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Who Rates Best (& Worst) in the Twin Cities Area? Now You'll Know.

Audio Equipment--Selecting, Buying, and Repairing

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.

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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. Audio Perfection
7401 Lyndale Ave S
Minneapolis, MN
612-866-0083
Twin Cities Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 23 local audio equipment stores.
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2. Best Buy
All locations combined

911 ratings Twin Cities Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 23 local audio equipment stores.
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3. Best Buy
1000 W 78th St
Richfield, MN
612-861-3917
122 ratings Twin Cities Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 23 local audio equipment stores.
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4. Best Buy
1350 50th St E
Inver Grove Heights, MN
651-457-5817
59 ratings Twin Cities Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 23 local audio equipment stores.
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5. Best Buy
1647 County Rd B2 W
Roseville, MN
651-636-6456
116 ratings Twin Cities Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 23 local audio equipment stores.
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6. Best Buy
1885 County Rd D E
Maplewood, MN
651-704-1901
64 ratings Twin Cities Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 23 local audio equipment stores.
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7. Best Buy
8301 3rd St N
Oakdale, MN
651-739-1899
77 ratings Twin Cities Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 23 local audio equipment stores.
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8. Best Buy
12905 Elm Creek Blvd N
Maple Grove, MN
763-416-6300
58 ratings Twin Cities Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 23 local audio equipment stores.
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9. Best Buy
12633 Riverdale Blvd NW
Coon Rapids, MN
763-422-0032
11 ratings Twin Cities Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 23 local audio equipment stores.
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10. Best Buy
5925 Earle Brown Dr
Brooklyn Center, MN
763-566-1830
34 ratings Twin Cities Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 23 local audio equipment stores.
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11. Best Buy
300 Northtown Dr NE
Blaine, MN
763-780-8668
62 ratings Twin Cities Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 23 local audio equipment stores.
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12. Best Buy
8100 Old Carriage Ct
Shakopee, MN
952-233-0387
Twin Cities Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 23 local audio equipment stores.
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13. Best Buy
15300 Cedar Ave S
Apple Valley, MN
952-431-2466
73 ratings Twin Cities Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 23 local audio equipment stores.
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14. Best Buy
13513 Ridgedale Dr
Minnetonka, MN
952-544-0377
95 ratings Twin Cities Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 23 local audio equipment stores.
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15. Best Buy
12600 W Frontage Rd Hwy 35-W
Burnsville, MN
952-894-8130
47 ratings Twin Cities Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 23 local audio equipment stores.
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16. Best Buy
3200 Southdale Cir
Edina, MN
952-925-4425
34 ratings Twin Cities Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 23 local audio equipment stores.
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17. Best Buy
11600 Leona Rd
Eden Prairie, MN
952-941-5149
Twin Cities Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 23 local audio equipment stores.
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18. Bose
6415 Labeaux Ave NE #A210
Albertville, MN
763-497-6990
Twin Cities Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 23 local audio equipment stores.
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19. Bose
60 E Broadway #S-140
Bloomington, MN
952-854-6978
17 ratings Twin Cities Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 23 local audio equipment stores.
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20. Halsten Entertainment
7650 Wayzata Blvd
Minneapolis, MN
763-545-9900
Twin Cities Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 23 local audio equipment stores.
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21. Hi-Fi Sound Electronics
1226 Harmon Pl
Minneapolis, MN
612-339-6351
22 ratings Twin Cities Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 23 local audio equipment stores.
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22. Needle Doctor
419 14th Ave SE
Minneapolis, MN
612-378-0543
Twin Cities Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 23 local audio equipment stores.
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23. Robert Paul TV
1789 Lexington Ave N
St Paul, MN
651-489-8025
Twin Cities Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 23 local audio equipment stores.
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24. Stereoland
2325 Hennepin Ave S
Minneapolis, MN
612-377-1772
26 ratings Twin Cities Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 23 local audio equipment stores.
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25. Stereoland
8743 Columbine Rd
Eden Prairie, MN
952-829-9700
Twin Cities Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 23 local audio equipment stores.
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26. Ultimate Electronics
All locations combined

502 ratings Twin Cities Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 23 local audio equipment stores.
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27. Ultimate Electronics
1723 County Rd B2 W
Roseville, MN
651-636-3686
107 ratings Twin Cities Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 23 local audio equipment stores.
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28. Ultimate Electronics
8401 Tamarack Rd
Woodbury, MN
651-730-4378
80 ratings Twin Cities Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 23 local audio equipment stores.
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29. Ultimate Electronics
12201 Elm Creek Blvd
Maple Grove, MN
763-420-5983
Twin Cities Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 23 local audio equipment stores.
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30. Ultimate Electronics
14232 Burnhaven Dr
Burnsville, MN
952-435-8933
80 ratings Twin Cities Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 23 local audio equipment stores.
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31. Ultimate Electronics
12350 Wayzata Blvd
Minnetonka, MN
952-546-4040
74 ratings Twin Cities Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 23 local audio equipment stores.
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32. Ultimate Electronics
7435 France Ave S
Edina, MN
952-830-0010
105 ratings Twin Cities Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 23 local audio equipment stores.
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Twin Cities audio equipment stores by neighborhood
MN
Audio Equipment Stores in Albertville, MN Audio Equipment Stores in Apple Valley, MN Audio Equipment Stores in Blaine, MN
Audio Equipment Stores in Bloomington, MN Audio Equipment Stores in Brooklyn Center, MN Audio Equipment Stores in Burnsville, MN
Audio Equipment Stores in Coon Rapids, MN Audio Equipment Stores in Eden Prairie, MN Audio Equipment Stores in Edina, MN
Audio Equipment Stores in Inver Grove Heights, MN Audio Equipment Stores in Maple Grove, MN Audio Equipment Stores in Maplewood, MN
Audio Equipment Stores in Minneapolis, MN Audio Equipment Stores in Minnetonka, MN Audio Equipment Stores in Oakdale, MN
Audio Equipment Stores in Richfield, MN Audio Equipment Stores in Roseville, MN Audio Equipment Stores in Shakopee, MN
Audio Equipment Stores in St Paul, MN Audio Equipment Stores in Woodbury, MN

Subscriber Comments/Reviews
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).


Subscriber from VADNAIS HTS, MN wrote about HI-FI SOUND ELECTRONICS, Minneapolis, MN on 09/26/07
High end electronics only........
Subscriber from HOPKINS, MN wrote about BEST BUY, Minneapolis, MN on 09/26/07
Not the least expensive - probably the most expensive. Sales persons not the best trained........
Subscriber from WOODBURY, MN wrote about BEST BUY, Woodbury, MN on 09/26/07
As with all Best Buy stores ... selection is of high quality but the service..........
Subscriber from EDINA, MN wrote about STEREOLAND, Minneapolis, MN on 09/19/07
I worked personally with the owner, Bill Soderholm, who was always courteous and knowledgeable. I..........
Subscriber from ROSEVILLE, MN wrote about ULTIMATE ELECTRONICS, Roseville, MN on 10/20/06
Our salesperson was very helpful and friendly. All staff were quick to offer us a..........
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