The second week of retailer and installer voting is done, and Matt Copper and Jamie Schuh make significant jumps to land at 4 and 5, respectively. On the retail side, Musicar Northwest, Portland, Ore., is being challenged by fellow stater Stereo King at No. 2, while Perfectionist rises 16 spots to take over at No. 4. The following lists round out the top 25 vote-getters in each category.
The top 12 vote-getters in the installation category will advance to the next level to compete for Installer of the Year. Top scorers on the retail side will be split into single-store and chain categories to compete for Retailer of the Year.
In addition, voting for the vendor awards and specialty retailer awards is now open. Industry professionals can now vote on a separate link for Rookie of the Year, retail performance awards, top vendor awards and sales awards. Industry professionals who already voted can vote again for these additional awards.Vote here or go to meindustryawards.com, click on ‘Voting’ and select ‘Industry Professionals – Vote for Vendors, Sales & Specialty Awards.’
All voting ends June 17.
Top 25 Vote-Getters - Retailers
(Listed most to least. Consumer votes are not included.)
Rank | Store / Chain | Last Week's Rank |
1 | Musicar Northwest - Portland, OR | 1 |
2 | Stereo King - Portland, OR | 9 |
3 | Kingpin Car & Marine Audio - Wilsonville, OR | 7 |
4 | Perfectionist Auto Sound & Security - Anchorage, AK | 20 |
5 | Audio Solutions StL - St. Louis, MO | 2 |
6 | Handcrafted Car Audio - Chandler, AZ | 14 |
7 | Sound FX, Inc. - Lewes, DE | 4 |
8 | Al & Ed's Autosound - Pacoima, CA | 5 |
9 | Cartronix Inc - Valparaiso, IN | 6 |
10 | Cartunes Inc. - Atlanta, GA | 12 |
11 | Mobile Toys INC - College Station, TX | 8 |
12 | Soundsgood Auto Service - Coquitlam, BC | 16 |
13 | Audio Designs & Custom Graphics - Jacksonville, FL | 17 |
14 | GNC Customs - Goshen, IN | 3 |
15 | Extreme Audio - Mechanicsville, VA | Out of Top 25 |
16 | Tint World, LLC. - Boca Raton, FL | 13 |
17 | Sounds Good Stereo - Miami, FL | 24 |
18 | Bay Area Audio Visions - Corpus Christi, TX | 19 |
19 | Dr Dashboard - Evansville, IN | 10 |
20 | Audio Works - Newark , DE | 25 |
21 | Car Concepts - Salt Lake City, UT | Out of Top 25 |
22 | Driven Audio - Abbotsford, BC | 18 |
23 | Audio Innovations of Fresno - Fresno, CA | 11 |
24 | Westminster Speed and Sound - Westminster, MD | 23 |
25 | NVS AUDIO - Linden, NJ | 15 |
Top 25 Vote-Getters - Installers
(Listed most to least. Consumer votes are not included.)
Rank | Installer | Last Week's Rank |
1 | Matt Schaeffer - Safe & Sound Mobile Electronics - Manassas, VA | 3 |
2 | Kyle Golden - Sundown One - Springfield, IL | 2 |
3 | JT Torres - Al & Ed's Autosound HB - Huntington Beach, CA | 4 |
4 | Matt Cropper - Stereo King - Portland, OR | 15 |
5 | Jamie Schuh - Spokane Audio Video Experts - Spokane Valley, WA | 13 |
6 | Jason Kranitz - Kingpin Car & Marine Audio - Wilsonville , OR | 6 |
7 | John Schumacher - Audio Solutions StL - St. Louis, MO | 1 |
8 | Brent Leavitt - Sound Depot/Low Notes Garage - Boise, ID | 12 |
9 | Rich Clapp - Musicar Northwest - Portland, OR | 16 |
10 | Tim Baillie - Soundsgood - Coquitlam, BC | 10 |
11 | Charles Brazil - Audio designs - Jacksonville , FL | 11 |
12 | Chris Ott - Soundwaves of Tampa - Tampa, FL | 9 |
13 | Steve Ledford - Area 41 Customs - Kennesaw, GA | 7 |
14 | Bryan Piper - Bay Area Audio Visions - Corpus Christi, TX | 5 |
15 | Kevin Kessler - Extreme Audio - Mechanicsville, VA | 22 |
16 | Carlos Ramirez - NVS AUDIO - Linden, NJ | 8 |
17 | Brian Mitchell - Liquid Trends Modesto - Modesto , CA | 17 |
18 | Nicholas Frazier - iNNovative Concepts - Springfield, MA | 19 |
19 | Michael Betts - Audio Workx - Pittsburgh, PA | 14 |
20 | Chris Pate - Mobile Toys INC - College Station , TX | 21 |
21 | Joshua Landau - JML Audio of St. Louis - Fenton, MO | 18 |
22 | Jeff Harper - AspenSound - Spokane, WA | Out of Top 25 |
23 | Matt Porter - Mobile West PDX - Portland , OR | 23 |
24 | Sage Weir - Sounds Good Stereo - Miami, FL | Out of Top 25 |
25 | John Cage - Spokane Audio Video Experts - Spokane Valley, WA | Out of Top 25 |