Your three favorite audio dealerships?

For anyone in the LA area, it has to be:

1. Optimal Enchantment with Randy Cooley (appointments preferred)

Audio Research, Vandersteen +...

2. Brooks Berdan with Brooks Berdan

Wilson +...

and

3. Upscale Audio with Kevin Deal (appointment only)

Prima Luna, Tubes +...

Zargon, have you ever been to Sound Asylum in Venice? I have not, but I really like the brands they carry.

TVAD, I have not had a chance to visit Sound Asylum. However, it occurs to me that there are a couple of others in that area.

Systems Design Group

A plethora of good equipment in well designed listening rooms +...

The Home Theater Doctor

Vandersteen +...

K J West One in London UK

Spearit Sound in Boston, MA

Audio Exotics in Hong Kong

In the San Diego area:

Stereo Unlimited. Very friendly and generous about loaning equipment. They have an emphasis on analog and tubes. This is where I've dropped the most green. They also have a room full of records.

The other two are guys that work out of their home: Sonic Culture, where I bought my Gyro turntable, and Audio Revelation.