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Bookshelf Speakers Transport by Airplane - Checked or Hand Luggage

Long ago when I was 6 years old, I carried my dad’s rather large Sony bookshelf speakers as hand luggage from the UK to Canada on a BOAC flight. This was in the 1970’s.

Today, I am looking to upgrade from my KEF LS50’s to the Yamaha NS3000 for my office. Trouble is that the NS3000 is available in Canada but not in the USA (I checked with USA dealers).

Has anyone taken a bookshelf speaker as checked luggage on a flight today? I am not sure if security would even allow a speaker to go through these days.

The Canadian dealer may not be able to ship to me in the USA, but I have family living a few miles from this dealer. So, I can always pick them up personally, and even ship by UPS or FedEx, but I wanted to first see if anyone had taken speakers on a plane?

 

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Showing 1 response by allenf1963

allenf1963
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Consider these factors:

1)  The current airline flight cancellation nightmare,

2)  The hassle of trying to get the speakers from your car, through the airport,                 and through TSA screening,

3)  THEN hoping there is room in the overhead bins (the speakers are not going to        fit under your seat and they can't be squished down like you can do to clothes          if it's a tight fit in the overhead bin).

The answer whether or not to attempt the feat should be an easy "No effing way".  If you do decide to try it, please give us a follow-up post with the details -- pictures or it never happened!  😁😎

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