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In Reply to: RE: Three true audio stories! Do you have any? posted by RealStereo on September 11, 2016 at 19:56:23
Story #1: While visiting Chicago many years ago and interested in getting into a high-end system, I went into Paul Heath Audio with my brother. I told the salesperson what I was interested in and told him I liked large-scale orchestral music. He put on a scratched mono LP of a lute! Walked out--what a jerk.
Story #2: I wanted to upgrade my speakers and went to Audio Craft in Cleveland. The salesman was nice, but all he had available as a demo was a CD of some Motown stuff! Again, I walked. Audio Craft is out of business.
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I was working in London for about 6 months 10 years ago. One weekend, I happened to notice a Hi-End Audio store while walking down a street. I was very excited and walked in to take a look. Some one greeted me, and I told him I'm from the US working in UK, pretty excited to visit the store, just browsing to see if there's anything interesting. When he heard that, he probably guess that it is very unlikely I would buy anything. I asked if I could browse around the store, and he said "no, and I cannot let you walk around the store unattended, please leave". Wow, most of their stuff are entry level stuff, nothing fancy either. Nice attitude.
Then I visited another store, Walrus Audio, I believe, some time later. And the guy was awesome. I spent almost two hours in that store just chatting with the owner. The only thing I could buy was replacement belts for my Michell turntable, but we had a great time just chatting inbetween him answering phones and emails. That was awesome.
FrankC
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