Best hi-fi salon 'round

there is so many excellent manufacturers out there these days. in my thirty years of saying that i'm an audiophile, i've visited from atlanta to new york on east coast . i think with all the great manufacuters and the stores that are being rebuilt or remodeled ...it is very important to remember that when listening to a system, it is very important to listen in a room with one system only to get a real close sense of how the system sounds at home and in my traveling , the owners want to have all the best and off so much more than in the past that they overlook the purist form of being able to do so with the single system....you go into a busines today and they have even thirty thousand dollar systems with other thirty thousand dollars systems in the same room , today there is no one doing the purist in evaluating . i know this doesn't answer your question and please allow me this paragraph...does anyone in this thread know of a buiness that does that...but while in north carolina, raleigh, go to audio advice.....

Primus Audio Kansas City, MO.

Progressive Audio in Columbus, OH has the most impressive store I've visited. Three floors in a renovated old mansion. The rooms are more like a typical house than a store. The sales people are also friendly and knowledgeable and don't follow you around like a lost puppy! Great place to window shop.

Thanks Pmotz, that's the place I was trying to remember! I knew it was in Columbus, OH but couldn't remember the name. You can listen in there all day long if you like, incredible equipment, incredible rooms.

Audio Consultants, Evanston, Illinois. Great selection, knowledgeable salespeople who have made careers there, and an owner who's absolutely tops.