There is a shop in New York City that has the word "Innovation" in the title, something like, Audio Innovations. There is one in Brooklyn Heights, on the main commercial street in Brooklyn Heights just a couple blocks from the river. There is also one in mid-town Manhattan, I think on the east side. I have been to each of these stores several times and always well treated.
Generally speaking, my experience is like many hobbiests that high end audio shops are on average much less welcoming than almost any other type of shopping experience. I think they get frustrated with people who visit them often and then just buy used on the net, or they imagine that people are doing that and then they get angry.... But these shops were rude before the internet was popular, so perhaps I'm being too generous in making excuses for them.
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