What brands would you carry??

If you were opening car audio shop what top 7 brands would you carry?

Arc,Diamond,Mcintosh,Boston,Zapco,Mb Q, JL...my top 7 brands

Arc,Diamond,Image D,Boston,Zapco,Mb Q, JL...my top 7 brands

One question I got is how do I get in touch with these major companies to find out about carrying their products and becoming an authorized dealer?Panasonic CQ-DX701 MXE Head Unit

MB Quart QM218.16Q

3 JL Audio 12W6

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it's not that easy. As you've probably found out by now. I have a friend in Miami who owns 3 audio stores and he has a hard time getting some brands just because other stores already have certain lines and will threaten to pull product off the shelves if they let anybody else in the area carry the same lines. so,it depends on your area & who else is already selling  what in that area.I am a former IASCA competitor.I competed from 90'-94'in FLA. I once took 4th place honors at the Spring Break Nationals in 94'w/my Purple 87'Hyundai Excel. It was one of the top cars 51-100 am.

pay attention to Jeff (Velocity...) you dont want to carry the top 7 most expensive brands because A) not everyone has heard of the elitist type brands and usually people arent comfortable laying down a couple thousand dollars for an amp that they have never heard of before...and B) alot of people plain and simply dont have the money to be buying all of these brands... it would be a hard call really, but I would have to say Alpine, MTX, Pioneer, Audio Control, a/d/s/, JL, and Diamond... for contact info on becoming a dealer of most brands, the best place to go is their website and contact them that way...

It's nice to suggest some of these brands, but you can not carry all these brands at the same store. That's why when you try to become a dealer they ask you what brands you already carry. Oh, yea you forgot about Pioneer/ Premier, Kenwood, Alpine, Sony, Kicker, RF, you know the stuff people can afford. Also the name association thing means alot in this business! Good luck with your store. Also I have never seen a new store carry any of these brands out the gate.

Wantofok wrote: Arc,Diamond,Image D,Boston,Zapco,Mb Q, JL...my top 7 brands

Store i bought my system from has a few higher ends in it: Eclipse, Diamond, Focal, MB Quart, plus some others: Panasonic, Ultimate. I believe Eclipse and Diamond have a rule of no other stores that carry their stuff within so many miles of each other. I liked them because they carried "Different" brands than most of the other local stores who all seem to carry the main ones, RF, Kicker, MTX, Alpine.