I have not heard anything from Dave, who bought the boat. I would suspect the speakers/amps are tired and have had a major workout over the years. Just time to replace with something that has some more energy. That system was not AVERAGE in the least but like I said it was probably tired. I can't speak for WFS response to him. He did like the system when he test drove the boat. Oh well.....
As far as The Audio Shoppe...It was an emergency situation and I needed help and WFS took care of it for me. That is when we found that there was no fuses and it was directly wired to the battery. I went thru some rough water at Havasu and all my amps tore out and fell down. The damn live wire was just flopping around in the hull and could have burned my boat up. WFS never talked any shit or anything like that but showed me the problem and secured everything so as not to have it happen again. I was happy but pissed that it wasn't done right the first time. Can you imagine if I would have had a fire/explosion with kids on board? Major issue right there. Anyhow, I wasn't going to bring this up again but it is what it is.
Well Tom, I guess I'm just different. If I spent a lot money on a stereo system and I had a problem like you did. The first place I'd call would be the shop who originally did the work in the first place. I'd at least give them a shot at making it right with me. I know if one of my customers are unhappy with a job we did I always encourage them to call and let me know. I'll take care of the problem and do almost anything within reason to make them happy. I can't speak for Alan but I think I know him well enough that he thinks along the same lines as I do when it comes to a customer situation like that.
Modern Image in Moreno Valley, CA 24571 Sunnymead Blvd (951) 601-1733
they do great work and stand behind all there products
ask for (dave or glen)
Like getting you a warranty on Alpine amps with a "little" water damage. Good meeting you at Modern Image the other day. Nice looking boat also. Modern Image does some good work also.
Allen still doing the installs over there? last I heard he took a step back, and hired people to do the work for him......his quality definitely went down after that
Allen has a quite the quality staff over there. His shop has definitely not taken a step back. They have been on Steet Tuner Challenge several times. Ask who Steve Saleen sends his cars to? Also Chip Foose has had several cars sent to him. They did an install for a guy that competed in the Iasca finals and took first in his class.
Oh, the Foose and Saleen cars are not sponsored cars. They are Foose's personal cars or cars sold straight from Saleen's showroom.
Allen at WFS does good work also. Its a matter of opinion and like an anus we all have one. I say go to these shops and see for yourself. Please do not blindly go to any of these shops without doing the research for yourself.
"And all the promo/sponsor vehicles.....you and I both know how they work.....the job gets awarded to the lowes bidder with a decent reputation so dropping those names dont account for much"
...wrong, we were in the ME Top 50 for 2005, and we had to fight each company on the tickets because we DO NOT cater to the freebie types.
I'm sorry you had issues with your boat, no process is 100%. Our customers tend to be lower key than most, so you wouldn't know how bad ass their systems were unless you had been in their boats.
"
...wrong, we were in the ME Top 50 for 2005,
REALLY?????
From ME-mag's site
Mobile Electronics Magazine’s Finalists for Retailers / Installer of the Year Announced
Sunday, November 28, 2004 -- After compiling votes submitted from members of the mobile electronics industry nationwide, the lists of the Top 100 Installers and the Top 50 Retailers were narrowed down to the Top 12 and Top 15, respectively.
“We really want to congratulate the finalists, the nominees in the Top 50 and the Top 100, and all of the people in the industry who voted,” said Solomon Daniels, editor. “It really shows that despite our different functions, we are all part of one community and we can come together to honor our best.”
