Most economical way to ship large speakers?

When I bought my JBL L300 from the east coast the seller used Forward Freight.

They were pallatized and I had to pay more to get them delivered from LAX.

Appreciate to all for taking time to respond to my inquiry, they surely are very valuable for any future shipment. For this time I decided to go w/ UPS. After numerous times doing business w/ them, my first claim happened last year which took over 2 months for them to pay my claim. Funny is how quickly businesses take our money but when come to their mistakes the make us jump through hoops.

Again thanks and best regards,

CD

I recently ordered some speakers (Focal Auria 926) via an Audiogon purchase.

We (seller and I) decided to ship via Team Worldwide for a few reasons:

1. Care and hand delivery.

2. Full insurance.

3. Neither of us trusted Fedex Home delivery, UPS etc. to be honest.

4. Cost wasn’t tremendously more for the above reasons (and given price of speakers). ~$400.

They arrived on a pallet, shrink-wrapped and took care in delivering them to my front door - felt I got white glove delivery when they arrived. And they were in pristine condition. 

Personally I felt the shipping cost was worth my peace of mind.

Perhaps food for thought.

=- Michael

If you must ship them make sure they are strapped to pallets and use a highly rated freight company. Stay away from UPS (and FedEx) like kryptonite. They will be rough with your speakers and if they get damaged their claims department is WORST to deal with. They will give you the run around for months and then find any excuse to not pay the claim. I speak from experience.

I would find out who companies like Rockport ,Magico and other high end speaker companies use and go with one of them. Good luck !