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• Welcome to St. Louis - Sturgus 19:28:47 11/09/03 (0)
  In Reply to: St. Louis Audio stores? posted by Mike D on November 07, 2003 at 20:42:00:

  Mike glad to have you here. If you want to we can get togther sometime. I was just with Scott and Steve at Steve's house. We may try to do something next week at Scott's. Hope you can join us. Once again welcome to St. Louis.

  Sturgus
  
  

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• MikeD..if you were trying to get me via email..... - Scott F. 18:03:55 11/09/03 (0)
  In Reply to: St. Louis Audio stores? posted by Mike D on November 07, 2003 at 20:42:00:

  ....you probably couldn't.

  Come to find out, my email address here at AA was out of date. Finally figured out how to change it so it should be working again (I think...).

  If you have trouble getting me, you can always get through my site email scott@tnt-audio.com

  Regards,
  Scott
  
  

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• Good Luck..... - Scott F. 22:14:56 11/07/03 (8)
  In Reply to: St. Louis Audio stores? posted by Mike D on November 07, 2003 at 20:42:00:

  Hi Mike,

  Welcome to hi-fi the hell a.k.a. St Louis. We've only got a couple of decent, true hifi shops here in town. I'll give you the quick rundowns.

  Music For Pleasure
  Krell, Arcam, Dynaudio, Naim, Primaire, Linn, Acoustic Energy, Rega, plus a few other minor lines. Probably the coolest audio salon you'll set foot in, in the midwest. Sorry no tubes.
  http://www.musicforpleasure.com/index.html

  Best Sound
  Audio Research, Rotel, B&W, Martin Logans, Magnum Dynalab, Denon plus a few other minor lines. Decent shop, see Tim he's into tubes.
  no web site

  Flips
  Levinson, Creek, Maggies, Ruark, Vandersteen, Klipsch (reference) plus a few other minor lines. See Thom. Probably one of the better tube designers in the area. Into 2a3's 45's plus designs some killer pre's.
  http://www.flipsaudiovideo.com/index.htm

  Musical Design / Musical Concepts
  John designs and sells tubed preamps, solid state amps and sells retrofit kits for the old Hafler amps. Also does some killer mods to commercial gear. Definately into tubes, but not much to hear other than his gear. Think he has some Meadowlarks.
  http://www.musicaldesign.com/

  We've got a couple of big names here in town. Keith Herron, Clayton Audio (Wilson Shen), H. Duane Goldman (aka The Disc Doctor), Sam Kennard (aka Vibrapods) and a few more that don't quite come to mind.

  Kinda strange here in town. The audiophiles are fractured. Sturgus, Steve and myself are getting together on a (quasi) regular basis and trying to corrupt a few more people.

  The three of us are into tubes. I've gone off the deep end. I'm getting ready to tear down my kilo-watt SS system in favor of a pair of Lowthers and a 2a3. I occasionally get some interesting gear that comes through the house (I write for TNT-Audio.com). If nothing else, it's always something different to whats in town.

  Contact me off line and we can all hook up. Sounds like next week Sturgus and Steve (plus a few more) may be coming by. You're welcome to join us.

  Regards,
  Scott Faller
  
  

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  • Another name for the list - Rob Doorack 10:10:51 11/09/03 (1)
    In Reply to: Good Luck..... posted by Scott F. on November 07, 2003 at 22:14:56:

    > > We've got a couple of big names here in town < <

    Cool guy Mike Pranka, whose companies import and distribute Rega, Dynavactor, and Neat Acoustics products, is in St. Louis too.
    
    

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    • I hope Mike wasn't reading this post... - Scott F. 17:59:28 11/09/03 (0)
      In Reply to: Another name for the list posted by Rob Doorack on November 09, 2003 at 10:10:51:

      Thanks Rob,

      Don't know how I forgot Mike! Geez, him and I just talked for almost an hour Wednesday :-| We're going to try to get together sometime soon and play with his Wally-Tractor stuff.

      Regards,
      Scott
      
      

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  • RE: "Welcome to hi-fi the hell a.k.a. St Louis" - madnash 15:02:37 11/08/03 (1)
    In Reply to: Good Luck..... posted by Scott F. on November 07, 2003 at 22:14:56:

    You are a spoiled brat ;o)
    Many people don't have any hi-fi shops close by.
    Now, East St Louis is probably much closer to hi-fi hell...
    
    

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    • Now, East St Louis is probably much closer to hi-fi hell... - Scott F. 18:34:47 11/08/03 (0)
      In Reply to: RE: "Welcome to hi-fi the hell a.k.a. St Louis" posted by madnash on November 08, 2003 at 15:02:37:

      You're right, good point :-)

      Scott
      
      

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  • I believe Flips carries Cary also... - stevenk 14:07:28 11/08/03 (0)
    In Reply to: Good Luck..... posted by Scott F. on November 07, 2003 at 22:14:56:

    at least they did they last time I was in there about 2 months ago.
    steve
    
    

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  • Re: Good Luck..... - new_to_learn 07:33:00 11/08/03 (2)
    In Reply to: Good Luck..... posted by Scott F. on November 07, 2003 at 22:14:56:

    Hello Scott,

    Thank you for the long list, sounds very great.
    I am new in town, I am a foreigner, from the tube country, so interestingly I had moved from tube to solid state several years before...now I am thinking back to vinyl world after I settle down here. My English sucks, sorry.

    By the way, any good places to get vinyl new/used? I have just orderd my TT, it's on the way..

    Thank you!
    
    
    

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    • Vinyl in St Louis - Scott F. 09:19:54 11/08/03 (0)
      In Reply to: Re: Good Luck..... posted by new_to_learn on November 08, 2003 at 07:33:00:

      Hey, your english is fine. In fact it's better than mine at times :-)

      We have a couple of good sources for vinyl here in town.

      My first choice is always Euclid Records in Webster Groves. Great selection, very reasonable prices, very clean vinyl. Joe and the gang know how to grade vinyl (if you are buying online). Good guys too.

      Next is Vintage Vinyl down on the U City Loop. Nice selection, reasonable prices, always look at the vinyl, great place to people watch. Stop in and get a burger at Blueberry Hill (Joe Edwards place) while you are down there. That and stop in and see Chuck Berry perform live (about) once a month on Wednesdays in the Duck Room.

      CD Reunion in Village Square Shopping Center has a fair vinyl selection. Best part it's cheap. 1/2 to 2/3rds the price of the other guys in town. Be sure to check the vinyl.

      There's a couple of other places I haven't been to in years. Don't know what their current selection is like or if they even have vinyl anymore.

      Enjoy
      Scott
      
      

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    • Oops, wrong thread, it's not mine although I am new in St. Louis as well :) (NT) - new_to_learn 07:36:06 11/08/03 (0)
      In Reply to: Re: Good Luck..... posted by new_to_learn on November 08, 2003 at 07:33:00:

      :)
      
      

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