Quick Turnaround Trip To San Diego - Best Used CD Shops

I have to make a quick turnaround trip to San Diego next Friday afternoon and leaving late afternoon Saturday. I probably have time to hit a couple of shops while there. Can you recommend shops with good used CD selections?

Thanks

 

Lou's in Encinitas used to be great...haven't been there in a couple of years though.

 

Record City in Hillcrest. Try M Theory in Mission Hills, which is a couple of miles or less from there.

 

How do the prices and selection compare with Amoeba stores in SF and the one in LA.

 

Lou's isn't great anymore IMO...might not be worth the trip north if you are in town for short time...potentially a lot of traffic for little selection.

+1 Record City in Hillcrest

 

Lou's not really happening anymore

 

Well it sounds like one stop will be Record Ciry in Hillcrest. Any others than those mentioned?

 

If you're Going to be in North County, there are a couple of gems - bypass Lou's (that pains me to say as a 25 year customer) and go to Spin Records in Carlsbad. Standards in Vista is quite possibly the hidden jewel of the county - a great little store with fantastic prices, but their focus is clearly on vinyl with a minuscule CD selection.

Overall, my recommendation for central SD? Check out one of the three Thrift Trader locations. The store in North Park does a sidewalk sale every weekend where everything is $1. You could literally spend an entire day flipping through LPs and CDs (and I have).

Enjoy your trip!

 

I was just in Lou's a couple of weeks ago. Not bad, but I wouldn't go out of my way. I did pick up a few nice CDs

 

PS M Theory was better and there was a fantastic place to have breakfast across the street.

 

I completed my quick little trip to SD last weekend. I changed my plans a little bit and that sort of messed things up. I was planning on visiting Record City and M"s on Saturday late morning after I took care of the primary purpose for my trip. I got going and arrived earlier than expected on Friday and decided I would do the music store browsing that early evening. After circling several times looking for parking I got into Record City at 6:45pm only too find out they closed at 7pm. Needless to say it was a rather quick browse. The store was okay but nothing special. I didn't care for the color coding of genres but no big deal. Jumping out of there at closing time I headed the short distance towards M's. The traffic in that area was horrendous and combined with the lack of parking in the area I gave up after several circles around. Looking in as I drove by it looked similar in set up and size to Record City.