On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 2:16 AM, Yaron <tclug at freakzilla.com> wrote: > So with just about every electronics store except Best Buy closed, do > people on the list have any hints on where to go for stereo equipment? Not > high-end insane audiophile stuff, but still, you know, nicer than Best Buy. > > Probably end up buying stuff online, but it's nice to listen to speakers > before buying 'em. > > The Twin Cities metro area will have multiple sound shops that specialize exclusively in audio stuff, which if you're trying to avoid big-box retail is where you'll want to go. I've been partial to Denon integrated amps/receivers - the build quality has been really good. As for speakers it's easy to go off the deep-end. The last time I helped someone build out a system they went with Paradigm speakers, which is a nice line of speakers with entries across the entire spectrum of cost. I especially thought they had some great offerings at the knee-of-the-curve price-point for speakers. His system sounded really good when he had it up and running. -Rob -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20111222/e5a85963/attachment.html>