Quote Originally Posted by Sherwood View Post
I have Magneplanar 1.7s and whilst I love them I resented the big UK mark-up. The new LRS appear to be small enough to be brought back to the UK as hold luggage. The import duty/vat on $650 would be pretty small.
Same as most products though to be fair . . . . Could make a killing importing Schiit Freya+'s at the moment . . .

They could well be the ticket, even at the UK price actually (although £600 vs £1000 isn't insignificant). If they're better than my Quads, great, if they're not I'll have some awesome backups which will be used in another system anyway . . .

In contrast to what would be my assumption here, I'm not actually desperate to be parted from my money (or indeed have it to burn), I'm just fed up with not having a pair of stats/panel speakers working when others are (inevitably) away for repair. I seem to be the most unlucky (or picky) with them having to constantly send them back and forth to 'specialists' who might repair them. I'd say 2 out of 3 times they have proven themselves to be useless in doing so but I don't have a choice as I don't enjoy any other type of speaker these days so it's something I have to live with.

Along with the horrific waiting times and abrupt customer service I have experienced, I've come to regard it as a necessary evil.