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In Reply to: There are a number in NYC posted by Quint on April 24, 2007 at 05:49:33:
I've never been there because of it.
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Agreed; Joshua Cohen at EarsNova is quite bad. Nice gear, but the attitude and pushiness ruin it for me.
No, not from "WarGames" (1983), from Earsnova! I first met up with him when he was working as a salesman for a Hi-Fi store on Long Island. It was the late 1970s and I was ready to plunk down some cash for a Bryston amp and CJ tube preamp.I just had one question about the not-so-good noise specification for the CJ preamp and he blew up at me! I walked out. A few years later he opened his own store, Earsnova, in Great Neck. There he stood out as a snob in area full of them! Strangely, my boss at the time got along with him and purchased some equipment from him. Eventually, even I ended up buying a USED Bedini 25/25 from him.
A number of years later he moved Earsnova to Manhattan, but from what I heard, he never changed.
Gerry
Northern Boulevard, Manhasset.
That was the first place I met that man.
If he wasn't the ruddest, snobbest, SOB I've ever met in a audio shop.GTF
I believe you are correct, Audio By Zimet. The store where I first met up with Joshua was on the south side of Northern Blvd. Years later, I seem to remember them on the north side, so maybe they just moved across and down the street a bit. Either way, your recollection of Josh is right on!Gerry
I was given his personnel phone no.
When I called it was answered by his answering machine.
It had the strangest and most funny message I have ever heard.
Too bad I didn't write it down or at least kept his phone no.GTF
Did Zimet move the building on Northern boulvard that was on a curve in the road where NB meets Community Dr.?GTF
BTW-II
Is Audio Breakthroughs still around?
I went in looking for speakers, willing to drop upto $50k (which I told them). The guy treated me like some idiot who did not know what he was talking about (I have been in this hobby for over 30 years and have had the privelege to have listened to some of the best stuff on the planet). When I asked questions about some of the things I was hearing from the speakers (a pair of nice sounding, but not perfect, Piegas), he scoffed or made insulting grunts. At one point I had determined that if the guy said one more thing I would just walk out. As I didn't say anything further, he didnt. They have nice equiptment and know how to set it up and play it, but they are truly unbearable. My friend had the same thing happen to him.
I was audtioning a pair of Harbeth Compact 7ES at his current NYC store. I had a couple concerns about what I heard and asked him about them. He said no speaker does what I've heard many other speakers do and that I was wrong. A few days later I bought the Gallo Ref 3 from Park Ave Audio who turned out to be very nice. I couldn't believe how rude and mean the guy was.
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