Why Purchase A CD Player or Transport ?

ronboco
Crescendo was the shop that used the Xbox, and the salesperson spent more time making excuses as to why I couldn't hear anything below about 60 Hz (he had removed his sub) instead of making sure his system was running its finest. I did call ahead and tell them exactly what I wants and expected. Also, their walls are paper thin and I got more sound from the unit in the room next door than the one I wanted to hear.
Soundings, What can I say, I believe this is the store that just moved and they are not even set up for auditions.
Two or three other stores, have TXT windows on their web pages and they pretend to talk to you for ages upon ages only to be told they will have someone call you back and no one ever dies. on One of those sites the person I was texting actually thought that Marantz was a speaker manufacturer.
Denver has nothing but Losers (LOOZERS!) for contact people. Colorado Springs has far better options but not many. One store there actually offered to let me bring in my speakers and try them on their amps. Not an easy task as they are full towers and weigh about 80+ lbs ea. I thought that was brave of them. But were they knowledgeable all they would have to do is pop a meter on my speaks and see what they measure before connecting than to their Equip. Also, the Springs has a few National class designers living there.

I try not to mention names, but you brought them up.

tomcy6
I must agree with you. I am interviewing Amps and Receivers currently and when you walk into a store and they can't play something that you know well...

I have always taken in my own music and now all they want to do is stream and they can't do that correctly. One store actually didn't know how to change sources. I wanted to be listening to something from Steinway & Bros. studio recordings and I was hearing VOCALS. This was the Oldest and best So-CAlled Hi-End store in Denver. Another had the ability to play disks if you consider an Xbox a suitable transport device. I am thinking if I want to look for new equipment I will have to drive or fly to Albuquerque or Salt Lake City because Denver HAS NOTHING to offer. Of course, this hilly billy town never did have any class.
But back to your comment. I know of a lot of offerings that are not readily available. Possibly they will have one from the same musician but not the album you want to hear. That is unless you want to listen to Youtube. Then there are issues with the providers. Amazon music likes playing the ignorant game of not providing consistent service if you use something other than Firefox for a web browser. If places like that can't grow up...

Then there are the bit rates of the different services. I believe that 16/48 should be a minimum even for the free users and then when looking at what is offered, not everything is offered at higher quality bitrates. I know this is improving but still lacks hugely.