The Top 12 Installers – 2004-2005
Steve Chambers [Car Toys]
Luke Gray [The Specialists]
Kent Izuka [Security & Sound Systems]
Micky Kennett [Creative Car Audio]
Dave Kittmer [Tweeter]
Jason Kranitz [Car Toys]
Dan Lixey [Classic Stereo and Video]
Brian Mobley [Sound Decision]
Cabe Sipes
[B]Darren Sprayberry [Al & Ed's Autosound]
Chris Yato [Competition Soundworks]
Sean Young [Sound Decision]
Alternates (in order):
Eddy Crook [Sound Advice]
Frank Buchanan [Sounds Good]
Mark Rainey [Audio Express]
The Top 15 Retailers - 2004-2005
Single Store
Abt Electronics [Chicago]
Creative Car Audio [Springfield]
Metro Audio Dynamics [Omaha]
Osprey Wireless [Norwood]
Sound Advice [Aurora]
Sounds Good [Woodland Hills]
Small Chain
Columbus Car Audio [Columbus]
Competition Soundworks [Artesia]
Drive-In Autosound [Colorado Springs]
Sound of Tri-State [Claymont]
Stereo West [Omaha]
Medium / Large Chain
Al & Ed's [Van Nuys]
Audio Express [Scottsdale]
Custom Sounds [Austin]
Tweeter [Canton]
Here is the list from 2002again from ME's site.
Top 12 Finalists Announced
Monday, October 28, 2002 --
Congratulations
to the Top 12!
Victor Acevedo
The Specialists - Tucson,AZ
Ken Bell
Car Audio Craftsman - Walnut, CA
Bob Burns
Advanced Autosound - Flint, MI
Chris Church
Car Toys - Beaverton, OR
David Gann
Audio Express - Searcy, AR
Luke Gray
The Specialists - Tucson, AZ
Nathan Hall
Tweeter - Vista, CA
Jeff Johnson
Traffic Jams - Kennewick, WA
Jason Kranitz
Car Toys - Tigard, OR
Dan Lixey
Classic Stereo and Video - Grand Rapids, MI
Mike Mukai
Auto Sound Innovations - San Gabriel, CA
Mike Vu
Al & Ed's Auto Sound - City of Commerce, CA
2003 (also from ME's site)
Top 50 and Top 100 Update: The Last-Minute Shuffle
Friday, October 31, 2003 -- On this last day of voting, Craig Davis enters the Top 15 in the Installer race, while CKR breaks into the Top 15 on the Retailer side. Voting ends today at 5:00p.m. PST.
The top 12 vote-getters in the Installer category will comprise the finalists for Installer of the Year. For Retailer of the Year, the final 12 will be comprised as follows:
- The top 5 single store vote-getters
- The top 4 small chain (2-5 stores) vote- getters
- The top 3 large chain (6 or more stores) vote-getters
Here are the top 15 vote-getters, based on percentage of votes, in each category:
Top 100 Installers – 15 Highest Vote Getters So Far (with percentage of votes)
1. Steve Chambers - Car Toys - 17.0%
2. Darren Sprayberry - Al & Ed’s Autosound – 7.93%
3. Jerry Ziegler - Ovation Audio Video – 7.84%
4. Luke Gray - The Specialists – 4.91%
5. Don Zaney - Duke’s Car Stereo – 4.21%
6. Dan Lixey - Classic Stereo & Video – 3.31%
7. Mark Raney - Audio Express - 3.21%
8. David Gann - Audio Express – 2.67%
9. Jay Enge - Car Fi / Stereo One – 2.44%
10. Andres Vega -310 Motoring – 2.28%
11. Russ Duda - Sounds Good Stereo 1.96%
12. Frank Buchanan - Sounds Good Stereo – 1.93%
13. Craig Davis - Grand Prairie Audio– 1.61%
14. Michael Chang - Xtreme Audio & Security – 1.51%
15. Pete Riker - The Specialists - 1.48%
Top 50 Retailers – 15 Highest Vote-Getters So Far
1. Cartoys - Tulsa, Okla. – 29.56%
2. Al & Ed’s Autosound - Commerce, Calif. – 13.23%
3. Duke’s Car Stereo - Flint, Mich. – 6.35%
4. Classic Stereo & Video - Grand Rapids, Mich. – 4.28%
5. The Specialists - Tucson, Ariz. – 4.08%
6. Car-Fi / Stereo One - Springfield, Mo. – 3.49%
7. Sounds Good Stereo - Woodland Hills, Calif. – 3.44%
8. Osprey Wireless - Norwood, Mass. – 3.39%
9. Custom Sounds - Austin, Texas – 2.26%
10. Pirate Radio - Vernon, Conn. – 2.16%
11. Ultimate Audio - Orlando, Fla. – 1.67%
12. CKR - Montgomery, Ala.. – 1.57%
13. Car Audio Depot - Modesto, Calif. – 1.52%
14. Kustom Kar Audio - Santa Rosa, Calif. – 1.48%
15. Audio Express - Scottsale, Ariz. – 1.43%
And here is the preliminary list for this year. Remember the list is based off people within the industry voting for the shop or installer, so this could drastically change byt he time it is finalized.
