Jim Gray of Jim Gray Designs came to Tallahassee in 1979 and went to work for Stereo Sales (thanks to the Menasco family) part time while working his way through college. Jim had the opportunity to move up the street to Auto Audio, which was selling only car audio products at the time and was wanting to get into the home audio business. They needed a second part-time employee to help out, and an old manager (thanks, Tom Turner) recommended Jim to the owners. The Stereo Store opened in December 1980, and Jim supposed that’s where his real ‘audio education’ began. Tom was a great musician and what Jim learned from him still applies to this day.
For more than the next 30 years, it has been one of the great privileges of Jim’s life to work with what he believes are the best clients any company could hope to have. After more than 3,500 installations and over 900 satisfied (he hopes!) clients, he says it is still a privilege to be a part of their lives. In the last 10 years, Jim has been helping their children realize their dreams and has been thrilled to watch these kids grow up, start families of their own, and invite Jim into their lives as their parents did so many years ago…that’s pretty cool!