Audio manufacturers need to get a clue!

[JoeE SP9]

I must put in a plug for David Lewis Audio here in Phila. They kept the store open late (over an hour) so a buddy could buy a $500 pair of speakers. Then they threw in an 8Ft. pair of Kimber speaker cables for free. They terminated them with spades while we waited. They always keep lots of TT stuff in stock.

[hifitommy]

godam nice. NOBODY ever does stuff like that anymore.

[Hyfi]

I must put in a plug for David Lewis Audio here in Phila. They kept the store open late (over an hour) so a buddy could buy a $500 pair of speakers. Then they threw in an 8Ft. pair of Kimber speaker cables for free. They terminated them with spades while we waited. They always keep lots of TT stuff in stock.

That is very interesting. Living close to there but having Soundex, AudioLab, HiFi House, Quest For Sound all nearby I had other choices.

David Lewis is one oddball place. You can't just walk in because the doors were always locked. You needed an appointment to look at his gear or ask questions. The one time I was able to walk past an unlocked door, I was completely ignored. (Iguess because I was young and did not have $100 bills falling out of my pockets) I walked out and never went back.

Now, on the other hand, the VAC, Counterpoint, Clearfields, and Synergistic cables I have now were all from David Lewis and were floor models that he sold to my neighbor at close to list price at the time which I saw as a ripoff of an unsuspecting customer new to high end gear.

Recently, before I bought the gear, I was trying to help my neighbor sell the stuff. I contacted all the manufactures who helped me to some degree with info and list prices at the time the gear was new. I called David Lewis and tried to ask him a few questions and he blew me off very quickly and gave me absolutely no help or info and hung up.

I'm glad someone had a good experience there. If it was more recent, maybe he has changed his tune since people are not dropping the cash as easily as they did several years ago.