AC brought me back into the fold. I miss them. My turntable and CM10 speakers came from there. Very happy that ABT has stepped up. My other B&W, Rotel gear and CD players came from them. Crutchfield in a pinch. There is however no replacement for their (Audio Consultants) listening rooms or their great trade up program. I also mourn the loss of Needle Doctor, another retirement.
AC brought me back into the fold. I miss them. My turntable and CM10 speakers came from there. Very happy that ABT has stepped up. My other B&W, Rotel gear and CD players came from them. Crutchfield in a pinch. There is however no replacement for their (Audio Consultants) listening rooms or their great trade up program. I also mourn the loss of Needle Doctor, another retirement.
Needle doctor was a huge loss, it was one stop shopping for those of us who serviced vintage tables. LP Gear was ok for some things but spotty for others. Has anyone filled the void?
Our local high-end shop, Sound Investments in Glendale (Milwaukee), was a loss. Been quite a while now.
Did you also have a GyroDec TT...?
I'm more of a digital guy for music but do highly respect the GyroDec and VPI turntables. There are some impressive vinyl set ups out there but if the record it beat to heck they are still going to sound like junk. But when all of the planets align great vinyl is sublime. I have an old Thorens TD124 mark II with SME 3009 arm that needs to be restored, some day maybe. Just in a catch 22. Don't have enough good records to care about turntables but don't care about records because I don't have a good turntable. Right now my working turntable is a Project 1.2.
yeah, that IS a small world indeed!
I just looked at my folder from Audio Consultants -- the surviving one -- it has a name of John on it. Not sure if worked there at the same time as you did or not....
Still remember the store front with a green & white or black & white awning....
The Evanston store closed a few years ago when the owner retired, it was the last one. If it was John Fehr I never worked with him but bought some stuff from him after I left. Very knowledgeable and nice did a great job when he managed the Libertyville store. He now works at Quintessence Audio, another prestigious Chicago area store.
