I had lunch with Steve and Ray Leung of VAS yesterday.
They told me they cannot get parts, the sellers don't know, so they might charge a ridiculous price, or only charge $2.40 for some set screws and $120. for shipping, it is a mess.
Aliexpress no longer an option
Anyone try to buy from Aliexpress recently? I went in to pick up some copper banana connectors, added them to my cart to find out what our new tariffs look like. $13.00 set of 4 bananas, $1.14 tax, $1.20 shipping and $23.40 customs fee! That for a $13.00 item. Trade war has arrived at our door. Grrrrrrr….
Please reframe from the political debates/opinions I just wanted to inform USA audio shoppers what our China tariff reality is now.