Warning: China-Hifi-Audio.com

There is always a risk involved in ordering from overseas, including China. I paid a bit over $400 s/h for new Jungson JA 99-C power amp and JC-1 preamp. I knew there was a risk, but took a plunge. For my case, it went pretty good. The amp/preamp arrived within 10 days since I paid.  It's been about 5 months and so far so good. The amp/preamp sounds really good for their price. I guess you might expected something similar to my experience, but you know it does not always turn that way when dealing with gears from overseas, especially from China.

But I think the dealer in China is not a crook. He is a businessman who tries to make a living, and sometimes goes for more aggressive practice in sale, like advertising something they don't have under their possession yet.
Will you be ordering any gear from China after this experience?

I ordered once from China-Hifi-Audio.com, and it worked just fine. It was power amp and preamp. Fast response, fast and secure shipping, and yes, the shipping was very expensive. But I think it will cost at least as much if I ship an item with the same weight to China from US.

A few other audio items (a tube amp, cables, ...) from different merchants from China worked fine too. However, I had some problems with non-audio items purchased from China -- items never arrived or different items arrived, and ended up losing money.

A posting like this from a new user raises the questions though.