Top 50 Retailers / Top 100 Installers Announced
Thursday, September 14, 2006 -- The reps have responded, the votes have been counted, and the nominations have been made! Here are Mobile Electronics magazine’s Top 50 Retailers and Top 100 Installers for 2006 / 07!
The names on this page were selected by the mobile electronics industry’s manufacturer representatives and direct salespeople. Voting for the Top 12 Installers and Top 12 Retailers begins in November.
PLEASE NOTE: To report a misspelled name, please send an email to Awards@me-mag.com
Top 50 Retailers (in alphabetical order)
ACC Inc., Muscatine, IA
ABT Electronics, Glenview, IL
Action Electronics, Newington, CT
Audio Specialists, Madisonville, KY
Auto Image & Security, Raritan, NJ
Auto Marketing Services - AMS, Madison, WI
Auto Sound & Security, Willoughby, OH
Automotive Entertainment SM, Santa Monica, CA
Autosound of Lexington, Lexington, KY
AutoStyle Inc., Peoria, IL
Beach Auto Sound, Huntington Beach, CA
Benchmark Motoring, Bellevue, WA
Bunkley's Sound Systems, Abilene, TX
Car Concepts, Salt Lake City, UT
Car Stereo One, Toledo, OH
Cartunes, Allen Park, MI
Chronic Car Audio, Mesa, AZ
CKR, Prattville, AL
Creative Car Audio, Joplin, MO
Custom Audio & Alarms, Inc., Mount Prospect, IL
Discount Auto Sound, Chesapeake, VA
Imagine Audio, Cherry Hill, NJ
JML Audio, Chesterfield, MO
Ken's Cartunes, Mobile, AL
Kustom Kar Audio, Santa Rosa. CA
Mobile Car Audio, Aiea, HI
New Age Audio, Fullerton, CA
Pantell's Music Box, Antioch, CA
Precision Mobile Audio, Half Moon, NY
Professional Auto Stereo, Waipahu, HI
Radio Activity, Carterville, IL
Ray's Electronics, Addison, IL
Robert's Auto Stereo, Louisville, KY
Sound FX, Lewes, DE
Sound of Tri-State, Claymont, DE
Sound Sensations, Marietta, GA
Sound Solutions, Kingston, PA
Sound Waves, Parsippany, NJ
SoundCraft, Waterford, CT
Sounds Unlimited, Glendale, CA
Stereo King, Portland, OR
Stereo West, Omaha, NE
Suncoast Sound, Monroe, LA
Super Autobacs, Stanton, CA
Traffic Jams, Buford, GA
Tsunami Electronics, Wailuku, HI
Ultimate Audio, Orlando, FL
Vision Audio, Lubbock, TX
Warehouse Car Stereo, Stockton, CA
Xtreme Auto Sound, Louisville, KY
***********************************
Top 100 Installers (in alphabetical order by first name)
Aaron Markwell, Ovation Audio Video, Indianapolis, IN
Adam Stein, JML Audio, Chesterfield, MO
Anthony Bonanno, Independence Audio/Video, Independence, MO
Arden Toguchi, A&J Mobile Audio, Hilo, HI
Barry Colley, Bluegrass Car, Bowling Green, KY
Bob Brien, Cartunes, Hudson, NH
Bobby Butler, Ray's Electronics, Addison, IL
Brett Shank, Sound Solutions, Gulfport, MS
Brian Kosakowski, Attention to Detail, Middletown, CT
Brian Mobley, Sound Decision, Montgomery, IL
Brian Morris, Auto Sound & Security, Willoughby, OH
Cabe Sipes, C&C Customs, Lafayette, IN
Carlos Hickman, Los Labs, Fort Wayne, IN
Chad Gaynor, Sound Waves, Parsippany, NJ
Chad Paredes, Extreme Audio Systems Hawaii, Honolulu, HI
