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| Buying in Canada, bringing back to US I think I looked through the same "phone book" of regulations online, the "harmonized tariff schedule." It's baroque, the whole thing. And what if she had said, "that will be $533"? It feels utterly random. I find it incredible that a simple quest... | |
| Buying in Canada, bringing back to US Thanks! I have read that anything under $200/person is duty free. Most of the information out there seems to be about alcohol/cigarettes/cars, and most of it seems directed at Canadians (I almost typed Canadiens) bring goods back to the US. My wor... | |
| Joseph Audio dealer in the northeast? I'm on it, prof! Thank you for the link, I am absolutely in the "speaker buying research phase"! And Devore is definitely on my to-hear list. It may already be too late to avoid the mania of which you speak... | |
| Joseph Audio dealer in the northeast? Thank you, Todd, and thank you for facilitating the connection. I actually don't live too far away from the dealer (a few hours, which isn't bad) so I'll go down there in the next few weeks. If I'm reading it right, you had the experience I'm hopi... | |
| Joseph Audio dealer in the northeast? I want to be careful: I'm new out here and I have owned gear made only by well-known companies (McIntosh, Magnepan, Bryston, etc) and sold by established dealers. This world of boutique equipment is new to me. In fairness to Joseph Audio and for t... | |
| Joseph Audio dealer in the northeast? Todd: good man--thank you very much. I'll try that email. Your experience is ideal to me. I am not going to spend $10k on a new pair of speakers; that's not principle, that's reality. I hope to have a chance to listen at the Montreal audio show, t... | |
| Joseph Audio dealer in the northeast? clearthink: it is a bit odd, and you'd think that the dealers wouldn't be too happy about it. Maybe it's part of their mystique? There is a thread, similar to this one, looking for dealers in the West, noting the oddness and difficulty of communic... | |
| Joseph Audio dealer in the northeast? Well, it looks like the Music Store no longer carries the speakers ... so the search continues. | |
| Joseph Audio dealer in the northeast? Howard--I was responding to the first post when you responded. Greenfield would be MUCH better! Thank you! | |
| Joseph Audio dealer in the northeast? Thank you for respoding, pkelley. I appreciate itStill: anything in NYC or Boston? Anything in Montreal? I can make my way to Philly but that's an 8 hour drive. Oh well! I've never seen the Liberty Bell. | |
| How do you audition speakers at a store? I was wondering about streamers. I thought I might bring a flash drive with some music files along with a cd or two. I've been obsessing over Beethoven's cello sonatas lately, which is a good example of what I want a speaker to do well. I'm glad t... | |
| How do you audition speakers at a store? Once again, thank you all.ieales: "the onion in a Gibson"--that made me laugh! I know more or less exactly what I want and what my current speakers aren't doing for me, but that feels like a different thread to me. In fact, I'm not looking for spe... | |
| How do you audition speakers at a store? gadios, since you asked about my asking, I'm going to ask back about used speakers. Apologies if this all sounds ask backwards.I've bought used tube amps, ss amps/preamps, digital streamers, etc. I've tended to stay away from mechanical things lik... | |
| How do you audition speakers at a store? You are all VERY kind! jbhiller and hilde45: I appreciate your empathy! hilde45 and bhakti-rider: that is simply awesome that you bring your own speakers. One of the NH stores that I'll visit (Spendor, KEF, Klipsch, etc) carries my current speaker... | |
| How do you audition speakers at a store? Thank you, Bob. Even though I kept relying on Take5, I moved to Vermont twenty some years ago. I've only heard great things about Audioconnection, and maybe I should make the trip. Google tells me it's a 6 hour drive so I will at least see what I ... |