[akar]

I will be in Portland this weekend.
Is there anything of interest I should check out while I'm there?
No sight-seeing, this trip is strictly rampant consumerism.

 

[Matthew-Spaltro]

Maine? Oregon?

 

[x1lexure]

Magnolia Hifi by Clackamas Town Center has some grados and some Sennheisers. There's a place on Hawthorne but I can't remember the name. PM Neruda or Kwarth or whatever his name is.

 

[akar]

Oregon

 

[Gergor]

Stereotypes. Btw, I have never been to Portland. I only ordered some stuff from them over the phone.

 

[x1lexure]

Thanks Gergor

 

[bdb55]

I second Stereotypes. I bought some speakers there a few years ago and it seemed like a very nice store with helpful employees. It's only about a mile away from my house and I would really like to get a job there next summer.

 

[bpm2000]

the place on hawthorne is probably Fred's Sound of Music. Great place, used to go there when I lived in Portland.

 

[Budgie]

Brownells Sound, on Hawthorne street, has a good selection of headphones, also. Just down the street from Fred's Sound of Music.

 

[Tuberoller]

Powells's books.I went completely stupid when I was there last.

 

[bdb55]

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Originally posted by Tuberoller Powells's books.I went completely stupid when I was there last.

If you are into books then Powell's is a must. It's the biggest new and used bookstore in the world.

Hmmm... what else..... Well, Pro Photo Supply is a really good photography store - if you're into that. Anything else you want to look at specifically?

 

[akar]

Well, I managed to get to Magnolia Hi-Fi by Clackamas Town Center and Fred's Sound of Music on Hawthorne.

The Magnolia Hi-Fi was alot bigger than the one I went to in Tukwila, WA.
BTW, a salesman at the store by Clackamas Town Center said they will no longer be carrying Grados. I would assume he meant all Magnolia Hi-Fi stores, but he didn't specify.

I picked up a pair of Grado SR-40s from Fred's Sound Emporium.

I looked for, but couldn't find Stereotypes.
Maybe someone could post some detailed directions so I could prepare in advance for my next Portland trip.

 

[Gergor]

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Originally posted by akar I looked for, but couldn't find Stereotypes. Maybe someone could post some detailed directions so I could prepare in advance for my next Portland trip.

May be this would help.

 

[Budgie]

Or you could arrange to have a Portland local meet you and take you to all the places with the minimum amount of hassle and have a good time too. All ya gotta do is say when. Buy me a beer and we'll call it even...

 

[akar]

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Originally posted by Budgie Or you could arrange to have a Portland local meet you and take you to all the places with the minimum amount of hassle and have a good time too. All ya gotta do is say when. Buy me a beer and we'll call it even...

That's a good idea, I would just have to find something for my wife to do.
I think we will probably make another trip to Portland this coming spring or summer.
We haven't worked out our trip schedule that far ahead yet.
There should be a few more trips to Seattle, a couple to San Diego, one to Portland, and one to Mexico coming up within the next 6 or 8 months.