I don’t care what gear you have. It looks like you were just trying to vent about one of the unfortunate sales practices in this industry. That unfortunately takes place . It’s the approach that is meant to tell you what you can and should change to better your system and knowing what you have is helpful information to the salesman. Being that many in this Audiophile lifestyle have bottomless check books it’s a sales practice that does in fact build some great systems when the salesperson has some actual knowledge and skill.I find the sales practice is worse when the person is an audio snob.
I like it when your looking for used audio gear and you just want to see what they have available. Most places won’t just simply give you a list. They will start to question you about your system and then try to sell you something that is over your states budget. Then if and when you find something in their stash that is within your budget they shoot it down. Like they really don’t want to sell it.
There is also the sales approach where they question you about what’s important to you such as soundstage or bass and proceed to push something you heard already that you feel does not offer it. When you tell them that they proceed to crap on the setup or the place you listened to them at.
If I have a good budget I would take the time to answer their questions and listen to their advise if they have a reputation for being trustworthy in their advise. But if I am going to trust their advise I like to grill the salesman about what they listen to when they want to demo a speaker with good base. If they start walking about string instruments and make vocals I know their interpretation of good bass may be different than mine. From that point on I know when they say deep bass, I need to take that with a grain of salt.
I like it when your looking for used audio gear and you just want to see what they have available. Most places won’t just simply give you a list. They will start to question you about your system and then try to sell you something that is over your states budget. Then if and when you find something in their stash that is within your budget they shoot it down. Like they really don’t want to sell it.
There is also the sales approach where they question you about what’s important to you such as soundstage or bass and proceed to push something you heard already that you feel does not offer it. When you tell them that they proceed to crap on the setup or the place you listened to them at.
If I have a good budget I would take the time to answer their questions and listen to their advise if they have a reputation for being trustworthy in their advise. But if I am going to trust their advise I like to grill the salesman about what they listen to when they want to demo a speaker with good base. If they start walking about string instruments and make vocals I know their interpretation of good bass may be different than mine. From that point on I know when they say deep bass, I need to take that with a grain of salt.