Hi-fi listening bars have expanded far beyond Tokyo, which was their Ground Zero. They can be found in cities from Miami to London, from Brooklyn to Berlin. Recently, in Birmingham, Alabama, Bart Stephens opened High Dive, a listening lounge and restaurant that does things a little differently.
High Dive is intended to be a social place, where people can connect as they listen to music, whether it's live or recorded. "We don't want people to come in and be observers of our show. We want them to be at the center of the experience," Stephens told me in a recent interview.
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