Was my friend given misinformation.

I'm sure he was pushing what he made the most commission on. I also heard companies pay for floor space placement in those stores.

As most integrated are 2 channel I would say they are more like a 2 channel receiver without the tuner. Either way the point is your cramming more into the same size box so sacrifices have to be made..

man i hope ur friend returns the gear and gets all his money back from these crooks. if he really digs the b&w theres other ways to buy them. 

Stupid thread.

I feel a bit inclined to defend BB / Magnolia. In general, they have employees that know more than nothing. They are salesman… but people as well… so some are great some good and some not good. They sell low end and mid-fi to mostly people that know little to nothing. It is there job, and not one that pays six digits. So, within that context, they usually do pretty good. I have met some really enthusiastic pretty well informed folks there… although not the most common. I haven’t met too many sales people that were just pushing stuff. If they sell something inappropriate it is more from lack of knowledge.

You want high end, you go to a high end store.