Chris Crompton, Traffic Jamz, Hooksett, NH
Chris Lavey, CKR Mobile Electronics, Prattville, AL
Chris Lynam, Perzan Auto Radio, Upper Darby, PA
Chris Merrill, Kustom Kar Audio, Santa Rosa, CA
Chris Phelps, Sound on Wheel, Rock Hill, SC
Chris Shakepeare, Traffic Jams, Burford, GA
Chris Yato, Competition Soundworks, Artesia, CA
Cliff Leeper, Syndicate Automotive Concepts, San Diego, CA
Dale Puskarz, Cartunes, Allen Park, MI
Dan Allard, Pirate Radio, Vernon, CT
Dan Bowen, Becker Audio, Hatboro, PA
Danny Alvarez, All Star Sound, Long Beach, CA
Dave Varga, Car Concepts, Salt Lake City, UT
David Hary, DesignTech LLC., Union, NJ
Dean Ricker, South County Mobile Electronics, San Clemente, CA
Derek Kenney, Sound in Motion, Allston, MA
Derek Pace, Certified Sounds, Wailuku, HI
Devin Oliver, Audio Advice, La Crescenta, CA
Douglas Gibson, Ultimate Audio, Orlando, FL
Earl Shimabukuro, Island Sound, Honolulu, HI
Efran Daguio, Special T Tint, Honolulu, HI
Eric Reyna, Audio Images, Burlingame, CA
Ernesto Onate, Sound Innovations, Hayward, CA
Frank Rodriquez, Exotic Audio Boutique, Brooklyn, NY
Garrett Beach, JML Audio, Chesterfield, MO
Greg Caulkins, Car Toys, Salem, OR
Guerry Byers, Audio Outlaws, Buda, TX
Ivan Pantoja, Ultimate Audio, Orlando, FL
James Ngim Jr., Sound Innovations, Hayward, CA
Jason Paceco, Drive in Auto Sound, Pueblo, CO
Jason Salas, Auto Marketing Services-AMS, Madison, WI
Jeremy Katz, Advanced Audio Designs, Sharon, MA
Jeremy Langley, Autosound of Lexington, Lexington, KY
Jeremy Taylor, Audiofonix, Laguna Hills, CA
Jerry Batchelor, Ken's Car-Tunes, Mobile, AL
Joe Dodd, 2 Guys Audio Video, Gresham, OR
Joe Provenzano, Audio Innovations, Glendora, CA
Joey Knapp, Audiowaves, Lake City, FL
John Arnold, Discount Audio, Louisville, KY
John Lee, ABC Automotive Electronics, Berwyn, IL
John Samp, ABT Electronics, Glennview, IL
Jon Becker, Becker Audio, Hatboro, PA
Jon Clark, The Soundsource, Butlington, NJ
Josh Brunelle, SoundCraft, Waterford, CT
Joshua Landau, JML Audio, Chesterfield, MO
Keith Braun, Car Audio Depot, Modesto, CA
Keith Gantt, Sound Sensations, Marietta, GA
Kent Izuka, Security & Sound Systems, Honolulu, HI
Lee Teeples, JR Custom, Irving, TX
Luke Gray, Hard Core Car Audio, Tucson, AZ
Mark Pantell, Pantell's Music Box, Antioch, CA
Matt Figlioa, Automotive Intellect, Tuckahoe, NY
Matt Murray, Audio Source, Columbus, IN
Micah Williams, Audio Specialists, Madisonville, KY
Mike Smiley, Motor Trendz, Nashville, TN
Mylo Kim, New Age Audio, Fullerton, CA
Nelson Rivera, Ultimate Audio, Orlando, FL
Owen Smith, Audio Jam, Bear, DE
Ralph Ramirez, All Star Sound, Long Beach, CA
Randy Smith, Soundworks Mobile Audio, Virginia Beach, VA
Ray Johnson, Wired Audio, Weston, WI
Rich Meyer, Mother's Window Tint, San Antonio, TX
Richard Warner, Norton's Car Stereo, Charleston, SC
Rob Bess, Audio Specialists, Hopkinsville, KY
Ron Dantin, RD Audio, Marrero, LA
Rusty Durbin, Car Audio Outlaws, Modesto, CA
