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Nowhere to hear speakers and amps anymore!

When I started buying stereo equipment in the 1970’s (yes, I’m old) in Seattle, there were many retail stores where I could hear and compare equipment. I moved to the San Francisco Bay Area in 1982 and found the same number of great stores until 2000 when they started disappearing and now there are none! There are plenty of Home Theater contractors, but I can’t find an audiophile store anywhere short of going to LA or back to Seattle! Is there an “audio desert” in my area? Seems like an opportunity for someone! Am I missing something? 

aldermine

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bob70
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@grislybutter 

I think there has always been one or another in/near Harvard Sq. The best two suburban ones are still there, going on 50 years. I should have had a bumper-sticker: My car and my money go to Natural Sound.

Yes, buying stuff online and sending it back sucks. On the bright side, I found a cool candy store on the convoluted route to FedEx.

bob70
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@rick_n 

@soix 

And then "metropolitanism" reared its ugly head. 😁

bob70
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@soix

"Sorry man. I feel like I’ve been a bit of a preachy jerk here."

Your words---from just last month. (You forgot "humorless.") I’ve looked at many of your older posts, as well. It’s your MO. You crap all over people at the drop. You did it to two people right here, before my post. You just invented "location-shaming!" Goodonya!

You’ve corrected people’s spelling, then groaned! Who does that? (Someone who also sucks at punctuation, evidently).

Not to worry. You can have your site back. I’d depart with labeling you a pedant, but I defer to Samantha Bee and Kim Jong Un; feckless dotard.

 

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