The Sound Shop Reviews 321

TrustScore 4.5 out of 5

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I'm a repeat customer with the Sound Shop and it's the exceptional service that brings me back everytime. They are always courteous, knowledgable, helpful and friendly and go out of their way to deliv... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Jonathan went above and beyond to help me out today.. He's a credit to the shop and I will look forward to visiting you's again

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Ordered a Pearl roadster drum throne online and received within 2 days. Not only was the service brilliant, but they blew all other competitors out of the water on the price. Will definitely be shopp... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I bought recently Roland digital piano in white ( The Sound Shop is the only retailer who has it in stock) and service was very helpfull, i've placed the order late evening and got purchase delivered... See more

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  1. Music Store
  2. Music School

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Ireland’s Favourite Music Store! The Sound Shop in Drogheda Co. Louth has been supplying musicians, both beginners and professionals from all over Ireland for more than 54 years We sell guitars, pianos, keyboards, amplifiers, battery operated speakers, pa systems, lighting equipment, brass and woodwind, music books, violins, ukuleles, cables and accessories


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TrustScore 4.5 out of 5

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Great Staff

Jonathan went above and beyond to help me out today.. He's a credit to the shop and I will look forward to visiting you's again

March 11, 2026
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Reply from The Sound Shop

Hi Leona,
Thank you very much for your review and kind comments about Jonathan. They are very much appreciated
Adam

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Exceptional Service !

I'm a repeat customer with the Sound Shop and it's the exceptional service that brings me back everytime. They are always courteous, knowledgable, helpful and friendly and go out of their way to deliver a service that goes well above and beyone anything i've received from other music shops. I can't recommend these guys highly enough, Buy with cpmplete confidence and safe in the knowledge that you'll be looked after before, during and after the sale. I will be back !

February 5, 2026
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Reply from The Sound Shop

Hi Julian,
Thank you very much for your very kind review. And for your custom. Both are very much appreciated.
Adam

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Great company

Great company. Adam has been amazing. Thanks so much

January 14, 2026
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Reply from The Sound Shop

Caroline,
Thank you very much for your review and comments - they are very much appreciated
Adam

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Fantastic service.

Ordered a Pearl roadster drum throne online and received within 2 days. Not only was the service brilliant, but they blew all other competitors out of the water on the price. Will definitely be shopping with them again. Highly recommended.
Tadhg.

January 7, 2026
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Reply from The Sound Shop

Hi Tadhg,
Thank you very much for your review and generous comments. They are very much appreciated
Adam

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Spider capo

Ordered a spider capo from the sound shop online. It was €20 cheaper than anywhere else (including gear4music and thomann). Arrived 2 days after ordering, great service.

December 5, 2025
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Reply from The Sound Shop

Hi Brian,
Thank you very much for your review and comments - they are very much appreciated
Adam

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Excellent shop

Excellent shop. They've done such a good job of maintaining a physical store with a competitive online market place. I use them very regularly and no complaints

December 2, 2025
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Reply from The Sound Shop

Hi Kevin,
Thank you very much for your review and comments. They are very much appreciated. And than you for you business over the years too
Adam

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

excellent friendly and knowledgeable…

excellent friendly and knowledgeable staff. highly recommend this shop

November 28, 2025
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Reply from The Sound Shop

Hi Derek,
Thank you very much for your review and comments - they are very much appreciated and we look forward to having you in the shop again
Adam

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Aladdin's Cave with a real genie behind the counter.

I am sure all the members of staff at the Soundshop are fantastic people, but the guy Jonathon who served us is something else. We bought a guitar, needed to exchange it (nothing wrong with the guitar), and then needed to exchange the second one, (again, not because there was anything at fault with the guitar.) These exchanges were because the guitar is for a disabled guy (my brother) and the guitar needed to suit his unusual needs, one of which is playing a right handed guitar left handed. (That is not a disability, but just an extra hurdle). Throughout the experience, Jonathon has not only demonstrated very knowledgeable and completely professional service, he has also displayed the level of patience, empathy and consideration that this customer needed, to get through what was, for him, a stressful time. The shop is an Aladdin's cave filled with musical treasures, but the in-store service is something I don't think I have ever experienced before (and I am an old bloke). The model we ended up with is just right too.

Do yourself a favour and visit the place.

October 11, 2025
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Reply from The Sound Shop

Hi Adrian,
Thank you very much for your review and very generous comments. You are right, Jonathan is a great guy to have working here at the shop - Ill pass on your comments
Adam

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Knowledge, honesty and great advice

My son visited The Sound Shop at the weekend after seeing a guitar he liked the look of on their website. We were greeted by John who immediately started chatting with us and got the measure of my son's tastes and requirements within a few minutes.

John was a treasure trove of advice and knowledge and very attentive the whole time we were there.

Having worked out what my son wanted John guided us with honesty and expertise resulting in us leaving the shop with exactly the right guitar and a deal we were all happy with.

We will absolutely return to The Sound Shop. John is an extremely professional and experienced guy and I suspect we only scratched the surface of his wealth of knowledge in all things music related.

Thanks again John for all the help and support.

