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We have a breakthrough at Best Buy!

post #1 of 151
1/21/12 at 7:04pm
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New listening stations at the new Best Buys in Dallas. OMG good headphones for the masses. Some of the new ones have a special Magnolia AV section and they have a listening station in them. They also sell headphone amps, high end record players and I saw the B&W Nautilus. They had the 800s, 598, 518, AKG high end...etc...just expressing the elation I saw at Best Buy today.

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post #2 of 151
1/21/12 at 7:06pm
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New listening stations at the new Best Buys in Dallas. OMG good headphones for the masses. Some of the new ones have a special Magnolia AV section and they have a listening station in them. They also sell headphone amps, high end record players and I saw the B&W Nautilus. They had the 800s, 598, 518, AKG high end...etc...just expressing the elation I saw at Best Buy today.



holy crap... they have a pair of HD800's on display...I'm surprised they aren't worried it's going to get jacked

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post #3 of 151
1/21/12 at 7:08pm
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holy crap... they have a pair of HD800's on display...I'm surprised they aren't worried it's going to get jacked



Thats what I thought. They aren't secured very well...

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post #4 of 151
1/21/12 at 7:12pm

!!! I need to get to Best Buy!  Never thought I'd see that sentence come from me.

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post #5 of 151
1/21/12 at 7:13pm

WTF they just remodeled all the Worst Buys near me and they dont have anything remotely close to that. Although Magnolia has always sold good stuff albeit at much higher prices

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post #6 of 151
1/21/12 at 7:13pm

That's really something!  Perhaps industry analysts see the current appeal of Beats paving the way towards interest in the real item? 

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post #7 of 151
1/21/12 at 7:14pm
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Thats what I thought. They aren't secured very well...



removable cabling too... so the thief can run off with the phones and outfit it with hexagonal pure cry0 crstal cable tech without soldering too

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post #8 of 151
1/21/12 at 7:19pm
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WTF they just remodeled all the Worst Buys near me and they dont have anything remotely close to that. Although Magnolia has always sold good stuff albeit at much higher prices



It has to be a Magnolia AV, a special version. And, actually, Magnolia sells their stuff at competitive prices, a lot of what they sell is deemed by the manufacturer. But, yes, they are starting to sell better stuff in stores due to Beats. I may have to spring for the 800 now, on discount they cost $700, the 598 $150. I work at a regular Magnolia.

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post #9 of 151
1/21/12 at 7:19pm

Any reports of this near the headquarters stores?

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post #10 of 151
1/21/12 at 7:58pm

Holy bums, an incredible selection for a Best Buy, not the best security standards though.

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post #11 of 151
1/21/12 at 9:58pm

Wow! A breakthrough indeed. I don't think too many people would want to steal the 800s because those people would all be honest mild-mannered audiophiles biggrin.gif. Still bad security measures.

Hopefully, my Best Buy gets a display like this.

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post #12 of 151
1/21/12 at 10:05pm

Are all the Best Buy's getting listening stations like that? Or is it a select few? I would LOVE to listen to those HD800's!

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post #13 of 151
1/21/12 at 10:12pm
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It has to be a Magnolia AV, a special version. And, actually, Magnolia sells their stuff at competitive prices, a lot of what they sell is deemed by the manufacturer. But, yes, they are starting to sell better stuff in stores due to Beats. I may have to spring for the 800 now, on discount they cost $700, the 598 $150. I work at a regular Magnolia.

 

Wait, HD 800 for $700?  

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post #14 of 151
1/21/12 at 10:15pm

he is prob talking about an employee discount
 

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Wait, HD 800 for $700?  



 

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post #15 of 151
1/21/12 at 10:18pm

BB is camera city. It's literally impossible to be in the store and not be on CCTV at all times. I definitely wouldn't worry about theft, or at least successful theft.

 

This is really interesting though, I never thought the day would come when BB would have something worth my time in the store.
 

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Holy bums, an incredible selection for a Best Buy, not the best security standards though.



 

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