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<blockquote data-quote="Tim McCulloch" data-source="post: 55698" data-attributes="member: 67">Re: Subs Subs SubsI took a Smaart refresher class with Harry a couple of years ago and met 2 guys from a church.&nbsp; When we got to day 3, they had questions about aligning the subs... that were under the balcony pews.&nbsp; Another person in the class said &quot;oh, that install must have been done by Fraud AV.&quot;&nbsp; The rest of the class laughed...I was asked to review a design proposed by the aforementioned company that was for a local church.&nbsp; The video spec was very good as to how the performance of the projection would perform, the needs of the input side of the switcher, stuff like that.&nbsp; The lighting spec included photometric data, evenness of coverage, etc.&nbsp; The audio spec consisted of cut sheets and an equipment list.&nbsp; This review was brought to me by an IATSE brother that was part of the tech team at the church.&nbsp; When he reported on my reservations about the audio spec, he was told he &quot;could quit attending the committee meetings if he was going to be a Negative Nancy.&quot;&nbsp; It seems the pastor was a buddy with another pastor who was happy with the install done in HIS church, so criticizing the design/build company was seen as heresy.Did I ever mention how much I think church installs are more voodoo than science?&nbsp; And that most of them do not represent &quot;good stewardship&quot; but plain ol&#039; cheapness.&nbsp; Those who point out the Emperor&#039;s &quot;attire&quot; are then subject to spiritual blackmail.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Tim McCulloch, post: 55698, member: 67"] Re: Subs Subs Subs I took a Smaart refresher class with Harry a couple of years ago and met 2 guys from a church. When we got to day 3, they had questions about aligning the subs... that were under the balcony pews. Another person in the class said "oh, that install must have been done by Fraud AV." The rest of the class laughed... I was asked to review a design proposed by the aforementioned company that was for a local church. The video spec was very good as to how the performance of the projection would perform, the needs of the input side of the switcher, stuff like that. The lighting spec included photometric data, evenness of coverage, etc. The audio spec consisted of cut sheets and an equipment list. This review was brought to me by an IATSE brother that was part of the tech team at the church. When he reported on my reservations about the audio spec, he was told he "could quit attending the committee meetings if he was going to be a Negative Nancy." It seems the pastor was a buddy with another pastor who was happy with the install done in HIS church, so criticizing the design/build company was seen as heresy. Did I ever mention how much I think church installs are more voodoo than science? And that most of them do not represent "good stewardship" but plain ol' cheapness. Those who point out the Emperor's "attire" are then subject to spiritual blackmail. [/QUOTE]

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