Mobile Electronics Magazine 2008-2009 Top Retailers and Installers Announced
Mobile Electronics Magazine, and industry rag for installers, sales people, and other ME industry folks, recently sent an email out to a special groups of installers and car audio shops announcing their nomination for the annual Top 100 Retailers and Installers, as voted on by industry reps and manufacturers. This is a pretty coveted nomination, and to make the list is a pretty big deal. That being said, I'd like to congratulate SoundDomain's own Brian Murphy for making it into the Top 100 Installers list!
Starting in November, Mobile Electronics magazine will open up the polls to see who from this list will be voted the #1 installer and shop in the US. Check out the complete list after the jump! I noticed my old employer, Custom Sounds, is on the list, as are a few other shops we've covered in our blog: JML Audio, Benchmark Motoring, Mobile Edge, Sound Sensations, and Syndicate Automotive, just to name few.
Is your shop or installer on the list?
Wednesday,
October 08, 2008 -- TORRANCE, Calif. -- It's my pleasure to announce
the top 100 retailers and installers in the nation for 2008-2009, as
chosen by the industry.
We had such an overwhelming response with retailer nominations
this year, we decided to up the ante and grow the category from 50 to
100 storefront names.
The List, as it's often referred to at the magazine, consists
of the stores and installers that our industry's reps and manufacturer
sales personnel felt were prime examples of professionalism, service
and expertise. If your name or store is on this list, kudos to you! You
are now officially in the running for the coveted title of Retailer of
the Year or Installer of the Year.
The list will also be published in our November issue of Mobile
Electronics magazine, but we're releasing it on "Hotwire" first to give
the nominees a chance to begin their campaigns. This November will be
one of the most pivotal votes in our country's history, so don't be
left out! Voting will begin Nov. 1 at our website (me-mag.com) and wrap
up by Nov. 30.
It's such a recognized honor, that Sony's mobile audio division
– makers of Xplod car audio products – is sponsoring the top 100
retailers throughout the voting process. The industry's national
certification program Mobile Electronics Certified Professional (MECP)
is sponsoring the top 100 installers. Each nominee will receive a
certificate acknowledging their recognition that will be presented on
behalf of the sponsors.
Well, I'm geared up for our voting process, that we're calling
The 30-Day Sound-Off, giving everyone in the industry the chance to
vote for their favorite stores and installers. Enjoy the November
issue, and if you have any questions, e-mail me at joni@me-mag.com!
Sponsored By Adrenaline Autosound -- Clayton, N.C. Advanced Audio Designs -- Sharon, Mass. Audio Advice -- Glendale, Calif. Audio Experts Car Stereos & Alarms -- Ventura, Calif. Audio Files -- Corvallis, Ore. Audio Logic Car Audio -- Hollywood, Fla. Audio Shoppe -- Riverside, Calif. Audio Works -- Pittsburgh, Pa. Auto Marketing Inc. -- Fitchburg, Wisc. Autotoys Corp. -- Randolph, Mass. Benchmark Motoring -- Bellevue, Wash. Boulevard Customs -- St. Petersburg, Fla. California Custom Sounds -- Moraine, Ohio California Soundworks -- Lancaster, Calif. Car Concepts -- Salt Lake City, Utah Car Toys -- Tulsa, Okla. Carisma Audio -- Tampa, Fla. Cave Audio -- Woodburn, Ore. Certified Sounds -- Wailuku, Hawaii CN Sounds LLC -- Fort Wayne, Ind. Crush's Custom Soundworks -- Effingham, Ill. Custom Car Stereo -- Charleston, S.C. Custom Car Stereo -- Houston, Texas DC's Mobile Electronics -- Evansville, Ind. Definitive Audio -- Phoenix, Ariz. Electronic Express -- Nashville, Tenn. Enormis Mobile Specialties -- Erie, Pa. High End Vine St. Car Stereo -- Philadelphia, Pa. JC Audio -- Jackson, Tenn. JML Audio of St. Louis -- Fenton, Mo. Lakeside Audio -- Conroe, Texas Mobile Edge -- Leghiton, Pa. Mobile Innovations -- Wenatchee, Wash. Muntz Audio-Video -- Green