Crutchfield is one of the nation’s leading catalog and Internet retailers of consumer electronics products. Since its introduction in 1974, the Crutchfield catalog has been a respected authority on car and home entertainment products, winning many awards for quality, design, and usefulness. The people who staff Crutchfield’s call centers are noted for their high integrity, product knowledge, and technical expertise. Crutchfield was the first vendor-authorized audio/video retailer on the Internet and is the only retailer to have won BizRate’s coveted “Circle of Excellence” award 14 times.