The best dealers are the ones who can get pretty much anything. They may lean to the more expensive items since they make a % of the sale. But they can lay out all the options.
As far as MC goes, that's fine for him. I prefer to buy from someone I can see that has products that are made in some decent quantity by reputable companies. Although I've bought from several dealers since some of my purchases have been below the minimum level of the guy who can get anything, I still bounce things off of him and he has never steered me wrong (and he doesn't hang up on me). He's kind of blunt, not warm and fuzzy. Some people like to be schmoozed. I'm a Joe Friday kind of guy...."just the facts ma'am".
As far as record quality goes, some things just were not recorded that well (Bob Marley - Legend). If I like the music, I still listen to it, but the average quality may influence the frequency of how often that happens. Similarly, if it is something I like that sounds great, it spins more often. I definitely would not buy something just because it sounds good or was recorded well. If I don't like it, I don't like it. I am not trying to impress anyone in demoing my system. It's about the music, and trying to get it to be reproduced as perfectly as recorded/intended.
As far as MC goes, that's fine for him. I prefer to buy from someone I can see that has products that are made in some decent quantity by reputable companies. Although I've bought from several dealers since some of my purchases have been below the minimum level of the guy who can get anything, I still bounce things off of him and he has never steered me wrong (and he doesn't hang up on me). He's kind of blunt, not warm and fuzzy. Some people like to be schmoozed. I'm a Joe Friday kind of guy...."just the facts ma'am".
As far as record quality goes, some things just were not recorded that well (Bob Marley - Legend). If I like the music, I still listen to it, but the average quality may influence the frequency of how often that happens. Similarly, if it is something I like that sounds great, it spins more often. I definitely would not buy something just because it sounds good or was recorded well. If I don't like it, I don't like it. I am not trying to impress anyone in demoing my system. It's about the music, and trying to get it to be reproduced as perfectly as recorded/intended.