Walking Into A Brick & Mortar High End Audio Store
Lo siento, pero estas equivocado! Thanks for the attempted grammar lesson, but you may want to reconsider your assertion: http://download.cnet.com/Microsoft-Word-2013/3000-2079_4-75855647.html :-) |
More Brick and Mortar stores should offer in-home audition. I would happily pay for the service - especially if the money (all or in part) were applied to a purchase. It would be money well spent to avoid a mistake. Twenty years ago, Golden Ear Audio (in Virginia) brought over several pairs of speakers for me to audition. The ones that I liked in the store sounded terrible in my home. Recently, Gary Dews from Border Patrol brought over a pair of Living Voice speakers and one of his 300b based amplifiers; he said that it is part of the service that he offers. |
I was looking for speakers to go along with my MA6600. I listened to several pairs before settling on 2 pairs at a SF mac store. I ended up buying another brand. I felt the salesperson was so good and honest I went and overpaid on a MC452 from them. I was trying to decide between a ss or tube pre and store a only had a demo, store b (where I bought the 6600)had one on order due in a week. Two weeks went bye and I was told the one on order was spoken for and did I want the demo when It came back in. I called store A and no stock. Drove to the SanJose dealer and got a new pre at demo pricing. 10 days later the store b called and said the demo was back in stock. The sales person had a fit when I told him I drove 30 mi and bought a new one. I did not want to buy from the Magnolia chain. I try to buy locally when I can, which is difficult here on the West Coast. |
Discussing "who" vs. "whom," although often a question not lacking in difficulty, seems less likely to perturb domestic tranquility than discussing the other tangent this thread went off on. So I'll mention that I believe Courant is correct, and it should be "whom." The spelling and grammar checker of Microsoft Word in Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2010 does not flag an error for either "who" or "whom." But using the "he vs. him" trick described at the end of this article, one would say (albeit a bit clumsily) "for him English is not his first language," not "for he English is not his first language," and therefore "whom" would be correct. Best regards, -- Al |
