Guiter Center is nationwide, but I've never seen any in any malls around here, that's for sure. Maybe further down near princeton or up in alpine or something - but I sure as hell never seen one. Hit their site
www.guitercenter.com and look for the store locator. Also try spots liek Sam Ash Music Store and other places like that.
EXACTLYY!!! Exactly man. niggas don't understand when I tell em, lol, whne I use my headphones, 9/10 times I'll stop to see if my Event monitor is on cuz you're just not used to that quality and body of sound coming out of some headphones. Damn. What set do you have? I'm gonna laugh my ass off if we got the same one, lol.
I'm sure there's better out there and your price range is gonna be the final deciding factor anyway, but my shits are audio Technica ATH M40fs's and I love em. The best thing up from here was in the 200's.
Hate to say it, but quite possibly. Radioshack dosen't make their own shit, other companies make it and they have it re-badged. The downside is that these companies are usually offering either their low-end shit, or it's a crappy company like Samson (their new USB mic BLOWS for a condenser, but it'd be great as a dynamic) make their shit. For example, radioshack's high end mic is an SM48 which is a GARBAGE mic in the world of 'namebrand mics'. It's the type of mic you drive dails with, not the one you record with, unless you're doing a live gig - yet it's the best shit RS has. Just something to consider.