good hifi store in Bay Area

@hifineubee have you tried the dealer locator from B&W's web site? Sounds like you might be looking for a non-custom installer—you can filter them out in the dealer locator.

The 2 shops mentioned are good and I have been to both.

If you are near the South Bay then there is also a very good store at the Mountain View train station. I forgot the name but it is on Castro across from Central (beside Thai restaurant).  You can walk from the BART station

There is also a good smaller store at the Campbell downtown area. That downtown is so small you can easily look it up.

Tone of Music is a very nice shop.  Make an appointment
Tim the owner is very knowledgable.

http://toneofmusic.com/

Tone of Music is my favorite but doesn't carry B&W. However, the Devore's sounded very nice when I was last in the shop dropping off some tubes for Tim.

although it was admittedly several years ago, I had a negative experience with Music Lovers when they would not return my calls regarding a service issue on equipment I had purchased from them..