (around 6 to 8pm). Please post up your thoughts.

Earlier in the day seems to make more sense, so we can actually see the systems we are looking at. But, since DST starts April 2nd, there will still be light at 7, so later would probably work, as well.

I'm there either way :D

Toby

[TBSpyder]

Afternoon or evening meet??? Let's hear your opinions guys.