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

@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.

 

@bob70 Sorry you wasted your time cherry-picking a few of my prior posts to suit your narrow and shallow needs.  Fact is, I’ve done a lot here to help many people make more informed purchase decisions over many years, which you’ve conveniently ignored here, so I don’t give one damn about what you and your 16 posts think of me.  But glad you’re departing, and good riddance. 

@bob70 

Loved living in the Boston area for a number of years way back when.  Visited the Tweeters and audio stores in the Harvard Square area and around town.  Not to mention the great nightlife.

Hope you stick around.

@Thomson723 I wish Century Stereo was still around - that was my go-to place. Closed now forever.