Who has experience shipping large speakers?

I would try Ocean Air. They are reasonable and they are the main carrier used by Krell; and we know their stuff is heavy.

By the way:
About 11 years ago, I bought my B&W800's. They were shipped from Mass. to CA., FEDEX second day air. The shipment weighed 768 pounds. I can't imagine what the cost was, but the COD cost next to nothing.

Richard

I shipped a SoundLab speaker crated in a 3/4 plywood by Bax. It weighed in at about what your speakers weigh and cost less than $100. The only problem I had was that they said they wouldn't take a shipment from a private individual, buinesses only. The local manager made an exception for me fortunately.

Stay away from USF. I just had a bad experience with them.

I had a great experience with Yellow Freight (www.myyellow.com). If you can drop off the speakers at a Yellow terminal and get the buyer to pickup the speakers at a Yellow terminal you can get a 40% "yes discount" but you have to specifically ask for it. I've found the biggest concern with the freight companies is insurance! You need to specifically ask each freight company how they insure your speakers & tell them the speakers are not brand new. I've found some companies will only insure by the pound, which isn't enough insurance. Goto their website and call them up for a quote. It's actually pretty simple and wasn't that stressful for a newbee like myself. I've used them two times and each time Yellow used a forlift to remove the speakers from my truck and load them up for free. Good Luck

BAX Global has been recommended to me too for a deal that never ended up happening. Good luck - Arthur