This place is cool. It's no-frills, a little dusty around the edges, but its prices on new CDs & DVDs are competitive, its "head shop" of posters, ts, and toys is fun to poke around in, and its staff is knowledgeable and helpful. In fact, the staff reminds me of the old Record Bar crowd (God, I know I'm dating myself here); they are music-heads to the person. Which makes shopping here nice. You are actually surrounded by staff who know a lot more about music than you.
The best thing about Manifest by far is their selection of old vinyl and used CDs. I have managed to amass quite a collection of used CDs at Manifest since moving to Charlotte. Now that I'm a Pandora fan, seems I'm always stumbling on an artist I haven't heard before. Manifest fills the bill with its used CD collection. I mean, where else can you buy 3 Morcheeba CDs for under twenty bucks?