Here in Asheville NC I'm basically limited to:
-Best Buy, with it's always changing floor personnel. You generally know more than the sales person, so it's 'get in/get out'.
-Guitar Center, good for the odd hardware-ish stuff. If you're not buying an 'axe' or drum kit, you're left alone.
-Moog; the museum is fun, but...*shrug*
ATL is the closest 'serious' venue for Anything.
Just because AG is in Greenville doesn't mean squat. AG itself is an 'on-line entity' without a storefront....
Other than the venues listed above by their supporters, the storefront 'boutique audio shop' is a rare breed. Treat them well, give them your support and business when you can.
I've visited various vendors in the Triangle area, Charlotte, and others in my travels with a 500 mi. radius of 'home'. Most are HT shops; when I walk in I get 'short-shrift', since I'm driving my company Dodge dually (a 'working truck', not a 'Cowboy Cadillac' that will Never see dirt).
Most of what I see within their walls is Familiar...
I haven't seen anything I would call 'exotic' since I lived in the Houston metro area some 15 years ago....
That was the last time I saw some Krell gear.
It's become an 'on-line world'. Resign self to 'shipping costs' to/from your door, or lavish your IRL time to your 'local' shop...
...or they will follow the dodo into extinction.
(Hi dwmaggie...;) ^5's *G*)
-Best Buy, with it's always changing floor personnel. You generally know more than the sales person, so it's 'get in/get out'.
-Guitar Center, good for the odd hardware-ish stuff. If you're not buying an 'axe' or drum kit, you're left alone.
-Moog; the museum is fun, but...*shrug*
ATL is the closest 'serious' venue for Anything.
Just because AG is in Greenville doesn't mean squat. AG itself is an 'on-line entity' without a storefront....
Other than the venues listed above by their supporters, the storefront 'boutique audio shop' is a rare breed. Treat them well, give them your support and business when you can.
I've visited various vendors in the Triangle area, Charlotte, and others in my travels with a 500 mi. radius of 'home'. Most are HT shops; when I walk in I get 'short-shrift', since I'm driving my company Dodge dually (a 'working truck', not a 'Cowboy Cadillac' that will Never see dirt).
Most of what I see within their walls is Familiar...
I haven't seen anything I would call 'exotic' since I lived in the Houston metro area some 15 years ago....
That was the last time I saw some Krell gear.
It's become an 'on-line world'. Resign self to 'shipping costs' to/from your door, or lavish your IRL time to your 'local' shop...
...or they will follow the dodo into extinction.
(Hi dwmaggie...;) ^5's *G*)