Laserboi,
Appreciate your responds. But from what I'm seeing in the northern Va area, the Best Buys' Magnolia seem to be completely focused on Home Theater (which most chains seem to be doing, as that's were the money is), and from what Best Buy Magnolia offers in product line and from the "training?" of the sale staff, I would dare say Tweeters is a doing a much better job in both regards. In addition, you also have Audio Buys and Myer-Enco which has many stores and is well-established in the area, both of which have a greater depth of products, many of which could be considered "hi-end" (example: Krell, MacIntosh), in addition to "mid-fi" lines such as Denon, Rotel, Onkyo Integra, ect and their sales staff seems much better trained and more knowlegeable of their products. The problem with Best Buy's Magnolia is that Best Buys management still has "the big box store mentality" and it's not all that different than many other "big box stores". Myself I used to work aa a Sales Associate at "big box store" (one of the "big twos" home improvement chains) selling kitchen cabinets and countertops, and I could not believe how management couldn't seem to understand that selling a complete kitchen make-over (cabinets, countertops, flooring, appliances, ect) was much more involving as far as dealing with the customers and what their wishes and expectations were, than with let's say: selling a gallon of paint. IMHO Best Buys management and sales staff aren't all that different in how they run their Magnolias, as they treat it, as "just another product". In closing, I get the impression that you're in management, if so, Best Buys would do well in their Magnolia operations, if they provided the training to their "Sales Associates" to be more knowledgeable and professional in the sales of a "higher end" audio and video products, if for no other reason to be competive with other stores that are doing a better job in sales and service of these products.
