Chris Durant
Active Member
A trip down memory lane, maybe someone else will enjoy it, I know I do 
I remember when I was 15 16 17 years old, going to Stereo Discounters in King of Prussia PA. It was a neat store on the second level of this cool looking office building with a 100% glass front and partial glass side, so when inside you could see most of King of Prussia and Valley Forge , But when you looked the other way, stack after stack of new receivers and amplifiers and tuners, Turntables, Tape Decks, and in the back Speakers, and in the very very back a half ass sound wall. The Sound Wall was not impressive but the stacks of Kenwood, Pioneer, Sansui, KLH, Marantz and on and on was impressive. I would go in find what I thought I wanted, save my money, go back a few weeks later and , oh no, things changed, new receivers and new turntables. There was no internet, so I thought the mfg just kept releasing new models all the time, I didn't realize it was Stereo Discounters selling out of one and bringing in another more often than actual new models. I had my heart set on a KLH 54 Quad Receiver one time, never was able to get that one, it was a short lived model for sure. I sure do miss the days of that kind of store. I now live in Las Vegas and we have Best Buy a complete joke, and Frys which used to be really cool, three sound rooms and aisles and aisles of kinda cool Audio , but now all but one Sound Room is closed, and the aisles and aisles in now one half and aisle. Gone are the days of neat deals on oddball things, like Dali Speakers one time and Kef another, Now its a few brands only and nothing that's a real deal anymore, almost looks like there going out of business too me.
Sure is a shame a standalone Hifi Store with new and vintage stuff could not exist, thrive and survive in this day and age. I think they could, the problem as always is money, and banks, It's just not like the old days. No one goes out on a limb anymore. And I am talking the folks holding all the cash.
On a side note we have a couple of vintage shops in town, but they are a mess, most items are in so so condition and they want more than top dollar for everything, and here's the topper, they aren't open on weekends and close at 5pm weekdays, really, cmon, hows that working out ???
Well just my two cents, and memories of lots of fun trips to Stereo Discounters. I miss the old days bigtime !
I remember when I was 15 16 17 years old, going to Stereo Discounters in King of Prussia PA. It was a neat store on the second level of this cool looking office building with a 100% glass front and partial glass side, so when inside you could see most of King of Prussia and Valley Forge , But when you looked the other way, stack after stack of new receivers and amplifiers and tuners, Turntables, Tape Decks, and in the back Speakers, and in the very very back a half ass sound wall. The Sound Wall was not impressive but the stacks of Kenwood, Pioneer, Sansui, KLH, Marantz and on and on was impressive. I would go in find what I thought I wanted, save my money, go back a few weeks later and , oh no, things changed, new receivers and new turntables. There was no internet, so I thought the mfg just kept releasing new models all the time, I didn't realize it was Stereo Discounters selling out of one and bringing in another more often than actual new models. I had my heart set on a KLH 54 Quad Receiver one time, never was able to get that one, it was a short lived model for sure. I sure do miss the days of that kind of store. I now live in Las Vegas and we have Best Buy a complete joke, and Frys which used to be really cool, three sound rooms and aisles and aisles of kinda cool Audio , but now all but one Sound Room is closed, and the aisles and aisles in now one half and aisle. Gone are the days of neat deals on oddball things, like Dali Speakers one time and Kef another, Now its a few brands only and nothing that's a real deal anymore, almost looks like there going out of business too me.
Sure is a shame a standalone Hifi Store with new and vintage stuff could not exist, thrive and survive in this day and age. I think they could, the problem as always is money, and banks, It's just not like the old days. No one goes out on a limb anymore. And I am talking the folks holding all the cash.
On a side note we have a couple of vintage shops in town, but they are a mess, most items are in so so condition and they want more than top dollar for everything, and here's the topper, they aren't open on weekends and close at 5pm weekdays, really, cmon, hows that working out ???
Well just my two cents, and memories of lots of fun trips to Stereo Discounters. I miss the old days bigtime !
