I had an excellent experience with Vintage King and recently made a significant investment with them (SSL, ATC, NEVE, RME). Matt Meyer was an outstanding consulting partner--knowledgeable, courteous, attentive, and incredibly responsive. He even returned my calls while on vacation, which really stood out. Matt also assembled a fantastic team, including Chris Karn, David Chessey, and Frank Verschuuren, who handled the engineering and patchbay wiring. They provided thoughtful guidance on equipment selection and delivered solutions tailored to my specific needs. When a few delivery challenges required extra attention, Kaytlynn Gannt stepped in quickly to keep everything on track. Throughout the entire process, I always felt supported. No matter the size of your budget, it's reassuring to know the Vintage King team is behind you. I'm already looking forward to my next purchase. read more

I recently purchased a piece of equipment "somewhere else", as I had not known about Vintage King at the time of purchase. As I was experiencing some technical difficulties with the equipment, I began calling other vendors for support. Matt M. returned my initial call, and has since then partnered with me in efforts to resolve the issues I was experiencing. Again, it's important to note that I did not purchase the equipment from then, yet Matt has provided exemplary customer service as if I was a long time customer! I will definitely be doing business with them in the future. It's really hard to find this caliber of high quality customer service such as this these days. Thanks again Matt for all your help. Way above and beyond read more

What a cool spot, and great service to boot. I needed two Dante interfaces last minute thanks to UPS tanking a delivery, and this place came through. Not to mention all the legit classic gear they have. Love it! read more

I have bought most my 7U modular stuff from VK. Excellent promos and selection of the best stuff. I have been ordering through VK for over 5 years now. They are so good at what they do and offer. I just recently purchased the Oberheim OBX8 from Matt Meyer. He is incredibly knowledgeable and helpful consulting all things pro audio, drums, and synths. He is the man to go to. VK goes above and beyond for service and knowledge to make sure you acquire exactly what you need for your studio. Highly recommended! read more

Vintage King Audio - OBX8/AKG701/7U Intellijel modular - Recording & Rehearsal Studios Near Me

Extremely helpful staff. Professional service. If you're looking for high-end gear in Los Angeles, there probably isn't even another place to consider. read more

Matt at VG was the best. We'll be ordering from him next time for sure. So patient during the speaker shootout!

We had a great experience here trying out equipment and learning from the staff. Dave was awesome! Very patient with us, and took the time to explain each item we tried. This is a great example of the personal touch. They care. read more

I am very disappointed in the service I have recieved. I purchased a whole DAW from them, only to have the SSL UF8 fail shorty after a year. This is out of SSL's warranty but well within Vintage Kings. After this happened I spent a bunch more money buying two Avalon units and an Apogee interface. It has now been almost a year and I still don't have any information on my SSL UF8 and it is still not fixed. They won't be getting my business again. read more

My client went in there to test out some vocal mics that we were very interested in buying as I've had great experiences with Vintage King previously. While the initial employee he talked to was great and super helpful (as i find is typically the standard here) he left and Pedro took over. While I cannot speak on his experience first hand i was given the pro tools session of the mics he tested out and its a f*cking joke. Instead of a zipped pt sesh he sent a ptx file (with none of the included audio) and 3 identical audio tracks of the "3 different mics". All mics were recorded at drastically different levels, making the test virtually unusable as you hear the preamp noise floor cranked on the mic that had no gain when recorded if you even attempt to try and match it. Pedro should not be allowed near computers. My client is a full-time producer and is proficient in pro tools yet Pedro wouldn't send the zip or let him try to fix the obvious engineering errors when pointed out. Again, I want to point out that the first employee was exceptionally helpful and don't want to discredit his efforts! read more

Below I will detail my experience and you can decide for yourself. Needed a nice interface in a last minute situation, VK assured me that it would show up first thing in the AM for my session. It ended up showing up at 4pm, and when it got there it wasn't even the correct interface. Cost me a full day of production costs for a voice over session. I was also assured that the Antelope interface that I purchased FPGA plugins functioned in the same manner as the UA plug-ins, this was just not the case. The sales person was either mistaken, or trying to get a quick sale. While VK did 'make good' on this mishap by giving me $300 store credit, this hardly covered my lost production costs. Flash forward to now, my right NS-10 dies the week before a weekend of production work. I call VK to give them one more shot, thinking they are local and that its my best bet. I ordered some new speakers the night of 5/26. I am assured by sales 'Its Los Angeles to Los Angeles, shouldn't have a problem'. My shipping date on the VK website is set for 5/28. On the day only one speaker shows up, and the other is trapped at a shipping facility for the holiday weekend. Now I am stuck engineering with a single speaker for the duration of the holiday weekend. Definitely don't plan on doing future business with VK. read more

