Mike Chapman comes by his interest in electronics naturally, as his father was a rep in the A/V industry and eventually owned a Denver retail franchise. There was always a lot of audio gear around the house — in fact, Mike can still wax rhapsodic about listening to the classic Who’s Next album on his brother’s 8-track player and a pair of Electrophonic headphones.

“I’ve always been passionate about music and music systems, and that’s one of the reasons why I like working at ListenUp. We have a very deep organization with a lot of resources in terms of computerized system design, engineering, installation, and service. There are whole bunch of outfits out there comprised of two or three guys who say they can install a system for you, but not many places can match what we do.”

Mike has had a plethora of positions at ListenUp — he was the manager of our car stereo department (back when we had one), managed both the Colorado Springs and Denver stores at various times, and was in charge of our online store when we were getting that of the ground. Today he is a salesman in our Contract Division. “I really enjoy system design for distributed A/V and dedicated home theaters, and our Reference Theater is an incredible tool to show people what’s possible,” says Mike.

It’s a long way from “Baba O’Riley” on 8-track.