It’s dejavu at Sound Advice, which was once one of the top regional consumer electronics stores in the country and a leader in car audio.
Sound Advice announced it will re-enter the car audio business as of September with veteran car electronics buyer Dan Jeancola to serve as senior executive and partner of the newly re-launched Florida-based chain.
Jeancola, who was recently a buyer for Car Toys in Seattle, will head up the car audio division of the store.
Sound Advice president/CEO Peter Beshouri said, “While our original re-entry into the consumer electronics business did not include car audio, the demand for car audio and related accessories has been very strong and it would be foolish to ignore. Also, the car audio business tends to skew toward a younger customer, which gives Sound Advice the added benefit of reaching a broader segment of the Florida community”.
Dan Jeancola, said, “It is ironic that 15 years ago this week Peter Beshouri and Sound Advice purchased my original company “Audio Garage” and we then went on to develop at Sound Advice one of the largest upper end car audio businesses in America – We are ready to do it again !”
In its heyday, Sound Advice operated 35 stores, mainly in Florida and was led by Beshouri who served as CEO. He sold the chain in 2001/2002 to Tweeter, which went into bankruptcy starting in 2006.
Bershouri reopened the first new Sound Advice in Fort Lauderdale in February and hopes to expand to 5 to 10 stores.
The company focuses on high end products and expects to carry high end car audio, he said.
Source: Sound Advice
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Congrat’s Dan glad to see you getting back in the game. Is Nestor and Phil just around the corner?
Congratulations Dan! Great to see you back with SA. It looks like Pete is bringing back all the good ones. Part of me is jealous and wishes I could be there.
I worked at Sound Advice back in the day in Hialeah, Gables, and the Kendall stores selling Car Audio… I LOVED every min of it, and I was trully saddend the day I heard they went belly up. I hope Peter can get the chain back up to what it once was!!!!!
Thank you all….I am humbled by your responses. Be well…and good selling to all!
Heeeeee’s back ! Welcome home Dan….All the Best !
Best wishes Dan. Great to see you getting back to retail. I hope you find it rewarding and mostly fun.
The dynamic dual is back. Welcome back to Florida Dan. We need good 12 volt retailers to keep the industry on the right track. We here at Eletromedia wish you well. Now let make some money!
Wow, Jeancola & Beshouri, I have all their albums! Seriously, congratulations on your collaboration and your renewed commitment to car audio. Best wishes for success!
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Good Luck Dan we can use some more old school thinking in this business.
That is great to hear! Sound Advice always did a phenomenal job in Florida and I look forward to seeing them return to that same level of success.
Dan – We wish you the best of success with your new venture. I know you will make it happen as you always have.