Ordered a pair of BareFoot Footprint 01 one week ago. As soon as I noticed that only one of the two boxes were picked up by the courier, I contacted the customer service, expecting a prompt action. The reply was "the courier picked up both boxes, it looks like a glitch in the system". Guess what? Today I received ONLY one speaker, the other one is still in "Shipment info sent to FedEx". It is absolutely UNACCEPTABLE that after having paid 4500$, getting this kind of service. So please, steer away from these people and buy your sound equipment elsewhere. read more

I mean... Top notch LA Music shop. Best stuff

I made a purchase through Vintage King using one of the 12 month finance plans only to find out that the amount my payments were set to was less what would pay off the item during the promotion period. I was then charged hundreds of dollars in interest and had to pay off essentially the same amount the microphones originally cost up front in order to stop being charged more interest. Be aware of the predatory nature of Vintage King and Synchrony Bank. They will set you up for failure. read more

It's rad! Killer show room, super cool gear, great staff and great service. An absolute pro spot.

I purchased an Avid MTRX studio PT HDX with Sonnet chassis, the chassis is not functioning properly out of the box and Vintage King will do nothing to help me. So let's recap, I spent $20,000 x2 Avid bundles and the chassis was defective as soon as I received it and Vintage King does nothing to me me rectify the issue I've had two open up 3 IT tickets with Avid, Vintage King and Sonnet, come to find out that Avid holds the responsibility of fixing the HDX sonnet chassis ... and the RMA process leaves me with no chassis for 4-6 weeks, remember this was a defective item before I took it out of the box. So Vintage King is a distributor but holds no responsibility for helping me with this issue. I use this equipment for my career and I put my trust with bringing my business to Vintage King and I have to deal with this. So let's recap, spent $20,000 at Vintage King received defective items now I have to spend the better part of 3 months waiting for Avid to fix the issue and this all happens while I'm working (sound editorial). As a professional audio editor I would not recommend purchasing from Vintage King, go to West Lake pro or even Sweetwater. I hope this helps. read more

I had an initial bad experience with a new Shure SM7dB microphone I purchased, which got stuck to a new boom arm on it's first use. I was stressed about it for over a week with no resolution on the many options I tried. But then Don Spacht from the Vintage King LA Showroom stepped in and gave me a call. They ended up refunding me the cost of the service repair to get the mic fixed with Shure and that level of customer service was geniunely appreciated. Thank you again Don and Vintage King for helping me out! read more

I have been working with Mike C since around 2018 and him and the entire team at VK have consistently gone above and beyond to make sure that any need I have has been taken care of. Mike has even gone out of his way to bring equipment to my personal studio when I have had a time crunch and didn't have the availability to pick said equipment up. I highly recommend Mike and the team at Vintage King and will continue to give them my business for years to come. read more

Item was back ordered and they never called or email me to let me Kno of the problem .. the worst customer service ever ..

I placed an order with them On Fri, Oct 1 at 6:08 PM for: 1. Native Instruments Komplete 13 Ultimate Collector's Edition Update from Komplete Ultimate Collector's Edition (physical harddrive which was not indicated clearly at the time of purchase, I searched for "digital download verwsion) 2. Waves Horizon - Electronic Delivery I have not received either one and it is going on 5 days tomorrow. Digital deliivery systems are almost instaneous! I can accept a few minutes for servers to refresh and what have you, but.... "5 days" for a digital order"?!?!? This is unheard off! I've purchase almost all of my software digitally for years now and I've never had this issue. I've called Vintage "4 times now" and each time it's the same... "Sorry, this has happned to you... I have reached out to my manager and the audio consultant who has been assigned to your order." No one ever follows up, I have to keep calling back. They just keep passing me off to the next person. (Kyle....Tyler.... (unknow) and lastly Danny, when I wanted to just cancel the order...."Sorry, I can't do that...only your assigned sales rep can do that." (who I do not know, because it was never stated I had a sales rep "untill I wanted to cancel my order". Oh...now, I have a sales rep. Right. So... I can't get my order and I can't cancel my order.... but it shows you took my payment already. Bottom line... this have been a very shady and infuriating ordeal. I will never do business with them again and am also informing my other industry contacts to stay away as well. read more

