If these went direct to postal code 104-31 by UPS, which I'm not saying is the cheapest or best, shipping cost would be USD$530.44 for six. This doesn't count any customs taxes you might have to pay at your end.
Mine are sitting in Windsor at CBSA awaiting clearance (and the attendant charges).
Better Windsor than Richmond, BC centre.... where they hit you for EVERYTHING!
Cheers!
Mine are sitting in Windsor at CBSA awaiting clearance (and the attendant charges
They're getting you for taxes and stuff? I'm not that hip to this international shipping thing.
Better Windsor than Richmond, BC centre.... where they hit you for EVERYTHING!
Shipping alone for a pair would be USD$40.14 to V6V-0A1
How much do they get you for customs, etc..?
Here in Ontario we are required to pay federal and provincial sales tax which adds up to 13 percent. In addition, there's a $5 handling charge. For some reason you have to pay sales tax no matter what - it doesn't matter if the sender marks it "gift" or "audition" (or whatever they call it). You can try to fight the charges but it's like talking to a brick wall.
By the time we receive a package from the US, after all the fees (including exchange rate, shipping, customs charges) it's not at all uncommon to pay 2x the list price in Cdn $. The first US package I bought and received was last year, a 15 inch driver from partsexpress. It was on sale for $75 US. By the time I got it in my hands I paid $150 Cdn.
By the time we receive a package from the US, after all the fees (including exchange rate, shipping, customs charges) it's not at all uncommon to pay 2x the list price in Cdn $. The first US package I bought and received was last year, a 15 inch driver from partsexpress. It was on sale for $75 US. By the time I got it in my hands I paid $150 Cdn.
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Scheduled to arrive on Monday, I'll reveal the damage then...
That $5 is for regular mail. UPS is another beast altogether with a sliding scale "brokerage fee" for the value of the goods. HERE are the rates.
I'll take 2. Just upstate from you at 95521.
Funny, been seeking bass drivers and thinking about using these two sealed 3ft3 boxes I have. Gonna find out what my room lift does for these.
Thanks for saving me from cheaper built woofers Davy.
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Funny, been seeking bass drivers and thinking about using these two sealed 3ft3 boxes I have. Gonna find out what my room lift does for these.
Thanks for saving me from cheaper built woofers Davy.
Paypal or money order?
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About 30 left. If I shipped using USPS, shipping cost alone appears to be USD $301.86 for four. If I used UPS, shipping cost alone appears to be $405.63 both are excluding any duty or tariffs you'll have to pay on your end. By FedEx $405.63... Interestingly the same cost as UPS, hmmmm.
Pretty awful, heh?
Assuming SELKIRKSHIRE, TD7 4JX, UNITED KINGDOM
UPS has a 25KG box method I want to look into, but I don't know the dimensions. Each driver is 7.25KG.
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Scheduled to arrive on Monday, I'll reveal the damage then...
Any courier is a thief with those!
They arrived in fine condition. It was $60.00 COD - $20 for tax, $40 for UPS brokerage "tip". So, all in, that's about $78.00 per driver - still a great deal.
Onward...
I did some measurements. All 4 out of the box measured fairly close to the specs supplied by Eminence. After running a break in (18hz @5 watts) all night on one of the drivers, I get the following results:
I used added mass (47 grams) VAS calculations and I also used sealed box VAS calculations for consistency.
Free air resonance:
I anticipate all of the drivers will have similar specs when broken in, I just tested another after 2 hours of break in and it's close to the above.
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Pretty much eliminates any cost savings of buying it. Shame, they seem nice. A lot like a JBL 2235h from an application perspective.
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