About Us

Dave (Ace) Gracey started “Sounds Good To Me” in November 1995 and we were located at 21 W Broadway in Tempe. Prior to that Dave had been the General Manager and Store Manager for a 6 store local chain called “21st Century Sound”. In fact our very name “Sounds Good To Me” is derived from “21st Century Sound’s” radio jingle. “Sounds good to me, 21st Century…come in today…” was how it went. When Dave decided to purchase the Tempe location and was searching for a suitable name it stuck, and so it was.

Dave and I, Mark (Mugs) Kelber met in 1982 when we were new hires at a local 6 store chain called “21st Century Sound”. It was there where we learned the intricacies of selling and the art of installing car audio correctly. We were both “schooled” by a strict, detail oriented, almost “anal” car audio genius, GM named Norman Finn. Norm was a smartest-guy-in-the-room kind of guy. Nothing escaped Norman’s critical eye, and there would be hell to pay if it was you who missed, overlooked or did something wrong for any reason.

Boy did we ever both fear and loath this prick. But now looking back we agree just how much we truly appreciate his discipline and criticisms.  For taking the time to both, teach and drill constantly into us the RIGHT way to sell and install the best systems possible and to hire and keep the best people. One of our core beliefs is that a good installer can take the cheapest crap and install it correctly and make it sound surprisingly good for what it is. While on the other hand you give an incompetent hack the best and most expensive system to install and it will sound like shit. We believe that we are only as good as our installations.

We have worked very hard to earn a reputation as a very knowledgeable, friendly, honest car audio store that provides not only superb customer service but excellent installations at very fair prices. We guard this reputation ferociously and it’s because of our inordinate attention to the smallest of details, (thanks Norm), that sets us apart from the competition. Or so we have been told by many customers many times over the years. We invite you to visit or call and see first hand how we roll.

All the brands we carry we are “Authorized” dealers and with some like JL Audio we are a “Signature” dealer which is a recognition given to their best dealers throughout the nation. We know your vehicle, boat, RV. We know what works and what won’t.