Updating my review after ordering a handful more things. This place is probably my least favorite gear seller at the moment. Essentially an 80's used car dealer. Last two orders: Ordered a eurorack module. Sold as new. Arrived used, in damaged packing with scratches on the front panel, missing the factory included SD cards. It was clearly a returned or demoed unit. I contact them, they have no more of that module and won't be carrying more, but they say no problem! We will get you a prepaid shipping label and it's all their fault, etc. So... I pack it up ship it back and wait. In the meantime I order a different module after speaking to Alex. It's marked as "coming soon, reserve yours now" so...I ask how long until the expect arrival. They say it's actually going to be a special order but it should only be a day or so before it ships from the manufacturer, and that I will hear back within a day. I say ok. Place order. So, 10 days later I've heard nothing. I check my card statement. They've decided to bill me $20.00 for return shipping on that first used module they sent me after saying it was totally their fault. So, I email to cancel the second order and ask about the bill. They say that it's totally their fault, they are happy to refund, and that they can have order number two out the door that day if I still want it. I say no. No more. Just cancel. Refund, I'm washing my hands of this place. 5 days more... no refund. No emails, and now they have also billed my card for the "special order" which hasn't shipped, that was supposedly canceled. Essentially everything... everything they say is a lie. A very pleasant and friendly total fabrication. You may or may not get your gear, it may or may not be new, you will never get a full refund if it's not what was described, and don't expect any sort of resolution if anything goes wrong, and for that level of service, you will pay more than essentially anywhere else, and most things won't be in stock. This is like some sad Kafkaesque Guitar Center. read more

Worked with Stephen Handy and he was awesome- placed my order and got me everything I needed. My only feedback is that I was invited to try out the microphones- and I wanted a specific one, but I wasn't told in advance that it wasn't there- so I was trying out a bunch of mics that I ultimately didn't want when the whole purpose was to go and try the mic I wanted and asked for in advance... So pro tip- just ask to clarify that the mic you want is in fact there and if you can try it- if not, it can save you a trip. read more

The worst seller ever, iuth a morningstar MC8 MIDI controller for 425$, they ship it tome here in Canada with no signature required. They chosed the cheapest carrier for sure, the carrier just left it unattended in front of my house, and was stolen. The vintage king audio didn't take any action ot took the responsability at all of there unprofessional way to ship-out my order. For sure will post it on all the social media, and already posted it as negative revirew on there profile on eBay. SHAME ON YOU. read more

I would like to share my amazing experience at Vintage King. I dealt with Anthony Erwin. Let me start by saying what a class act this gentleman is. I am new to mixing and mastering. Some would think that having to explain every little detail to an amateur like me might be a little irritating for a sales consultant that has the knowledge and skill that Anthony does. Not so in this case. He shined like a champ and constantly informed, taught, and explained everything about the gear I had questions about. HE IS AN ABSOLUTE PRO. He was never once short with me and I never once felt like he was just trying to make a sale. He made me feel like he had a fiduciary duty to get me the gear I not only wanted, BUT NEEDED. I changed my mind several times in the ordering process. We would get a great plan together and then I would change my mind and want to go another direction. He patiently, and with and impeccable attitude made the changes every time without hesitation. He looked out for me in the way a friend would, not recommending some expensive piece of hardware that I wouldn't know how to use, or something that he felt wasn't justified at this stage. He listened intently. I could go on and on talking about the great attributes of this gentleman, but will end with a big thank you Anthony. I salute you sir!!! You have my absolute loyalty andonly the only sales consultant that I will ever work with. I now consider you a friend. BRAVO SIR! I look forward to our next adventure together!! Absolute Sincerely, Taylor Faulkner read more

Vintage King is the place in Los Angeles for my studio's needs. I love being able to shoot out gear and everyone there is super helpful!

When I'm shopping for gear the first place, I call is Vintage King. They usually have the latest and greatest in stock ready to ship. My sales guy Michael Carnarius is one of the best in the business. read more

Always a great experience with VK. I've been placing orders for years with the other well known music stores but only about a year now with VK so I wasn't used to the accessibility and communication between myself and a sales consultant, with actual knowledge of where I'm at and where I'm trying to go with my music and gear. I really appreciate the follow ups. I've purchased numerous items; expensive to single accessories and it's the same thing every time...top notch customer service pre and post investment, I'm taken care of. I've been able to put my studio together stress free and without buyer's remorse thanks to VK and most importantly, Michael C.(you rock dude). So it's 5 stars for me only because I can't give 6!!! read more

Purchase all of my equipment here. Michael is extremely helpful and knowledgeable and has gone out of his way to recommend and help me get the best for my studio. Would not buy gear anywhere else! read more

