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	Name	Number of ratings	Checkbook's top rating ()		Firm's price index score	What percent of customers rated firm "superior" on our survey for "overall quality"
	Name	Number of ratings	for quality	for price	Firm's price index score
1.	Audio Connection 5621-A University Way NE Seattle, WA 206-524-7251	14 ratings	Puget Sound Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 37 local audio equipment stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
2.	Best Buy All locations combined	369 ratings	Puget Sound Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 37 local audio equipment stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
3.	Best Buy 330 NE Northgate Way Seattle, WA 206-306-7663	87 ratings	Puget Sound Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 37 local audio equipment stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
4.	Best Buy 17364 Southcenter Pkwy Tukwila, WA 206-574-4617	76 ratings	Puget Sound Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 37 local audio equipment stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
5.	Best Buy 2214 S 48th St Tacoma, WA 253-476-4871	25 ratings	Puget Sound Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 37 local audio equipment stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
6.	Best Buy 4102 S Meridian #A Puyallup, WA 253-841-7008	17 ratings	Puget Sound Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 37 local audio equipment stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
7.	Best Buy 31601 Pacific Hwy S Federal Way, WA 253-945-0073	10 ratings	Puget Sound Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 37 local audio equipment stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
8.	Best Buy 9551 Ridgetop Blvd NW Silverdale, WA 360-698-1112	31 ratings	Puget Sound Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 37 local audio equipment stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
9.	Best Buy 1130 SE Everett Mall Way #A Everett, WA 425-355-9490		Puget Sound Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 37 local audio equipment stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
10.	Best Buy 457 120th Ave NE Bellevue, WA 425-452-8060	40 ratings	Puget Sound Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 37 local audio equipment stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
11.	Best Buy 19225 Alderwood Mall Pkwy Lynnwood, WA 425-670-2670	46 ratings	Puget Sound Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 37 local audio equipment stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
12.	Bose 600 Pine St #235 Seattle, WA 206-381-1510	18 ratings	Puget Sound Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 37 local audio equipment stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
13.	Car Toys All locations combined	92 ratings	Puget Sound Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 37 local audio equipment stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
14.	Car Toys 12815 Aurora Ave N Seattle, WA 206-364-5534	15 ratings	Puget Sound Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 37 local audio equipment stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
15.	Car Toys 16901 Southcenter Pkwy Tukwila, WA 206-575-2818	17 ratings	Puget Sound Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 37 local audio equipment stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
16.	Car Toys 12020 Meridian Ave S Puyallup, WA 253-435-0830	12 ratings	Puget Sound Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 37 local audio equipment stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
17.	Car Toys 410 SW Everett Mall Way Everett, WA 425-356-2726	15 ratings	Puget Sound Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 37 local audio equipment stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
18.	Car Toys 13804 NE 20th St Bellevue, WA 425-643-2726	11 ratings	Puget Sound Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 37 local audio equipment stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
19.	Car Toys 3910 196th St SW #A Lynnwood, WA 425-778-2726	11 ratings	Puget Sound Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 37 local audio equipment stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
20.	Costco All locations combined	70 ratings	Puget Sound Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 37 local audio equipment stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
21.	Costco 4401 4th Ave S Seattle, WA 206-674-1220		Puget Sound Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 37 local audio equipment stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
22.	Costco 2219 S 37th St Tacoma, WA 253-475-2093	12 ratings	Puget Sound Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 37 local audio equipment stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
23.	Costco 10000 Mickelberry Rd NW Silverdale, WA 360-692-1140		Puget Sound Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 37 local audio equipment stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
24.	Costco 8629 120th Ave NE Kirkland, WA 425-827-1693	13 ratings	Puget Sound Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 37 local audio equipment stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
25.	Definitive Audio 6206 Roosevelt Way NE Seattle, WA 206-524-6633	36 ratings	Puget Sound Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 37 local audio equipment stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
26.	Definitive Audio 14405 NE 20th St Bellevue, WA 425-746-3188	34 ratings	Puget Sound Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 37 local audio equipment stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
27.	Fry's Electronics 800 Garden Ave N Renton, WA 425-525-0200	40 ratings	Puget Sound Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 37 local audio equipment stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
28.	Hawthorne Stereo 6303 Roosevelt Way NE Seattle, WA 206-522-9609	33 ratings	Puget Sound Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 37 local audio equipment stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
29.	Magnolia Audio Video All locations combined	978 ratings	Puget Sound Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 37 local audio equipment stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
30.	Magnolia Audio Video 6308 Roosevelt Way NE Seattle, WA 206-525-1961	318 ratings	Puget Sound Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 37 local audio equipment stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
31.	Magnolia Audio Video 14404 NE 20th St Bellevue, WA 425-747-0850	262 ratings	Puget Sound Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 37 local audio equipment stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
32.	Nuts About Hi-Fi 9960 Silverdale Way #3 Silverdale, WA 360-698-1348	15 ratings	Puget Sound Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 37 local audio equipment stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
33.	Speakerlab 6220 Roosevelt Way NE Seattle, WA 206-523-2269	14 ratings	Puget Sound Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 37 local audio equipment stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
34.	Stereo Warehouse 13728 Aurora Ave N Seattle, WA 206-365-5622	12 ratings	Puget Sound Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 37 local audio equipment stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
35.	Video Only All locations combined	340 ratings	Puget Sound Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 37 local audio equipment stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
36.	Video Only 290 Andover Park E Tukwila, WA 206-444-1650	93 ratings	Puget Sound Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 37 local audio equipment stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
37.	Video Only 1643 S 352nd St Federal Way, WA 253-661-7700	37 ratings	Puget Sound Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 37 local audio equipment stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
38.	Video Only 2218 S 41st St Tacoma, WA 253-671-0737	51 ratings	Puget Sound Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 37 local audio equipment stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
39.	Video Only 14339 NE 20th St Fl 1 Bellevue, WA 425-644-9400	76 ratings	Puget Sound Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 37 local audio equipment stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
40.	Video Only 19220 Alderwood Mall Pkwy Lynnwood, WA 425-776-5900	66 ratings	Puget Sound Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 37 local audio equipment stores. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.

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Sample Subscriber Comments & Reviews for Audio Equipment Stores in the Seattle (Puget Sound) Area

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 SEATTLE, WA wrote about a local stereo store: Internet research on headphones showed that the model I was interested in could be had..........
Subscriber from SEATTLE, WA wrote about a local stereo store: Im always glad I chose Magnolia, over the years. Knowledgeable, low staff turnover, excellent support...........

Subscriber from POULSBO, WA wrote about a local stereo store: a super place.......
Subscriber from BELLEVUE, WA wrote about a local stereo store: They carry some of the best brands and they can be very gracious........

Subscriber from VASHON, WA wrote about a local stereo store: Very knowledgeable and helpful advice on choosing a pair of speakers........

Subscriber from KIRKLAND, WA wrote about a local stereo store: Our salesperson, Dwaine was very helpful and gave us advice on the selection of a..........

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