Good places to audition

[Aric M L]

I'm planning to go to Chicago with a friend just to roam from store to store listening to speakers. Does anyone know of any good showrooms in the Chicago area? and what brands do they carry? Thanks!

[dean_martin]

I'm planning to go to Chicago with a friend just to roam from store to store listening to speakers. Does anyone know of any good showrooms in the Chicago area? and what brands do they carry? Thanks!

If you don't get any responses from locals, here are a couple of suggestions:

run a web search for "chicago audio" or other choice words and see what comes up; check the ads in Stereophile, Absolute Sound, etc. I know there's a Chicago hifi shop that advertises in Stereophile. Get the Chicago area Yellow Pages.

I went to Chicago last summer. I was going to check out a couple of hifi shops, but I couldn't find any close enough to where I was staying. Also, the shops I found in the yellow pages seemed to be spread out. It probably would have been helpful if I had some input from a local stereo nut.