I was thinking of all of the above. I will figure this out when the time comes to buy. I now know it is possible to fly them home. I did read today about the chaos at YYZ (Toronto airport) as they come out of the pandemic. Sounded worse then LAX.
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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@kingsleuy reason I asked was that the dealer never sells to the USA and dealt with customs and was also worried about selling a Yamaha product in the USA that Yamaha USA does not carry. So I figured to save the dealer the heartache and do the shipping myself. |
What Can I Bring? All | Transportation Security Administration (tsa.gov)
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@kenjit If the option was shipping by FedEx or UPS versus me carrying the speakers in my luggage, I take me every time. It is also killing 2 birds with 1 stone. since I have not been back to Canada since the pandemic. I am just trying to figure out if this type of luggage is still allowed. |
Thanks for the info. Looks like I can do this as carry on and checked baggage. A road trip is not possible these days. It is about 3000 miles and my passengers do not have the patience for that. I did do a similar drive myself from Richmond, Virginia to California 20 years ago. That was a a great trip. |
Here are the speakers in question. That MSRP price is in Canadian dollars. Crazy price for a monitor but I wanted to get the big brother, NS5000, for a bigger room. However, now that I am getting something else for the bigger room, the NS3000 + KEF KC62 sub is perfect (but expensive) for my small office.
Thanks everyone for all the points made for and against shipping by plane. I wanted more knowledge on doing this and now I have it. |