Are Apple Stores in the US filled with noise?

I have a MacBook that has serious problems with its fan. The thing is always spinning and makes a whiney, grindy noise.
I've taken this machine in to the Apple Store in Tokyo two times to demonstrate the problem. But the "Geniuses" can never heard the fan noise.
Why not? Because the store has LOUD MUSIC constantly blazing from speakers mounted in every corner of the store. This is a tactic that I guess Apple believes makes the shopping experience exciting, but to me its annoying and makes it nearly impossible to get issues resolved with the "Geniuses." Half the time, you have to nearly shout for them to hear what you're saying. It's like trying to conduct business in a rock 'n' roll nightclub.
Anyway, I'll be traveling to the States soon, and I'm wondering if they blare music in the Apple Stores in the States, too. If not, Or, is this just a Tokyo thing?
Thanks,
GeeKay

Yes it is in the U.S. too. I would ask them if they have a quiet room in the back. If not, suggest to their manager that they get a soundproof room because some things must be listened to in a quiet room to detect such as fans, scratching hard drive and optical disc platters, stuck eject mechanisms, and the famous POST startup test (on Intel Macs, 1999 to 2005 Macs, pre 1999 Macs) and power supplies which have shorts usually only emit sounds that can be heard in a quiet room. Sometimes they are too noisy to detect the startup chime, which can be a real problem when resetting the PRAM, as you don't want the PRAM reset to go through too many startup chimes.
Edit: another observation is that it is so noisy, if you even walk into a quiet room after being in the store, it takes a few minutes before your ears adjust and are able to listen to ambient noises again.

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