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Kudos to several dealers

In the aftermath of some heated exchange last weekend regarding a dealer ad, I wanted to offer some kudos to several dealers/people that are very professional and have given me excellent service:
1. Curtis Havens, owner of Advanced Audio in Tacoma, WA (and former co-owner of Havens & Hardesty, which operated many years ago in southern California);
2. John Rutan, of Audio Connections in New Jersey;
3. Leo Massi, of Hyend Audio in Massachusetts;
4. Richard Vandersteen, of Vandersteen Audio.

Thanks to all the dealers and their staffs who are honest,
hard-working folks who support our audio addiction.
sdcampbell
trelja
3,223 posts
 
This is a nice thread.

Mine are in no particular order, just great people I have come across in my travels.
John Adams. Community Audio. Philadelphia, PA
Mike Leschner. The Stereo Trading Outlet. Jenkintown, PA
Israel Blume. Coincident Loudspeaker Technology
Kevin Walsh. HomeGrown Audio
AudioAdvisor
The Cable Company
Scott Heiner. SonicWeld Speakers
Kimon Bellas. OrcaDesign(US parts division of JMlabs)
Eggleston Audio
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dekay
5,385 posts
 
Hmm: Looks like I have some of the same favorites. Here they are in no particular order.

Richard @ Vantage Audio, UK
Brian @ BMI
Ken @ Neuance
Kevin @ Homegrown Audio
Israel @ Coincident Technology, Canada
Castle Acoustics, UK and May Audio Marketing (the US rep)
Scott (known as Disco @ this site)
John @ Audio Odyssey
Harmonic Technology (may have been Ken, but I'm not sure)
Pierre and Eldon @ Mapleshade
John @ Studio Tech - received parts in under 24 hours - Wow!

Also everyone that I have dealt with through the classified ads at this site, both buying and selling.

There is one dealer mentioned in the above posts that I will never do business with again, but I'll leave them for the "other" thread.
dearle
38 posts
 
In no particular order - just great full service dealers
Holm Audio - Woodbridge IL.
England Audio - Eugene OR
Accent Sound - Overland Park KS
Audio Video Environments - Franklin, TN
Audio Arts - Youngstown, OH
Nicholson Audio - Nashville, TN

A pleasure to deal with all of them
j_thunders
173 posts
 
Here are the best for me, not a long list, there are others, these are just outstanding:

As Dekay mentions: Scott also known as Disco on this site, full service, excellent deals on cables and lots of other stuff too. Bends over backwards.

Mel Schilling of Camelot Technology.

I second Trelja on the Cable Company.

I second Garfish on Steve McCormack of SMc Audio.
john_l
782 posts
 
Favorite Retailers:

Kurt Doslu at Echo Audio (echohifi.com), Portland, OR

Chambers Audio, Portland, OR

Advanced Audio in Tacoma, WA

John Rutan at Audio Connection, NJ

Manufacturers:

Steve Mccormack

Pass Labs (these guys DEFINE perfect customer service)

Audio Research
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