StringerBull

I'm advising a friend who is looking to make the change from being an outside, field rep for a company that sells infrastructure components to a software sales person at a SaaS company. He has a lot of experience, is older (~55) and is naturally great at sales. While he's older, he is fairly proficient with most computer systems and understanding the nature of evolving tech. I know that age discrimination is an obstacle, so I'm trying to help him navigate the application and interview process successfully.

What are the chances that he can easily switch from his current position (making about $130K OTE) to a ~150K OTE job in a closing role in software? What are the most important things tha

I'm about to add a center channel to my 2.1 TV / music setup. The receiver is a Denon x2300h.

My question is what happens to music, podcasts and shows that I listen through now that I have a center channel attached? Do I need to manually switch to "stereo" mode in order to listen to music properly? What is the correct mode to have the receiver on otherwise? If I'm watching netflix or HBO through a chromecast and enable "5.1" or some other surround source, am I going to do more harm than good by only having a 3.1 system?

If someone could explain to me how to best use my receiver in a 3.1 setup and how to avoid degrading music and audio as a result, I'd appreciate it!.

Is it a lot better to feed a digital signal into a Denon receiver that's applying DSP and Audyssey than it is to use a high quality external DAC and feed that to the receiver through an analog input?

I would guess that it's better to just feed the digital signal into the receiver, given that an analog signal would otherwise need to go through an additional conversion back to digital before being processed and converted back to analog.

The exception would be the "direct" mode, which circumvents DSP entirely. In that case, if the DAC on an external box is theoretically better than on the Denon receiver, it would be better to run an analog signal into the receiver.

Is all of that ^ accurate

I want to treat a 14"x12" office without using bulky panels on the walls. The room will mostly be for playing acoustic guitar and listening casually to music. I just want to tame the room enough to sound decent, mostly for the sake of the guitar.

How effective is 2" rockwool 80 flush against the wall? How much effectiveness is lost when there is zero space between the wall and the insulation. I don't want to make panels that are greater than ~2" off the wall.

I only want to start this project if the panels will have a decent effect on the performance of the room for playing guitar. I've built 4" bass traps before and know the importance of good, gapped treatment, but I just don't have the