Bay, Wisc. Pacific Stereo -- Fremont, Calif. Quality Auto Tint & Car Stereo -- Colorado Springs, Colo. Ray's Electronics -- Addison, Ill. Security & Sound Systems -- Honolulu, Hawaii Signature Audio -- Scottsdale, Ariz. Sound Innovations -- Hayward, Calif. Sound Sensations -- Marietta, Ga. Sound Solutions -- Gulfport, Miss. Sounds Fast -- Bend, Ore. Soundsource -- Burlington, N.J. Stereo One -- Dickson, Tenn. Sub Zero Sounds -- Brooklyn Park, Minn. Syndicate Automotive Concepts -- San Diego, Calif. The Hi-Fi Shop -- Roy, Utah Traffic Jamz -- Lancaster, Ohio Unlimited Auto Sports -- Champaign, Ill. Westminster Speed & Sound -- Westminster, Md. Wild Bill's Electronics -- Boaz, Ala. Xtreme Autosound -- Louisville, Ky. X-Treme Brothers LLC -- Wooster, Ohio ABC Automotive & Electronics -- Elk Grove Village, Ill. Audio Excellence -- Orlando, Fla. Audio Express Inc. -- Searcy, Ark. Audio Source Inc. -- Columbus, Ind. Audio Specialists -- Hopkinsville, Ky. Auto FX -- Yukon, Okla. Autosound Inc. -- Lexington, Ky. Car Audio Heaven -- El Cajon, Calif. Car Phonics -- Boise, Idaho Car Stereo One -- Dayton, Ohio Car Stereo Plus -- Lynnwood, Wash. Cartronics -- Pembroke Pines, Fla. Columbus Car Audio -- Columbus, Ohio Dealer Automotive Services Inc. -- Hopkins, Minn. J & J Electronics Inc. -- Chicago, Ill. Jackie Cooper Tire & Electronics -- Oklahoma City, Okla. Ken's Car Tunes -- Mobile, Ala. Lombards Stereo -- Goleta, Calif. Lucky's Auto Sports Inc. -- Lexington, Ky. Mobile Music Unlimited -- Mt. Vernon, Wash. Professional Auto Stereo -- Waipahu, Hawaii Radio Active Car Stereos -- Jonesboro, Ga. Shockwave Customs -- Frankfort, Ill. Sound of Tri-State -- Claymont, Del. Sound Warehouse -- Salt Lake City, Utah Soundz Good Stereo -- Oxnard, Calif. Ultimate Audio -- Orlando, Fla. ABC Automotive & Electronics -- Elk Grove Village, Ill. Advance Car Audio -- Pascagoula, Miss. Al & Ed's Autosound -- Van Nuys, Calif. Aspen Sound -- Spokane, Wash. Car Toys Inc. -- Seattle, Wash. CKR Mobile Electronics -- Montgomery, Ala. Creative Car Audio -- Joplin, Mo. Custom Sounds -- Austin, Texas Drive In Autosound -- Colorado Springs, Colo. Freeman's Car Stereo Inc. -- Charlotte, N.C. Mach 1 Car Audio & Security -- Little Canada, Minn. Mobile-One Auto Sound -- New Orleans, La. Radio City Inc. -- Auburn, Maine RC Willey -- Salt Lake City, Utah SK Mobile Works -- Portland, Ore. Sounds Great Stereo -- Birmingham, Ala. Tweeter Etc. -- Canton, Mass. Z Tech Audio + -- Terre Haute, Ind. Ziebart -- Indianapolis, Ind. Sponsored By Aaron Cook -- Car Stereo Plus -- Lynnwood, Wash. Aaron Creech -- JR's Custom Auto Service -- Irving, Texas Anthony Aiello -- Benchmark Motoring -- Bellevue, Wash. Billy Gormley -- Audio Creations -- Boca Raton, Fla. Blake Thibodeaux -- Bailey's Audio -- Lake Charles, La. Bobby Carson -- Ray's Electronics -- Addison, Ill. Brad Dufrene -- Prestige Customs & Autosound -- Metairie, La. Brad Eubank -- Stereo One -- Dickson, Tenn. Brady Smith -- The Hi-Fi Shop -- Roy, Utah Brian Fox -- Audio Advantage -- Cincinnati, Ohio Brian Morris -- Auto Sound Security & Accessories -- Willoughby, Ohio Brian Murphy -- Best Buy -- Mesquite, Texas Chad Paredes -- Extreme Audio Systems -- Honolulu, Hawaii Chad Petersen -- Signature Audio -- Scottsdale, Ariz. Charles Dixon -- Audio Logic -- Hollywood, Fla. Charles Maddy -- Systems Unlimited -- Bellevue, Wash. Chris Norris -- CN Sounds LLC -- Fort Wayne, Ind. Chris Pate -- Car Toys -- Tulsa, Okla. Chris Yato -- Elite Creations -- Corona, Calif. Dan Lixey -- Extreme Car Audio -- Grand Rapids, Mich. Danny Britain -- Stereo West Auto Toys -- Omaha, Neb. Darren Sprayberry -- Al & Ed's Autosound -- Ontario, Calif. Dave Ellers -- Sound FX -- Lewes, Del. Dave Evans -- Adrenaline Autosound -- Clayton, N.C. Dave Varga -- Car Concepts -- Salt Lake City, Utah Derek Pace -- Certified Sounds -- Wailuku, Hawaii Devin Oliver -- Audio Advice -- Glendale, Calif. Dustin Santeler -- Lakeside Audio Inc. -- Conroe, Texas Eddie Bodensiek -- Advanced Audio Designs -- Sharon, Mass. Eric Hunn -- Mobile-One