Not sure how to say this... Vintage King is more or less the worst buying experience ever as of July 19th. Over the last 2 years I have given VK about 20k or more worth of my business. One purchase in particular was a bunch of Neve 500 Series equipment, around 8k worth. I paid half debt, and half on a VK card which Salesman James Good (Don't let his last name fool you) said was 36 months 0%. I recall this conversation like it was yesterday as I was sitting in the parking lot of Lifetime Fitness in Folsom, setting this deal up with him. He had to get approval to give me this rate but was able to given a special they had on Neve equipment. As other folks I set my card on autopay and got on with my life. Also set a reminder for 6 months prior to the close of 36 months so I can assure it was paid off, avoiding any interest fees. Well July 19th just came and I got a notification from my Credit Monitoring Service saying I charged 1700 to my VK account. As I know I did not purchase anything, I looked at the account and was shocked to find out the charge was interest and the promotional financing James had given to me was only 24 months. I only had 1900 on the card, why on earth would I allow this to lapse to pay almost twice what was on it. I contacted James and he gave me the history of what his computer showed. He at no time gave two cents about what he had promised and took no responsibility as to what was actually offered! VK now cost me 1700.00... I will never ever trust them again and everyone I talk to in the industry I will send to other people. VK as far as I am concerned is nothing but liars are cheats. The worst people on earth are the dishonest ones.. and James is one of them. No regard for fixing his error, only eager to take my money and get his commission. Sad day as I am always buying high end gear.. will make it my personal mission to prevent VK from getting any business I can. Will for sure cause more loss to them in my future then they did to me.. horrible.. Update: Yes it gets worse! Kevin the Manager out of the blue decide to contact me! I am thinking, this guy is going to square this away.. well he did not! He said one of my other purchases was keyed in wrong and he is going to extend the promotion out of the kindness of his heart. Well it end up I was forced to settle for the 24 months 0% which they claimed, so with this it would be 24 months from December 6, 2017! This is where it gets bad, what is 24 months from December 6, 2017? I know I only have 6 years of College and multiple degrees but, I may need help with this simple math. I think it's December 6, 2019!! So why in the Monday Friday was I charged the interest at 18 months!!!? I will tell you why! Because VK doesn't know how to take care of there customers! Even the VK CC people said it was 18 months and they are insistent about it. The lady on the phone said, hey you need to Snail Mail the receipt which clearly says 24 months to an office across the United States! Then maybe it will get fixed! What about all the massive interest they are currently charging me! LMAO! What a headache, can't anyone just buy something and get on with there life without being screwed or stolen from! Synchrony and VK are in Bed together and they are trying to hammer me for 1700.00!!! Not in this life time!! Anyone wants proof hit me up! This spit is crazy!!!! read more

Trashy company that failed to send my digital order after over a week. No status updates from customer service, no refunds offered. Customer service shifted blame onto other organizations involved in the transaction, but did so inconsistently and failed to get any of the issues resolved. Would not purchase anything from Vintage Peasant again, incompetent at best and scammy at worst. read more

I needed a few Macbook Pros for my office and didn't want to wait in line for a few hours at the mall. Robert A. helped me spec out what we needed, took the order, and in a few days I was able to pick them up from the shop quickly and easily. The process couldn't have been easier! read more

We recently built a recording studio. Purchased EVERY bit of our equipment through Vintage King last Fall, assuming we were safe with their reputation for quality and customer service. As anyone knows, it takes time to put studio together and get it up and running. To say the least, this equipment had not been frequently used until recently. While still under warranty, last week, we had a "talk back button" malfunction and literally break off in the middle of a recording session and the talk back function stopped working completely. When I contacted Vintage King, their solution was for ME to pack up the equipment at my expense and send it back to the manufacturer but that I should let them know that i had done this so they had record. Basically, not only is it my responsibility to deal with the manufacture, it is my responsibility to keep them informed. This was after I explained my situation and asked about return or loaner or any other solution that would enable me to keep working because without this piece of equipment we cannot function at ALL. We are now losing session work. Vintage King denied our request and insisted that per their purchase policy, their only solution was what they originally proposed. This is the anthesis of customer service. read more

I've been buying gear from VKLA for years. I'm a guitar player and was studio stupid. I had no idea what I really needed vs what was cool but overkill. Robert Alexander answered all my questions, was extremely generous with his time and he's quick to return emails / communicate. These guys also aren't pushy, I never feel like I'm being talked into something I don't need. I haven't gone back to big box retailers since. Highly recommended read more

I came here when my console went down to grab a new monitor controller, 500 rack and pre. Troy helped me out and had me up and running in a very short time. Top notch gear and customer service. If you're looking for high end audio equipment in LA, VK will probably have what you're looking for or will be able to get it quickly. The parking lot it pretty tiny but there is some street parking. Overall great experience, A+. read more

