audio stores in Albany, NY

Lwatson- How's it going neighbor! There are a couple of shops up here but nothing truly high-end. Depends what you are looking for- I am surprised we haven't run into each other on these forums before, as I am sure you are aware there aren't many audiophiles around these part. But if you must look in this area there is Clark Music in latham, Audio Oasis(also in latham) and Mom's stereo in schenectady(more mid-fi then the other two). My choice of these three would be audio oasis since they are the only guys that give me even the remote impression they know what they are talking about-and even that I am doubtful of. Clark has some OK gear(though NOT in stock) but the guys who work there know as much about audio as I do about brain surgery. There are a couple local guys who are pretty serious(I am one, check my system out on virtual systems), and even more who are more on the mid-fi plane though equally as enthusistic about the hobby. If you want shoot me an email and we can go over some audio oddities from upstate NY- Cheers! ~Tim

LWatson,

Ditto the "neighbor welcome"! You too Tireguy, I'm from E. Greenbush. I was going to mention Clarke and Mom's (with same comments), didn't know about Oasis. Slim pickings in Albany. In Pittsfield, There is a Vandersteen, Arcam, BAT and Paradigm dealer, I think they are called TRL Audio or something like that. Kind of a messy place. The best I have gone to is Spearit Sound in Northhampton, about an hour's drive. Lots of product, and great guys to deal with. Finally, on this site there is a dealer who advertises, LLC Audio????, who lists Latham Village as their address. I believe that is a residential address so it must be some sort of outta-their-house set up.

I also drove down to Audio Outlet in Mt. Kisco. Nice stuff, expensive, but they had an attitude. I got the feeling they didn't want to deal with us little guys who wanted to only spend $1-$2k on an amp.

Hope to see you guys out. Ever run in to Barnes and Noble to pick up What?HiFi or TAS?
Regards,

Matty

PS - Oh, Tireguy, by the way, what exactly do you do??????:>)

The outfit that sells on this site fom the Albany area is
eAudionet, not LLC like I said.

Double ditto neighbor welcome. Clark audio is alright for auditioning B&W stuff, listened to the 802's there before buying my Avatar OBX's. They have some incredible piano's though. Never heard of the oasis store though. The place to go is NYC, Avantegarde just opened an audio store there and you have sound by singer and innovative audio. I have considered opening a retail high end audio establishment in Albany but in the final analysis I didn't think the market would support it. People who are serious about audio would gladly drive the 2 1/2 hours to NYC.

Hello folks,

I'm from NYC, Manhattan to be exact and you are much better off staying on the outlying areas then coming into the city. If you thought The Audio Outlet didn't want to deal with you, although I've rather enjoyed going there and have never gotten any attitude from them. Just wait 'til you try and get into Lyric Hi Fi and they don't ring you in because they don't like the way you look. You can check other threads pertaining to this subject (audio shops in Manhattan and the lack of customer service) and you will find many similar experiences mentioned by other members that have unwittingly stumbled into Manhattan looking to audition or purchase gear. It does sound as though you guys have very slim pickings up there. Good luck......John