Autosound -- Metairie, La. Eric Lepczyk -- 215 Customs -- Philadelphia, Pa. Eric Lero -- Sub Zero Sounds -- Brooklyn Park, Minn. Erich Nitz -- Elite Car Audio Inc. -- Sandy, Ore. Frank Guarneros -- Extreme Car Audio -- Morristown, Tenn. Garrick Allen -- Abt Electronics -- Glenview, Ill. Glenn Story -- Modern Image Car Audio -- Moreno Valley, Calif. Greg Murphy -- VDYN LLC -- Indianapolis, Ind. Guerry Byers -- Audio Outlaws -- Buda, Texas Harold Rivera -- Quality Auto Performance Center -- Colorado Springs, Colo. Homer Tijerina -- Ace's Audio Alarm & Tint -- Palmview, Texas Jake Moore -- Lux Audio Inc. -- Rockwall, Texas James Shields -- North Olmstead Performance -- North Olmstead, Ohio James Stanton -- Sound Sensations -- Marietta, Ga. Jason Grandmaison -- Carisma Audio -- Tampa, Fla. Jason Kranitz -- Kingpin Car Audio/Motoring -- Wilsonville, Ore. Jason Salas -- AMS -- Fitchburg, Wisc. Jay Enge -- Car-Fi -- Springfield, Mo. Jay Oliphant -- Drive Customs -- San Luis Obispo, Calif. Jeff Meece -- California Soundworks -- Lancaster, Calif. Jeff Sherrick -- Traffic Jamz -- Lancaster, Ohio Jeff Smith -- Sound Sensations -- Marietta, Ga. Jeremy Carlson -- Extreme Performance -- Palm City, Fla. Jeremy Katz -- Advanced Audio Designs -- Sharon, Mass. Jerry Batchelor -- Ken's Car Tunes -- Mobile, Ala. Jimmy Davis -- JD Glass Works -- Lubbock, Texas Joe Provenzano -- Audio Innovations -- Glendora, Calif. Joey Knapp -- Pinnacle Autosound -- Live Oak, Fla. John Samp -- Abt Electronics -- Glenview, Ill. Jon Clark -- The Soundsource -- Burlington, N.J. Joseph Burnsworth -- Audio Workx -- Pittsburgh, Pa. Joshua Landau -- JML Audio of St. Louis -- Fenton, Mo. Keith Bass -- Shades Custom Tint -- Hewitt, Texas Kent Izuka -- Security and Sound Systems -- Honolulu, Hawaii Kenyon Lee -- Audio Video Integration -- Newton, Mass. Kevin Dietz -- Audio Excellence -- Kaiser, Mo. Louis Gonzales -- Bay Area Audio Visions -- Corpus Christi, Texas Luke Gray -- Hardcore Car Audio -- Tucson, Ariz. Mark Balzer -- Imagine Audio -- Cherry Hill, N.J. Marlon Ramos -- California Sound -- San Bernardino, Calif. Matt Murray -- Audio Source Inc. -- Columbus, Ind. Micah Williams -- SONUS Car Audio -- Clarksville, Tenn. Michael Ballowe -- JML Audio of St. Louis -- Fenton, Mo. Michael Betts -- Audio Workx -- Pittsburgh, Pa. Michael Jones -- Custom Sound Works Car Audio and Performance -- Lubbock, Texas Mike McDaniel -- Radio Clinic -- Chattanooga, Tenn. Mike Zakaryan -- Lion Motoring -- Boca Raton, Fla. Monsour Baker -- Audio Excellence -- Orlando, Fla. Paul Kauffman -- Sound FX -- Lewes, Del. Pete Riker -- The Specialists -- Tucson, Ariz. Rick Jones -- Creative Audio Werks -- Phoenix, Ariz. Robbie Bruns -- DC's Mobile Electronics -- Evansville, Ind. Robert Bess -- Audio Specialists -- Hopkinsville, Ky. Robert Davidoski -- Mobile One Autosound -- Houston, Texas Rocky Palmer -- California Custom Sounds -- Moraine, Ohio Roger Collins -- Crush's Custom Soundworks -- Effingham, Ill. Ronnie Ezzell -- Tweeter -- Mt. Pleasant, S.C. Sam Singleton -- C.A.R. Audio & Security -- Wake Forest, N.C. Sandy Rhodes -- Rhodes Rides -- Woodinville, Wash. Scott Whitehead -- Benchmark Motoring -- Bellevue, Wash. Sean Young -- Sound Decision -- Montgomery, Ill. Skip Fitch -- Streetnoyz -- San Diego, Calif. Sonny DeVera -- Benchmark Motoring -- Bellevue, Wash. Steve Coogle -- Xtreme Autosound -- Louisville, Ky. Steve Grigorieff -- Cave Audio -- Woodburn, Ore. Steve Pello -- 212 Motoring -- Brooklyn, N.Y. Steve Pendergraft -- Car Audio Innovations -- Roseville, Calif. Steve Yiu -- Definitive Audio -- Phoenix, Ariz. Tim Olsen -- Elite Creations -- Corona, Calif. Tom Miller -- SK MobileWorks -- Portland, Ore. Wesley Cato -- Anything Car Audio -- Kenner, La.
From the Publisher: Announcing the Top 100 Retailers and Installers!
Retailer of the Year Nominations for 2008-2009
Single Store
Small Chain (2-3 locations)
Medium Chain (4+ locations)
Installer of the Year Nominations for 2008-2009
in the forums!
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