tube audio dealer in SF Bay area?

I second Matt at Pitch Perfect Audio - incredible service, great to talk to, and very laid back and relaxed atmosphere at his shop.

Even if outside your price range, this well tell you what's possible with tubes (and be upfront with Matt, I am sure he'll understand). I also started into tubes with a Jolida 302b and since then tried SET amps and finally ended up with a wonderful set of Shindo amps.

The Tweak Shop in Santa Rosa is a Jolida dealer. See
The Tweak Shop
2151 Riesling Way
Santa Rosa, CA 95403
707) 575-8626

http://www.tweakshop.com/

thanks everybody. great list to start with.
regards,
brian

Here's two in the San Jose area that are really worth seeing.

Analog Room in San Jose has PremaLuma, Air Tight, BAT(?), Wavestream and four sound rooms with lots of analog gear. Oh, there's lots of records for sale. http://www.theanalogroom.com/

Nick Gowen of True Sound in Campbell carries Audiomat and Audio Note gear. He's also a hell of a tube service technician on most audio gear. http://www.tsound.com/

In SF and Berkeley there's Music Lover's Conrad Johnson and VTL.

If you go to Music Lovers in Berkeley be prepared to be insulted.

Me: Hi how's it going?
ML: Great, what speakers do you have?
Me: Thiel
ML: We don't like Thiel
Me: Well I do
ML: Well they don't sound good on classical music
Me: What speakers do you like?
ML: Wilson Audio
Me; How about Vandersteen?
ML: No don't care for them either

Lesson: I will not step foot in ML again.

As I said be prepared for the ultimate in nose-in-the-air- snobbery experience. PU.