Dance music purists in New York City were dealt three devastating blows on New Year’s Day.

The venerable nightclubs Cielo and Output were shuttered, and their Funktion-One speakers, considered among the best in their class, were silenced. In addition, the custom sound system at Analog Brooklyn, an industrial club in the Gowanus section of Brooklyn, was carted away. (Analog remains open and has since installed a new sound system.)

Those three rooms were, each in their own way, three of the best sounding in New York City, said Barbie Bertisch, a D.J., promoter and host of Classic Album Sundays, a roving listening party.

Although the clubs went quiet, it did not mean an end to spaces with excellent sound. If you want to hear music on a superior system these days, skip the deafening nightclubs and go instead to one of the newfangled audiophile bars that have popped up in New York City, offering cocktails, craft beer, food and state-of-the-art sound.