October 18, 2025
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Reply from The Sound Shop

Hi Sarah,
Thank you very much for that review. We will pass on your comments to Jonathan.
We very much appreciate your review and comments
Adam

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Outstanding service

Bought a bouzouki case from Soundshop recently. It was too small. My fault entirely. Adam did everything in his power to resolve this for me with numerous emails and phone calls. I can’t speak highly enough of his friendly professionalism.

October 7, 2025
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Reply from The Sound Shop

Hi Joe,
Thank you very much for that superb review - it is really appreciated. Thank you very much.
Adam

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I always use SoundShop

I always use SoundShop. Very fast delivery. Anytime I made a mistake on an order they graciously helped and sorted it very quickly. Prices are also very fair. Go no further 😁

September 27, 2025
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Reply from The Sound Shop

Hi Rachel,
Thank you so much for that really generous review. Very much appreciated
Adam

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Stellar customer service!

I dealt with Jonathan recently and he was very warm & friendly, very good humoured , well spoken and most importantly, he was really helpful and sorted my issue immediately.

August 29, 2025
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Reply from The Sound Shop

Hi Evelyn,
Thank you so much for your review and you kind words of praise for Jonathan. They are very much appreciated
Adam

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

No question is too much for any of the…

No question is too much for any of the staff I've dealt with. Always great advice and he;lpfulness
Really speedy deliveries, big or small

September 3, 2025
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Reply from The Sound Shop

Hi Brenda,
Thank you very much for your generous comments and the stars. They are very much appreciated
Adam

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Horrific experience

I was given a gift of a 5 string banjo ( purchased at Sound Shop) recently)
I purchased a case and tuner there but unfortunately had difficulty tuning same.
I took it to Sound Shop and asked amber of staff to tune it but was met with negative comments and no tuning. I believe tuning by experienced staff inusic store should take less than minutes and identify the problem I had. I immediately left the store and took both to music store in Blackrock, Dundalk
Staff there took about 3 m8nutes to tune and identified problem....? Faulty tuner
I then purchased new tuner from them...would never Shop in Sound Shop again
Fergus Clarke
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August 18, 2025
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Reply from The Sound Shop

Hi Fergus,
I am sorry that you feel that way. One of the staff members was on holidays today and the other one who would have been able to help was on lunch so I suggested that you leave the banjo with us and we would get it tuned for you over the next few days as I was the only one there with a work experience student and neither of us play stringed instruments and wouldn't have been able to tune it for you.
It is unfortunate that we were low on staff and that you were not able to leave the banjo with us to have it tuned.
Adam

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Easily the best customer service I’ve ever come across

I haven’t left a review in years, but this one’s well deserved — SoundShop.ie, and Adam in particular, were absolutely top class.

One of my brand-new RCF NXL 14-A speakers packed it in after very little use. I figured this would be a pain to sort, like most warranty issues usually are, but I couldn’t have been more wrong.

Adam came back to me quickly, couldn’t have been easier to deal with, and handled everything from start to finish. He got in touch with RCF directly, kept me fully in the loop, and within days had arranged a replacement amp under warranty.

There was no messing, no vague replies, just straight-up communication and a real effort to get it sorted. They even offered to collect the speaker if needed. I’ve dealt with plenty of audio shops over the years, and honestly, this was in a different league.

Genuinely couldn’t have asked for better. I wouldn’t go anywhere else after this.

July 2, 2025
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Reply from The Sound Shop

Hi Fergal,
Really, we are incredibly thankful for your review and most generous comments. Thank you very much!
Adam

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

No waiting around here....

I placed the order in the evening around 5 or 6pm, my parcel arrived the next morning at 8:30am,excellent.

June 26, 2025
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Reply from The Sound Shop

Hi Anita,
Thank you very much for the review and comments. They are very much appreciated
Adam

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Amazing service

Ordered my items at 7am Wednesday, arrived 8am Thursday. Amazing service. Will shop again.

June 18, 2025
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Reply from The Sound Shop

Hi Stephen,
Thank you very much for the review and comments. They are very much appreciated
Adam

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Bought an LX-5 Digital Piano

Bought an LX-5 Digital Piano. Had a slight problem. They were extremely helpful and resolved everything very quickly. Fast email responses and easy to deal with

May 2, 2025
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Reply from The Sound Shop

Hi Rob,
Thank you very much for the review and comments. They are very much appreciated
Adam

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

order a music book for my daughters…

order a music book for my daughters violin exam on 4th April, got an email to say on hold till receive payment, The payment was made by credit card on same date. Now the 14th April and nothing. Emailed to enquire when I would get delivery. Music exam on 29th April and no book, Very uphappy

April 14, 2025
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Reply from The Sound Shop

Hi Aine,
I am very sorry about the delay with your order. Our stock did say that there was one last copy of that book in stock but the stock was wrong. We just got the book back into stock this evening and we will be posting it out to you tomorrow and you should have it on Thursday or Friday.
Once again, apologies for the delay
Adam

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Great service

Great service, they reached out to keep me posted on the progress of my order and everything arrived on time and as expected

March 21, 2025
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Reply from The Sound Shop

Hi Brian,
thank you very much for your comments and review. They are very much appreciated
Adam

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