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In Reply to: Who's the snobbiest high end dealer? posted by MGH on April 23, 2007 at 19:30:55:
While on a visit to Boston this past Fall I went to the store and did not find the people there to be snobbish in any way. I just saw a store that looks more like an old line store with a bunch of equipment stuffed into spaces that could not be considered in any way shape or form as sound rooms. They do have sound rooms but, again, nothing that compares to a decent high-end dealer. A mishmash of equipment assembled in a haphazard way is the best I can describe my impression. I looked at their demo Thiel speakers and was not impressed at the poor condition the cabinets were in, showing, yet again, that sloppy old school wall of speakers attitude. The CS 6s and 7.2s will probably end up in their other liquidation outlet. I wonder how their condition will be described?
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Hi Middleground, looks like you took the middleground on this one. I went there twice and twice I got the same snobbish remarks on how what I like was "obsolete" or "low fi", eventhough I doubt these guys ever owned any of the components I was interested in. Do these guys actually think they're the last word in high end? They have a $40k+ speaker stuffed into a tiny room with bunch of other speakers run by hyped up Krell electronics. They have no idea about room acoustics. None of there setup sounded at all desirable to me. If you want to visit a real high end dealer, go to Goodwins highend in Waltham, MA.
You say:"They have a $40k+ speaker stuffed into a tiny room with bunch of other speakers run by hyped up Krell electronics. They have no idea about room acoustics. None of there setup sounded at all desirable to me."
But (1) the room with the super "high end" stuff behind the counter area isn't small at all - no smaller than some of the rooms at Goodwin's High End - and does have room treatments, (2) you might not like Krell (neither do I), but some people do and Spearit also has the top end CJ and Classe gear in that room and (3) I thought you walked out after they mistreated you? How much time did you spend there listening?
Wasn't "Q" was it?-Tom
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I have been going there for years, and own a number of things I bought from Ralph and his sales personnel. Some of them are not very knowledgeable, and one or two can be a bit grating, but Ralph is fair and honest and most of the salesmen are too in my experience.I like Goodwins High End too. It is certainly a slicker, more sophisticated place, but they don't discount and have a limited selection.
I also like the litle crazy Audio Studio in Brookline.
Don't ask me about Audio Lab in Cambridge or the friggin' place out in Framingham on Rt 9. They are not handicap accessible and I'm disabled.
The sales guy at Audiolab is just weird, but nice in a strange way. The guy seems disconnected when you talk to him. I don't know how else to describe him. Like most dealers, the rooms are too small with too many speakers/electronics stuffed into one room.
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Yeah, they're a bit sloppy, granted. Still, it's a decent place.
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