What is this world coming to?

[JMT]

For those of you who don't know The Good Guys, they are a consumer electronics chain (a'la Circuit City) in California, Oregon, Washington, and Nevada that was recently, I believe, purchased by CompUSA. They sell the normal consumer grade stuff...Sony, Bose, Phillips, Yamaha, Denon, etc.

They have now added a couple of Music Hall products to their line. They are selling the Music Hall MMF-5 turntable on their website, and have the Music Hall Mambo integrated amp in one of their catalogs.

Oh the humanity....

 

[chadbang]

Aw, JMT. Think of it as a part of the vinyl revival. And what's wrong with bringing a taste of the high end to the masses (and especially more easily to us audiophiles). It's a good thing. Trust me.

Now I gotta go check out the price!

 

[ampgalore]

What's wrong with that? Too high end?

 

[JMT]

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Originally Posted by ampgalore What's wrong with that? Too high end?

Not at all, just weird to me.

 

[bootman]

It's obviously one of the signs of the Apocalypse!

 

[gloco]

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Originally Posted by JMT Not at all, just weird to me.

You've never been to NYC have you? A local store here called J&R has a whole line of Music Hall gear, including turntables.

 

[lizzardfire]

Well, that's certainly an improvement over Orlando. All we have is a Sound Advice. They have practically nothing except speakers and HT recievers, along with overpriced car audio stuff. Their best headphones (which they tout quite heavily) are the Bose Triports. Bleh.

 

[Edwood]

http://www.goodguys.com/adtemplate.a...2&catky=643993

-Ed

 

[gpalmer]

That is sort of weird, sort of like Radio Shack stocking Krell...

 

[Spent&Bent]

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Originally Posted by gpalmer That is sort of weird, sort of like Radio Shack stocking Krell...

Imagine that..... well as it happens I went to a local radioshack in my town today and they didn't even had the two 9 volt battery connectors I needed.
I would be very suprised to see actually MORE stuff appearing in these stores instead of the ever reducing stocks they keep.

 

[JMT]

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Originally Posted by gpalmer That is sort of weird, sort of like Radio Shack stocking Krell...

I know that The Good Guys stock the lower end Velodyne subs, and the Magnolia Hi-Fi near me sells some Martin Logans and Sonus Fabers....so maybe I shouldn't be so shocked.


But I am.

 

[KR...]

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Originally Posted by gloco You've never been to NYC have you? A local store here called J&R has a whole line of Music Hall gear, including turntables.

They also sell Senns and even Electrostatic Headphones, well the Koss ones but still

 

[nanahachi]

JMT, that kinda weirds me out too.

BUT, let's think of this as an enlightenment of the masses. Don't we want more people to be able to appreciate the splendor of *real* high end audio, and not the consumer grade crud?

I wouldn't mind an MMF-5 myself....if i wasnt broke into the next century.

 

[archosman]

I'm confused. $600+ for a belt-driven turntable? Wouldn't a direct-drive be better... or are belt-driven and direct-drive the same? I've been out of vinyl so long I can't remember.