Spearit Sound

[Oistrakh]

So, I convinced my mother to bring me to Spearit Sound in Boston. I would have thought the store would have been bigger. I walked to their headphone wall, and I was surprised at how narrow it was. It had AKG and Grados (and maybe a couple other headphones), but I was dissapointed that they didn't have any Sennheisers (which was the reason why I wanted to go there!). So I put on the K1000 and listened to a russian overture, and was amazed at the depth, clarity, and the ubiquity of the sound. I then tried out the Grado 325i and the AKG K701. They sounded really similar for the song, but still liked the K1000 better... There was a nice salesman, with short grey curly hair and a low hairline that told me about electrostatic rigs. There were a couple of different listening rooms...

So has anyone been to Spearit Sound and what do you think of it?

 

[strid3r]

I used to visit Spearit Sound once in a while to listen to their equipment before I transferred out of BU. The people there are generally helpful and knowledgable, and I bought my first pair of real cans there, the SR-60s.

 

[gsteinb88]

Ive been thinking about dropping by there to listen to some high end grados. I guess ill listen to the k1000 while im there too...
Do they want you to call ahead like some audio stores do if you want to listen to something in particular?
-g

 

[Oistrakh]

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Originally Posted by strid3r I used to visit Spearit Sound once in a while to listen to their equipment before I transferred out of BU. The people there are generally helpful and knowledgable, and I bought my first pair of real cans there, the SR-60s.

where did you get transferred to?

 

[strid3r]

I transferred to Northeastern University. I felt BU's engineering school was too much filler.

 

[Oistrakh]

isn't northeastern pretty close to BU and Spearit Sound?

 

[strid3r]

Sort of. If you have a car, it's a short drive over, but taking the train (which is what I do), is a bit longer cause you have to switch over to the Green line B from either the Orange line or Green line E.

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Originally Posted by gsteinb88 Do they want you to call ahead like some audio stores do if you want to listen to something in particular?

I've never called when going in just to listen to some headphones. If its a certain speaker, you might want to call so they could maybe set up a room for you before hand.

 

[hembergler]

My dad bought his CD Player/Speakers there... and I never noticed the wall of headphones when I last visited. Perhaps I should go back, I really wanna try a pair of K1000's, even if I will never be able to afford them

 

[nabwong]

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Originally Posted by strid3r Sort of. If you have a car, it's a short drive over, but taking the train (which is what I do), is a bit longer cause you have to switch over to the Green line B from either the Orange line or Green line E.

Or you could walk to Hynes and then take the B line. The people at Spearit are really nice. I bought my speakers and amp from them. I never wanted to spend what i did but because of their service, i had no regrets.

 

[Oistrakh]

What stop on the B line is Spearit closest to? thanks

 

[strid3r]

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Originally Posted by Oistrakh What stop on the B line is Spearit closest to? thanks

Boston University West, it stops right across the street from it.

 

[skudmunky]

I liked Spearit Sound, went in, tried out the headphones in my price range. I'd already tried the HD555s at the Audio Lab in Cambridge, so I went to Spearit for the Grados and AKGs. Ended up getting my K240S there

 

[Oistrakh]

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Originally Posted by skudmunky I liked Spearit Sound, went in, tried out the headphones in my price range. I'd already tried the HD555s at the Audio Lab in Cambridge, so I went to Spearit for the Grados and AKGs. Ended up getting my K240S there

the guy at audio lab, with the longish curly hair with receding hairline and glasses is nice... forget that guys name

 

[Oistrakh]

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Originally Posted by strid3r Boston University West, it stops right across the street from it.

and so if I get off kenmore station, there will be signs directing me to the B line?

 

[nabwong]

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Originally Posted by Oistrakh and so if I get off kenmore station, there will be signs directing me to the B line?

It's underground there. You can't miss it. Really..