best buy.... now with good music gear?

[anostaboss]

I've always seen cheap musical equipment in electronic stores, but this is weird!

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp ... stid=87188

korg!!!!!!!! not all of it....and same prices. but i never would dreamed of seeing professional gear at a electronics store. but it makes since for... electronic music? ha.

[PHeMoX]

I'm glad about that though. Possibly indicating that music production is becoming even more mainstream, that's usually a good thing for prices of hardware.

[HxC]

That also may mean it'll occasionally be on sale!

[Nation]

Best Buy is headquartered where I live and I ran into one of the corporate people last year who was leading the project of setting up the music gear department for in store sales. From the conversation I had it seams they are targeting the entry level market. They are just starting to phase this stuff into in store availability. Hopefully it will open up the music gear industry to a larger market and push the manufactures to larger volumes which will reduce per unit cost.

[balazs]

do they actually have this in the store or just online?

[anostaboss]

for along time i've seen alot of m-audio products at my best buy. i haven't ever seen any of the korg shit.

[Nation]

do they actually have this in the store or just online?

2 twin cities stores have a music gear section setup that I know of.

[timfromtexas]

san antonio has 3? best buys and only one of them has the REAL DEAL stuff in it.. a few of the other stores have a few keyboards and odds and ends... the other one has like 10 or 12 turntables (cd and vinyl) set up to try out, mixers, korg and other keyboards they have the emx (blue box by korg) and digi drums, they have a sound booth with a full range of guitars too.. iinto the 1000s of dollars too not just cheap stuff.. the crazy thing is out of all the stores here they put in music stuff in the one across the street from guitar center and behind sam ash.. they are all in walking distance of each other pretty much.. stupid i think..

[balazs]

completely off topic-
everytime i see the name "timfromtexas" it reminds me of the great timmy T.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fr02Ahz0lT4

[timfromtexas]

full of amazingness the funny thing is that guy and i dont look that far off.. aside from the miami vice mullet and turtle neck... if i tried i could sooo be him for halloween or just in every day life..

that was sooo on point it should have its own thread who cares about staying on topic..

side side side note....

ive been getting the TIMMMMEEEAAAAHHHHH a lot at work lately.... as in timmy from south park

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyrg5gQD1ZY