good hifi store in Bay Area

best buy sells B&W and Marantz

If you are flexible and willing to consider used equipment; try Dan at Porschecab (https://www.audiogon.com/users/porschecab ), in St Mateo. Dan has a fantastic collection of used high end equipment for sale and he is a really nice guy to work with.

You should have no problem finding a good store in the Bay area.

It is doubtful a Magnolia would sell the Marantz higher end products but I am sure they could specially order it.

We just got in the Krell K300i intergrated you may want to check that out as a possible alternative to the Maranz.

The K300i  is $8k so similar in price to the Marantz, is 150 watts Class A and has a great built in dac and streaming, it also sounds really rich and very tube like, which should complement the detailed sound of the B&W Diamond tweeter which works well with richer amplifiers such as the Marantz. The digital board is really good sounding and has the ability to stream Tidal and is fully MQA compatible and the piece even includes Apt x blue tooth.

There is also a standard version without the streaming digital board for $7k.

Dave and Troy
Audio Doctor NJ Krell dealers

Not sure about current brands, but here are my favorite stores in the area:

Music Lover's


https://www.musicloversaudio.com/

and Audio Visions

http://audiovisionsf.com/?page=specials

Both are good shops neither sell B&W though we visted both shops a few months ago.


Dave and Troy
Audio Doctor NJ