Ryan Martin, Car Toys, Salem, OR
Scott Babson, Kustom Kar Audio, Santa Rosa, CA
Scott Comiskey, Hi Fi Buys, Nashville, TN
Scott Jack, Radio Activity, Carterville, IL
Scott Rettig, Sound of Tri-State, Claymont, DE
Sean Young, Sound Decision, Montgomery, IL
Stephen Stasiulewicz, Wheel Concepts 3, Elizabeth, NJ
Steve Coogle, Xtreme Autosound, Louisville, KY
Steve Creamer, Becker Audio, Hatboro, PA
Steve Medeiros, Sound FX, West Warwick, RI
Tai Tram, Super Autobacs, Stanton, CA
Tim Willis, Auto Werx, Brookhaven, PA
Todd Fisher, ABT Electronics, Glenview, IL
Tom Hruben, Music in Motion, Crestwood, IL
Tommy Vallier, TNT Car Stereo, Mobile, AL
Tony Lucia, Mobile Concept, Glenview, IL
Tony Taylor, Warehouse Car Stereo, Stockton, CA
Travis Swore, Ideal Audio, Pocatello, ID
Victor Jerome, Sound Solutions, Gulfport, MS
Maybe I am looking at a different list
me-mag.com
Oh...and sorry for bringing FACTS into a thread on ***boat
...good grief. Our top 50 listing is in the November 2005 issue of Me-Mag, fourth one down (it's alphabetical)... nuff said.
...good grief. Our top 50 listing is in the November 2005 issue of Me-Mag, fourth one down (it's alphabetical)... nuff said.
So they list different lists in their mag and on their websiteThese were all pulled directly from their website. So I guess not "nuff said"
Its funny how you come in here and seem to spout "facts" off and NEVER back them up. Like was stated before, I really have no issue with Alan or the shoppe. But I find it humerous to watch people not able to back their talk....like you seem to be doing right now.
Asked to see pics of boats "dominating the lake" and so far nothing. You said you were one of the "top 50" yet the final list is the "top 15" and surprise surprise....look who is there.......and MORE than once might I add
This thread was started to see who is "the best" In the IE.......Back your claims
... the listings (abbreviated articles) for 2005 on Me-mag.com are for the top 25, NOT the Top 50 like I said. Scosche sponsored it, they can confirm it as well.
Posting pictures on this site takes longer than punching up our website (which it seems you still havn't seen yet). Posters with actual interest will look at the site, and or call us. Have a good day guys.
... the listings (abbreviated articles) for 2005 on Me-mag.com are for the top 25, NOT the Top 50 like I said. Scosche sponsored it, they can confirm it as well.
Posting pictures on this site takes longer than punching up our website (which it seems you still havn't seen yet). Posters with actual interest will look at the site, and or call us. Have a good day guys.
I have seen your site.
Posting pics would be rather simple. Right click the properties, save the URL then come over here and click the little mountain looking box in the top. right click past the URL in the pop up screen and walla....picture will be posted. should take less then a minute or 2.
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