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Who is the WORST Audio Shop?

There seems to have been quite a bit written over the past several years regarding the myriad of reasons one can attribute to the demise of the brick and mortar audio shop. Rarely have I read however one of the most obvious reasons, which based on my experience, has got to be the simple fact that for the most part, they just didn't offer a high end listening experience. That, along with an elitist and careless attitude towards customer service, buried them as much as anything else. So here's my question. Who is the WORST audio shop/dealer you've ever encountered?
jayh31
theduke
372 posts
 
Csontos:
I could not disagree more with you about "In House Stereo Repair". I've been dealing with them for close to ten years and each and every time they have repaired my equipment promptly and at too fair a price.

Last time around, I foolishly blew out four (!) amplifiers due to a defective DAC. Wayne was kind enough to meet me on a weekend to take in the amps because I could not get there during his normal working hours. He repaired the amps in one week. And again I picked up the amps on his day off!

To me, that is above and beyond normal customer service.

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steelyjoe
6 posts
 
Avsouth in Tampa
Experience there is entirely uncomfortable
phaelon
1,053 posts
 
Come on you slobs... this is after all HIGH-END Audio. Would it really be so inconvenient for you to make a quick pit stop at Brooks Brothers so as to be attired appropriately? :-)
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jedinite24
1,503 posts
 
To Theduke and CSontos

I've heard both good and bad things about "In House Stereo Repair" in recent years. It seems for every good job Wayne does there is a bad job. When I recommended them before because Wayne did good work for me with a Phase Linear 700B I had members here tell me about shipping issues and shoddy/improper repair.
polk432
1,142 posts
 
After being spoke down to the last time I was invited to an after hours affair at AVSOUTH in Tampa (funny only 4 people showed up) I let the salesman know that I could pay cash for anything they had in the place as long as I needed it. Funny, he works there and can't say the same thing. What a bunch of schmucks.
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