Mark Zarella wrote:

I'm with Ed on this - I think you are overstating your position and in
the process doing an injustice to many installers around the world that
ARE better at their jobs than you are giving them credit for.

Many?

MANY MANY!!

As an "outside observer" looking in from a customer's point of view,
I just don't see the expertise and dedication to putting out quality work
that I saw, say, 5 or 10 years ago.

Your not out in the bays!! No wonder you dont see it!!

Durbin is actually a pretty good judge of this question, he sees so many
different shops and so many different installers EVERYDAY!!
He can see the dedication and FUN from some of the shops and he
can see the CRAP shops that dont give a **** also!!

Durbin would be a respectable source of this particular info
THATS WHAT HE DOES!!

I just don't think these people take
pride in it anymore.

There are some that do!!

I think the percentage of good installers is rapidly
dwindling.

I would be interested in Durbins observations on this question.
But I would say the popularity of car audio has INCREASED
the total number of installers, and also increased the number
of good installers also...

Eddie Runner