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Best Places To Buy Speakers In Baltimore

There was a time where the best entertainment available to humankind was at theaters and concerts. However, with the production value of home audio and video constantly improving — to say nothing of the shows and music pouring out for the consumption of the general population — a person can legitimately enjoy some of the best entertainment the world has to offer from the comfort of their couch or car. Now it's just a matter of getting the right speaker system to make the experience complete. Fortunately, Baltimore is teeming with retailers eager to provide you with the best the market has to offer in audio speakers at great prices. Check out some of these locations.

Gramophone
4 West Aylesbury Road
Timonium, MD 21093
(410) 469-6272
www.gramophone.com

Gramophone is a family-owned audio retailer whose name has become quite well known for its service and quality in Maryland over the years. Even as a family-owned business, Gramophone is a large, sleek retail location which exudes atmosphere from the moment one enters. And well it should; these are people who are going to make your home have an audio atmosphere all its own, with their fine selection of products that top the market. Gramophone is the best of both worlds — it manages to give the personalized service one expects from a family-owned shop with the variety, quality and prices one expects with a large retailer.

Soundscape
406 West Cold Spring Lane
Baltimore, MD 21210
(410) 889-1134
www.soundscapemd.com

Soundscape has been around for quite a while. Since 1930, to be specific. In that time, it's grown roots and become one of the go-to places in Baltimore for audio purchase, consultation and installation. If you don't know what you want or need, Soundscape would be the place to go to get you started — and finished. Head on in and kick back in one of its four demonstration rooms to listen to any form of audio, from vinyl to digital, on any of a huge variety of speakers. Once you've picked out the best speakers for your needs, let the professionals at Soundscape know, and they can come out and install them for you if you like. From beginning to end, Soundscape takes care of everything.

Big Screen Store
1125 Cromwell Bridge Road
Towson, MD 21286
(410) 321-8900
www.thebigscreenstore.com

As the name may suggest, the Big Screen Store is a television retailer. However, with the entertainment industry every more closely tied to sound quality nowadays, Big Screen Store has greatly expanded its line of high-end, brand name speakers. And as a large retail center, the store's prices are some of the lowest you are likely to find in the area on new products. If you're looking for the full entertainment package, Big Screen Store might just be the place to go.

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Sound Solutions
10015 Harford Road
Carney, MD 21234
(443) 250-8772
www.soundsolutionsmd.com

Perhaps you are in the market not so much for home audio as car audio. If so, Sound Solutions is the spot for you to go. A little outside the beltway, Sound Solutions offers a full line of car audio retail and installation, if you choose. It carries brands like Audiovox, Alpine, Eclipse, DEI, Pioneer, ADS and more. Once you've selected the brand of speaker you want for your vehicle, the crew at Sound Solutions will be happy to install it for you. If your audio system goes on the fritz for some reason, head back to SS and have them check it out. They also do repairs.

Just Audio
7907 Harford Road
Baltimore, MD 21234
(410) 882-4360
www.just-audio.com

If you're shopping on a budget, by all means, head to Just Audio. It is primarily an audio repair store, specializing in the service and repair of audio and entertainment systems. However, Just Audio does a healthy amount of refurbishing and reselling of used audio equipment, as well as consignment. This makes Just Audio a great resource for every audiophile: you can get just-like-new equipment here at pre-owned prices, you can get your equipment repaired and serviced and you can have them sell your audio equipment for you when you are done with it.

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Joel Furches is a freelance writer and researcher for The Examiner and Logos Software, and also manages his own catalog of writing on Hub Pages. Joel is on the board of directors for Ratio Christi. He has a bachelors in Psychology and a Masters in Education.

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