Bookshelf Speakers Transport by Airplane - Checked or Hand Luggage
Long ago when I was 6 years old, I carried my dad’s rather large Sony bookshelf speakers as hand luggage from the UK to Canada on a BOAC flight. This was in the 1970’s.
Today, I am looking to upgrade from my KEF LS50’s to the Yamaha NS3000 for my office. Trouble is that the NS3000 is available in Canada but not in the USA (I checked with USA dealers).
Has anyone taken a bookshelf speaker as checked luggage on a flight today? I am not sure if security would even allow a speaker to go through these days.
The Canadian dealer may not be able to ship to me in the USA, but I have family living a few miles from this dealer. So, I can always pick them up personally, and even ship by UPS or FedEx, but I wanted to first see if anyone had taken speakers on a plane?
In 2018 my wife and I each put an old ads-300 speaker in our carry luggage. The x-Ray machine flagged them and our carry on luggage was searched. These suckers are metal and heavy for their size, so they shook the heck out of them, rubbed them with a drug or explosives strip. All told, it took a about 25 extra minutes. But they eventually let us through. All the best. JD |
Thanks for the info. Looks like I can do this as carry on and checked baggage. A road trip is not possible these days. It is about 3000 miles and my passengers do not have the patience for that. I did do a similar drive myself from Richmond, Virginia to California 20 years ago. That was a a great trip. |
@kingsleuy reason I asked was that the dealer never sells to the USA and dealt with customs and was also worried about selling a Yamaha product in the USA that Yamaha USA does not carry. So I figured to save the dealer the heartache and do the shipping myself. |
@yyzsantabarbara I hear you. Yes, what we audiophile will do and go thru for our music. I did the same years ago, 1980's with a Phase Linear 400 amplifier. I carried it on by the faceplate handles. I would not try that now. |
