Audio Equipment--Selecting, Buying, and Repairing in San Francisco , CA

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Sunday, March 21, 2010

Who Rates Best (& Worst) in the San Francisco Bay Area? Now You'll Know.

Audio Equipment--Selecting, Buying, and Repairing in San Francisco, CA

Options to play music have exploded in the Digital Age. We'll summarize the different choices available, give the pros and cons of each, point you toward sources of advice, and tell you how to get a good price.

From Bay Area Consumers' CHECKBOOK Magazine

	Name	Number of ratings	Checkbook's top rating ()		What percent of customers rated firm "superior" on our survey for "overall quality"	Firm's price index score
			for quality	for price
1.	Best Buy 2675 Geary Blvd #300 San Francisco, CA 415-409-4960		How does "Best Buy" rate compared to other audio equipment stores in San Francisco , CA? Subscribe Bay Area Consumers' CHECKBOOK Magazine to find out.
2.	Best Buy 1717 Harrison St San Francisco, CA 415-626-9682	43 ratings	How does "Best Buy" rate compared to other audio equipment stores in San Francisco , CA? Subscribe Bay Area Consumers' CHECKBOOK Magazine to find out.
3.	Harmony Audio Video 333 W Portal Ave San Francisco, CA 415-661-2525	43 ratings	How does "Harmony Audio Video" rate compared to other audio equipment stores in San Francisco , CA? Subscribe Bay Area Consumers' CHECKBOOK Magazine to find out.
4.	House of Music 555 9th St #B-3 San Francisco, CA 415-255-0888	16 ratings	How does "House of Music" rate compared to other audio equipment stores in San Francisco , CA? Subscribe Bay Area Consumers' CHECKBOOK Magazine to find out.
5.	Performance Audio 2847 California St San Francisco, CA 415-441-6220	17 ratings	How does "Performance Audio" rate compared to other audio equipment stores in San Francisco , CA? Subscribe Bay Area Consumers' CHECKBOOK Magazine to find out.
6.	San Francisco Stereo & Theater Systems 2201 Market St San Francisco, CA 415-861-1044	20 ratings	How does "San Francisco Stereo & Theater Systems" rate compared to other audio equipment stores in San Francisco , CA? Subscribe Bay Area Consumers' CHECKBOOK Magazine to find out.
7.	Video Only 1199 Van Ness Ave San Francisco, CA 415-563-5200	33 ratings	How does "Video Only" rate compared to other audio equipment stores in San Francisco , CA? Subscribe Bay Area Consumers' CHECKBOOK Magazine to find out.


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Sample Subscriber Comments/Reviews About Audio Equipment Stores

CHECKBOOK provides subscriber comments on their experiences with the firms they use. Please remember that individual subscriber comments are informal. Subscriber comments may give you insight into the types of features and problems that exist in a service field, but are not the best basis for selecting or rejecting a specific firm. To assess the quality of a firm's performance, we recommend that you give more weight to the percentages of favorable ratings. Those percentages are generally based on much larger numbers of consumers' ratings (the number of consumer ratings is noted above).

As You Can See Below, Some Audio Equipment Stores Get High Praise from Their Customers. Some Others Don't. So Choose Carefully.
Here Are a Few Samples of the Thousands of Comments CHECKBOOK Has Collected on Hundreds of Different Audio Equipment Stores.

Subscriber from BERKELEY, CA wrote Another Store: This store is a godsend........
Subscriber from OAKLAND, CA wrote Another Store: Music Lovers is one of the finest high-end stereo stores remaining in the business. They..........
Subscriber from SAN FRANCISCO, CA wrote Another Store: Extremely overpriced. Owner "too busy" to help when I visited the store and asked me..........
Subscriber from BERKELEY, CA wrote Another Store: The soundwell sells quality used stereo equipment.......
Subscriber from LOS ALTOS, CA wrote Another Store: Price side they are expense, but there service is the gold standard.......
Subscriber from SAN FRANCISCO, CA wrote Another Store: Great for quick purchases of CD, DVDs or small equipment. not a good place for..........
Subscriber from SAN JOSE, CA wrote Another Store: If you're into high end audio and video, this is THE place........
Subscriber from BERKELEY, CA wrote Another Store: For high end audio, you can't beat this store. Very helpful. No pressure environment........
Subscriber from FREMONT, CA wrote Another Store: If you want to shop for or purchase a Sony Product, this is the best..........
Subscriber from BERKELEY, CA wrote Another Store: Had a problem with the store setting up a demonstration of a particular system. I..........
Subscriber from MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA wrote Another Store: When items are on sale at Fry's their pricing is very good. The staff is..........
Subscriber from SAN FRANCISCO, CA wrote Another Store: Great choice, great prices. Professional staff........
Subscriber from SAN FRANCISCO, CA wrote Another Store: had difficult time returning an MP3 player that was clearly defective.......
Subscriber from POINT RICHMOND, CA wrote Another Store: Though on-floor service personnel were hit and miss as far as product and technology knowledge,..........
Subscriber from BERKELEY, CA wrote Another Store: Okay for a chain electronic store.......
Subscriber from SUNNYVALE, CA wrote Another Store: TV was back ordered, missed delivery date, was not called when promised, could not get..........
Subscriber from FREMONT, CA wrote Another Store: Getting accurate product information from sales associates is a gamble. Tend to push products with..........
Subscriber from BERKELEY, CA wrote Another Store: I was looking for a small system (small footprint) to use a a tuner and..........

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