have you been to UPSCALE ?
its certainly in your neighborhood, closer than brooks'. brooks has really expanded the listening areas in number but i think it would be good to have a larger room in which to demo the big wilsons.
agreed, a friendly place with great choices. i have bought vinyl there as well.
kevin is rather nepotistic
about tubes. if you bought something at his shop, its much friendlier when it comes to tubes. he has lots of other merchandise though. i only mention upscale because its close to you.
http://www.laocaudiosociety.net/
a little further up the road
is upscale. the LA/OC audio society will have a meeting there on sunday. visitors welcome.
http://www.laocaudiosociety.net/calendar.html
the above link is to our site and its schedule of events. anyway, audio is alive and well in so-cal.