I am a composer producer with 30+ years experience, and I've got to say that Vintage King Los Angeles is the greatest professional audio vendor I have ever worked with. I would never consider going anywhere else. I have purchased and leased five major system upgrades with them over the last ten years. I think of Chris Bolitho more as a business consultant than a sales professional. My business depends on the best sounding gear, financing solutions, quick turnaround, excellent repair / maintenance,..and more than this..their vast amount of audio expertise. VKLA checks all these boxes. You can see from their client list that the top level recording and broadcast industry knows this as well. On any records that you listen too, movies or television you see, there is a high probability that the creators got their audio gear through VKLA. They are quite simply the best, and irreplaceable to me. read more

Be very careful when buying from Vintage King, these ARE commission sales people. If you need one or 2 items, they may be your resource. If you are building a studio, do not let them drive the process. They will take your money and leave you with what they want you to have, not what you really need. I tried to talk to another manufacturer that they did rep, and they blocked this supplier at every turn. If you want the best value and the best studio, do your homework and never put all your eggs in one basket. read more

I come to vintage king semi-regularly and after today's experience decided I needed to leave a review! I work with Robert A and I couldn't have had a more pleasant experience. I got a call some weeks ago following up about an apogee ensemble I had purchased from them. Just checking in to make sure everything is good. Who does that nowadays?? I didn't feel hounded to buy a bunch of stuff I didn't need and he (and the other sales people) were happy to answer all of my questions about the gear in the showroom, even though it was sort of obvious I wouldn't be purchasing more than the Kemper amp I went in for. If you need pro audio gear and don't want to deal with sharky salesmen who only care about their bottom line, this is the place to go! read more

What can I say about my experience with VK? I purchased a used piece of gear in late October that is needed for a session coming up towards the end of November (almost 5 week lead time from order date to when I need the item). I'm told the item is in stock and just has to be checked by their service team. No problem. I get an email days later with a vague statement that it will be looked at sometime in the middle November. 3 weeks to ship a piece of gear? I tell them its for a session at this time and they offer to have me pay $65.00 per hour overtime for them to check out the unit. Why do I need to pay them to check out the unit? Wasn't this done when you purchased it? I call them several times but my rep does not answer. Finally I speak to someone who says they don't know the condition of the used gear they sell at the time they sell it so they need to check it out. What?! You sold me a unit without knowing if it even works?! Then you want me to pay extra to speed up the lead time for you to check it so it gets to me on time? I asked when the unit would be looked at and he said as of right now the 27th of November, but this could be later because they are backed up. How is this remotely the "middle" of November? I am shocked beyond belief that (1) the time it would take to ship was not disclosed at the time of the sale, (2) that they would sell an item they don't even know works, and (3) that my rep refused to call me back several times when all I wanted was a shipping date. How is this company still in business? I've purchased so much studio equipment in the past 18 years and not once have I had an experience like this. Only ONE time in my entire life have I had to return anything I've bought for my studio and that is because the sales rep at another company completely botched the order. Never again will I ever attempt to purchase from this company. What a sham. Disclose all the arrangements at the time of the sale, be specific with dates, and answer your customer's calls. I have a business to run and I don't need to spend a week tracking down why my equipment isn't being shipped. read more

They double charged me more than 7 months ago, without my knowledge, until I checked my balance several months later (automatic payments - so I wasn't paying attention to my bill - it was the only charge on that card). When I found out, they told me that my credit card company was responsible for the double charge. OF course, the CC company disputes this and clarifies that the retailer must refund me. Using up more than 70% of that CC knocked my credit down; its been almost 7months; I NEVER am able to get a hold of them. anytime I do, they say they will call me back. NEVER do. The way of reconciling this was to offer $250 off my balance. Only to then lie & say they offered a $250 credit at their store, which I will NEVER use cause I will never purchase from them again. Latest update, on the 9th they said they would refund the $250; they haven't done it yet. This company is absolute garbage. The only reason I didn't pull up to the store and give them hell is because they don't have an actual location in LA. Go anywhere but here. Their customer service is despicable. I have never experienced such a terrible company in my life, especially for a problem that could have been resolved so simply & did not require half a year worth of neglect. Scott, grow a pair. Call me so that you can FINALLY resolve this like a professional. read more

These guys are absolutely fantastic. I just outfitted a new project studio with their help, and their level of customer service is totally out of this world. They really go above and beyond to help me get what I need and to get things done. They've definitely made a customer for life here. read more

These guys are great! Ask for Thomas! Very helpful, punctual and attentive on our purchase today!