Decathlon 1981many high end audio stores don’t know how to treat costumers.i have been mistreated many times as well in the past ? Here in Chicago Quintessence audio is the best audio store treating their costumers nicely. Mick the owner is very nice.
What happened to all the highend stereo shops
What happened to high end stereo shops I mean real high-end stereo shops. I am 78, my father bought me my first stereo when I was 12, I have been hooked ever since. I remember the days when you can go to a nice audio store and not just audition what they had in the store but if you saw a couple of tuners, preamps or some cables that you liked, you could give them a blank check and take the equipment home to audition on your system. Bring one or both back Pay for what you want to keep or get your check back. I don’t understand how someone can buy an expensive piece of audio equipment and not audition it in their system first. Many places today, you buy it and your stuck with it. OH yes you can sell it on Audiogon or eBay. Reviewers are nice and give good reviews but the problem I have is the equipment they are auditioning is on their system in their treated music room which is going to be different than what you have.
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Hopefully the troubled stores will get a clue and clean up their act before they too become extinct! I have a few stores I deal with across the country and have remained loyal to them because of their exceptional customer service. I don’t mind spending or referring future customers to them. My motto is this, I don’t care how far I have to go and get something. If the local companies have terrible attitude towards me as a customer, I will go to great lengths to buy from another state and pay the shipping because they treat me well. Audio Element, 3M Audio, Moon Audio and Audio Advise are some examples of a great attitude towards customers. They will continue to receive my money for their products. Also, I can’t forget Cary Audio, Wilson Audio, YG Acoustics, Boulder, JL Audio, and Jeff Rowland for great service and response to issues, big or small. Thanks for your support! |
60 year old audio/music lover here. issue one is listening style. Sitting down and listening to music was normal for our generation. Black and white tv with 7 channels and horribly unreliable tubes, was the only competing media. Phone calls actually cost money per use. Our parents had time as there were no play dates, we walked or cycled to little league or music lessons. My younger colleagues have no time to listen to music other than in the car issue two. Cd audio introduced before the technology was ready. Turntables competition from BIC, Dual, Garrard, Sansui, was increasing reliability and speed. The early cd players all sounded the same, and were uninvolving, making a rack system from circuit city all you needed. Cost. Very friendly dealer is 25 miles from me in a major market city. Most merchandise is priced to the Uber high end, with speaker cables and power cords priced higher than my speakers. When I started practicing 30 years ago, most of my colleagues had high end systems. I know if only one now, and the dealer said his customers are ceos cto or cio types that listen to the products, put together a great system and pay with an Amex black card without regard to pricing |
Woke up this morning missing my days at The Speaker Shop in NE Ohio. Saturday morning, cup of Irish coffee in hand, listening to great music, setting up whatever combo I wanted, having great and sometimes heated debate with my boss and a couple of chill dudes we just to call Siskel and Egghead.. good times.
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@cleeds Why you have taken my words out of context to attack my character, to attack Christianity is beyond me? All I was stating is that people need to read the Bible of God. The Bible of the Israelites ! The Bible of Jacob, Isaac and Abraham and preferably the KJV, King James Version. It's not my Bible. It is the Bible I choose to read and follow. You can read anything or any Bible you want, I don't care. That's up to you. I was simply pointing out that our younger generation is predisposed to believe and follow doctrines that are immoral. I don't hate people from the various alphabet cultures. My fight is not with them. My battle is with higher principalities in dark places. I am taking a stand for God. I am speaking the truth ! No one wants to hear the TRUTH. The TRUTH is ugly. The TRUTH is God's word. Boy I sure pulled the Bible haters out didn't I ? If anyone here spoke against me for the speaking the TRUTH, then they are rebellious against God. They have proudly shown their stance on these positions. The Bible teaches me to not hate these people, but to love them. I don't hate them. I simply don't agree with what they are doing. What they are doing is immoral. It breaks down society. It destroys lives. It destroys marriages. It destroys families. Sex and the occult have been linked closely together since the earliest of time. Baal, Ishtar and Molluck are still influencing and brainwashing our young. It's all about the children. I returned here today wearing the armor of God, and sharing the TRUTH. Jesus said. If they hate you, remember that they hated me first ! Any particular reason why you decided to jump on the bandwagon to ridicule me ? |
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