Ralph Spear is Retiring

RE: Ralph Spear is Retiring, posted on July 24, 2017 at 06:34:05
fantja Audiophile Posts: 15524 Location: Alabama Joined: September 11, 2010	Hopefully his employee(s) will continue the business?

RE: Ralph Spear is Retiring, posted on July 24, 2017 at 06:51:12
Bob Neill Dealer Posts: 2953 Location: New England Joined: October 1, 1999	They have some really good ones...employees...been there since Dick Moulding owned the business.

RE: Ralph Spear is Retiring, posted on July 24, 2017 at 07:09:15
fantja Audiophile Posts: 15524 Location: Alabama Joined: September 11, 2010	Jack Tozzi is the best!

RE: Ralph Spear is Retiring, posted on July 24, 2017 at 07:10:31
Bob Neill Dealer Posts: 2953 Location: New England Joined: October 1, 1999	Can't argue with that.

Sounds to me like he is closing the doors., posted on July 24, 2017 at 07:29:42

jea48
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Retirement Sale.
After more than 40 years in the hifi business, Ralph Spear, the Spear of Spearit, is retiring. We will be closing out over $1,000,000 of inventory of some of the finest brands available.

You normally don't sell off your inventory unless you're shutting the business down.

http://www.spearitsound.com/

Got ahold of Jack Tozzi and he said..., posted on July 24, 2017 at 11:34:36
popsy Audiophile Posts: 2713 Location: oregon Joined: March 4, 2007	Looks like October will be it....too bad :(

RE: Got ahold of Jack Tozzi and he said..., posted on July 24, 2017 at 16:28:48

stereo5
Audiophile

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Location: New England
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Thats too bad. I bought a Esoteric SACD Player from them which was was "exhibition stock" For less than half the price of retail plus it came with the 3 year warranty. I also bought a Cambridge Audio CXC transport and a few used pieces too. I live about 2 1/2 hours away and it was always a pleasant drive up there. I'm not seeing too many great deals yet.

"I've always been mad, I know I've been mad, like the
most of us...very hard to explain why you're mad, even if you're not mad..."

RE: Got ahold of Jack Tozzi and he said..., posted on July 25, 2017 at 13:01:49
BCR Audiophile Posts: 2446 Location: connecticut Joined: April 7, 2009	Looks like big savings on Conrad-Johnson gear!

RE: Sounds to me like he is closing the doors., posted on July 25, 2017 at 18:44:31

Bob Neill
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Location: New England
Joined: October 1, 1999

I doubt there would be many buyers for a bricks and mortar high end audio shop these days, especially in this fairly frugal neighborhood. Older folks don't have the dough any longer, younger folks could care less. I've got five of the "younger" folks (age 21 to 54) and none of them care about audio. Music, sure. Audio, meh. I could never make it as a shop, wouldn't want to. And what's interesting is that most of my customers aren't from anywhere around here, not even in Massachusetts. I love shops, especially books shops and (long gone) record shops. But most people don't shop in shops these days, as we all know.

RE: Sounds to me like he is closing the doors., posted on July 26, 2017 at 04:27:39
fantja Audiophile Posts: 15524 Location: Alabama Joined: September 11, 2010	I still enjoy "shops" Bob. Most places do not have Audio operations any longer, so, I travel to audition gear.

General Asylum

Ralph Spear is Retiring

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