New Orleans high end stores?


Gonna be in New Orleans in June. Anyone here know of a high end store there where I can check out a new amp? Thx
joekapahulu
Thanks! for sharing- Dave. It would appear that Wilson is the best game in town at this juncture.  Does anyone have an update on Jay Valentino?
Wherever he is now, I hope he is still into Audio.
 He is not, to the best of my knowledge. Jay is, or was, a few years ago, connected to the family's hospitality sort of local empire -- only. I saw Jay last when he kindly invited me to the Monteleone to audition MQA, via high end Meridian kit. The demonstration was shattering. Had CD sounded like this initially, it would have been a different world; which is unfortunate. MQA is, unambiguously to these ears, which have lived the high end since about 1970, seminal. But my sense is that it's not happening the way I imagined it would - apart from streaming; for lots of complex reasons. Here's, though, to close, a brain teaser, pretty much only for folks from the New Orleans area. One needs to enter the way back machine to play. Around, I think, 1970, a high end dealer man named Paul opened up, with Servo Statik's and SAE, etc., off of Carrollton, a store that I think was called something Concepts. He ended up, eventually, in Metairie, in a shopping center on 17th, with Transcriptor TT's and much else. I cannot recall the last name. Or the full name of the retail operation. Is this ringing a bell with anyone? One would have to be of a certain age to play this game. At the time, the only other thing really, was the McIntosh operation, McIntosh the way it used to be, like going to church McIntosh, sexy lighting, ruinously expensive, on Washington Ave. And here's another brain teaser. When Don Turnipseed began, it was actually I believe initially on Bonnabel with a used Mc operation -- I bought several things from him, which ended up in the master bedroom, with very small Thiel's, sounding  wonderful & looking so sexy, with all those pretty lights. Savagely murdered by Katrina. So sad. Along with everything else, like Avalon Radians, for starters.    

News from New Orleans:

Doug Wilson, founder of Wilson Audio in New Orleans passed away this last week. I bought my first high-end system from him in 1983 (Acoustat 2+2 speakers with Kinergetics KPA-1 and KBA-100 amp). I bought a lot of other equipment there over the years. He really knew his stuff; gave me good advice a number of times. RIP.

Wilson Audio moved from Metairie to Slidell, LA a few months ago and is now known as Digital Rehab. They still carry Audio, most of the same brands as before. I have not visited them in their new location.

Uptown Audio Video took over the Wilson Audio store in Metairie. I went by their store last week. First time I had seen MBL speakers.

There is also Alterman Audio and Richie Savoie’s New Orleans Audio Video in the area. I have not visited them yet.

james37

 

Thank You for the NOLA update. Good to see a few Audio shops operating post-Katrina. Happy New Year!

 

Happy Listening!