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In Reply to: RE: Does anyone remember these great old Chicago-based stereo stores from the 70s? posted by Jeff Jenkins on February 17, 2010 at 12:25:06
I first worked at the original main store at 48 E Oak in Chitcago and then later at the Mortgage Grove store on Dumpster Ave. Ted Schwartz was the owner and founder and that store had been there since about '49. I had also worked a Playback Electronics on Golf Rd in Glenview for a while.. There was also United Audio In Evanstein and in the Old Orchard Mall back then.
I loved working at Musicraft because of the generous employee discounts on new equipment and I got first dibs on used equipment coming in on trade. I must have auditioned 100's of items at home courtesy of Muscraft.
Dave
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Hello Dave, Dependent upon the time you worked at the Oak St Store, then you might have known Perry, and Kevin. Kevin was a zany guy, but fun, and Perry sold me literal $1,000's of equipment. I loved MusiCraft's Speaker Upgrade Policy, keeping the speakers for up yo a year, keep the boxes-manuals, and get full trade in value for a better pair of speakers.I used that option twice.
The second floor was a real candy shop, McIntosh, JBL Paragons, etc. mark
I knew them both. Kevin and I were drinking buddies. Parking was at a premium there for employees and he used to park his Porsche 914 behind a furniture store nearby. Once we went to go to lunch and they had lifted it with a forklift and put it on top of a garbage dumpster. Was a fun place to work...I was down in the cellar with Larry but they would make me play salesman sometimes when it got real busy.
Dave
During your tenure at Musicraft, did you work with Victor Palulis, later of Victor's fame? (Speaking loosely here)
I vaguely remember Victor but don't remember much about him.
Dave
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