2014 Music & Sound Award Winners

MULTI-STORE DEALER DIVISION

BEST MULTI-STORE DEALER OF 2013 – GUITARS & BASSES

Alto Music (NY)

BEST MULTI-STORE DEALER OF 2013 – KEYBOARDS

Sam Ash

BEST MULTI-STORE DEALER OF 2013 – INSTRUMENT AMPLIFIERS

Ken Stanton Music (GA)

BEST MULTI-STORE DEALER OF 2013 – SOUND REINFORCEMENT

Hermes Music (TX)

BEST MULTI-STORE DEALER OF 2013 – RECORDING-RELATED PRODUCTS

Alto Music (NY)

BEST MULTI-STORE DEALER OF 2013 – PERCUSSION

Skip’s Music (CA)

BEST MULTI-STORE DEALER OF 2013 – DJ EQUIPMENT

IDJ Now (NY)

BEST MULTI-STORE DEALER OF 2013 – BEST CLINICS

Alto Music (NY)

BEST MULTI-STORE DEALER OF 2013 – BEST CUSTOMER SERVICE

Skip’s Music (CA)

BEST SALES STAFF 2013

Alto Music (NY)

2013 MULTI-STORE DEALER OF THE YEAR

Alto Music (NY)

SINGLE-STORE DEALER DIVISION

BEST SINGLE-STORE DEALER OF 2013 – GUITARS & BASSES

Chuck Levin’s Washington Music Center (MD)

BEST SINGLE-STORE DEALER OF 2013 – KEYBOARDS

Sweetwater (IN)

BEST SINGLE-STORE DEALER OF 2013 – INSTRUMENT AMPLIFIERS

Sweetwater (IN)

BEST SINGLE-STORE DEALER OF 2013 – SOUND REINFORCEMENT

Chuck Levin’s Washington Music Center (MD)

BEST SINGLE-STORE DEALER OF 2013 – RECORDING-RELATED PRODUCTS

Sweetwater (IN)

BEST SINGLE-STORE DEALER OF 2013 – PERCUSSION

Lone Star Percussion (TX)

BEST SINGLE-STORE DEALER OF 2013 – DJ EQUIPMENT

Chuck Levin’s Washington Music Center (MD)

BEST SINGLE-STORE DEALER OF 2013 – BEST CLINICS

House of Guitars (NY)

BEST SINGLE-STORE DEALER OF 2013 – BEST CUSTOMER SERVICE

Sweetwater (IN)

BEST SALES STAFF 2013

Corner Music (TN)

2013 BEST NEW DEALER

Village Music Wellington (FL)

2013 SINGLE-STORE DEALER OF THE YEAR

Holloway’s Music (NC)

MANUFACTURER/REP DIVISION

BEST ACOUSTIC GUITAR OF 2013

Taylor’s Grand Orchestra 

BEST ELECTRIC GUITAR OF 2013

PRS Guitars’ S2 Custom 24

BEST BASS GUITAR OF 2013

PRS Guitars’ Gary Grainger Five-String Bass 

BEST GUITAR ACCESSORY OF 2013

Kyser’s Red Bandana Quick-Change Capo

BEST KEYBOARD/SOUND MODULE OF 2013

Casio’s Privia Pro PX-5S Stage Piano 

BEST INSTRUMENT AMPLIFIER OF 2013

Yamaha’s THR10C Classic Combo Modeling Combo Amp

BEST POWER AMPLIFIER OF 2013

QSC’s PLD Series Processing Amplifiers

BEST SPEAKER OF 2013

JBL’s PRX715 Multi-Purpose Loudspeaker

BEST MULTITRACK RECORDER/RECORDING & MIXING SOFTWARE OF 2013

Zoom’s H6 Handy Recorder

BEST MIXER/CONSOLE OF 2013

PreSonus’ StudioLive 32.4.2 AI Digital Mixer

BEST CABLED MICROPHONE OF 2013

Sennheiser’s e 935 Cardioid Vocal Stage Microphone

BEST WIRELESS SYSTEM OF 2013

Sennheiser’s Digital 9000 Wireless System

BEST DRUM SET OF 2013

Mapex Drums’ Saturn IV Series

BEST CYMBALS OF 2013

Sabian’s 24-Inch AA Bash Ride

BEST PERCUSSION ACCESSORY OF 2013

Mapex Drums’ Falcon Hardware Series

BEST INSTRUCTIONAL BOOK/VIDEO OF 2013

Alfred’s Basic Rock Guitar Method 

BEST FLOOR EFFECT OF 2013

TC Electronic’s Ditto Looper Guitar Effects Pedal

BEST MUSIC SOFTWARE/MULTIMEDIA OF 2013

Propellerhead’s Reason 7

BEST BAG/CASE OF 2013

Gator Cases’ Journeyman Series

BEST DJ PRODUCT OF 2013

Pioneer’s DDJ-SX DJ Controller

BEST LIGHTING PRODUCT OF 2013

CHAUVET DJ’s SlimPAR HEX 3 IRC

BEST NON-GUITAR FRETTED INSTRUMENT OF 2013

Ibanez’s B200 Five-String Banjo

BEST ACCESSORY OF 2013

Orange Amplification’s VT1000 Valve Tester

BEST MANUFACTURER NEW TO THE MARKET

Rain Riser Systems

2013 PRODUCT OF THE YEAR

TC Electronic’s Ditto Looper Guitar Effects Pedal

2013 REPRESENTATIVE OF THE YEAR

Frank Maglio, Mindshare Marketing

2013 OUTSTANDING COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD

D’Addario

2013 MANUFACTURER OF THE YEAR

Sabian

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT/HALL OF FAME

Paul Reed Smith, PRS Guitars