Wow. All these posts bring back old memories. My 1st audiophile listening g experience was somewhere in the village listening to a Rega with Spica TC50s I think. At that time Stereo Exchnage wasa few blocks over down the street. Wanted a Pink Triangle turntable back then but I was in High School and that kind of money was a dream. Later Stereo Exchange waived and had the Apogee Divas set upon a massive room. I forget the amps but one of the best sounding systems I ever heard. The room was huge. Those were the days.
I went to Sound By Singer when they were upstairs selling Linn and a few other things. It wa fun and Andy is something special. Left me confused. At that time dealers were dealers and opinions from them were gold as forums and the Internet was something not in existence. I listened am y a time in the 33rd street location of Sound by Singer and was given a nice amount of freedom. Salespeople were there to sell but are helpful as well. I have dealt with Elliiott of Innivative and they are very accommodating during weekdays.
I am friends with Jeff from before he owned High Water Sound. One great guy and he is opinionated but honest. Very accommodating. They have some amazing equipment these days. Worth just going for a listen to hear what is out there. His store is really nice size room. You get a feel for the sound in a real world situation.
There aremorebutmy favorite memory of all time is of Lyric HiFi. I was wearing a Greek Week T short and Mr Kay thought I was Greek. He let me into the vault to hear one amazing system. Infiniti IRS Betas driven by Levinson 20.5s on the bass, and the dual chassis Carver tube mono blocks onthe Ribbons. I think the preamp was a top of the line dual chassis CJ. Amazing doesn't get there. That was when Lyric was Lyric. Many of these dealers were around from the beginning of Hi End audio and they need to be respected for how much they contributed to building the industry and the hobby.
Without them much of what we hear today would not exist and it would be a tweaker industry.
I went to Sound By Singer when they were upstairs selling Linn and a few other things. It wa fun and Andy is something special. Left me confused. At that time dealers were dealers and opinions from them were gold as forums and the Internet was something not in existence. I listened am y a time in the 33rd street location of Sound by Singer and was given a nice amount of freedom. Salespeople were there to sell but are helpful as well. I have dealt with Elliiott of Innivative and they are very accommodating during weekdays.
I am friends with Jeff from before he owned High Water Sound. One great guy and he is opinionated but honest. Very accommodating. They have some amazing equipment these days. Worth just going for a listen to hear what is out there. His store is really nice size room. You get a feel for the sound in a real world situation.
There aremorebutmy favorite memory of all time is of Lyric HiFi. I was wearing a Greek Week T short and Mr Kay thought I was Greek. He let me into the vault to hear one amazing system. Infiniti IRS Betas driven by Levinson 20.5s on the bass, and the dual chassis Carver tube mono blocks onthe Ribbons. I think the preamp was a top of the line dual chassis CJ. Amazing doesn't get there. That was when Lyric was Lyric. Many of these dealers were around from the beginning of Hi End audio and they need to be respected for how much they contributed to building the industry and the hobby.
Without them much of what we hear today would not exist and it would be a tweaker industry.