How far have you gone?


I once drove all the way to Maryland from Jersey for a used pair of speakers I had to have.
How far have you traveled for that piece of gear you just had to own?
dreadhead
My usual trip, made three times, (for speakers, an amp and lastly a turntable/cartridge), over the past 25 years, from Silicon Valley to Sacramento, about 100 miles, have been my longest trips for audio equipment. A couple of trips to San Francisco and one to Petaluma round out the trips I've made for this hobby.
i pay a visit to Perrotta consulting down in Bethel Connecticut from Montreal

550 Km , 6 hours of driving one way worth the trip. A very nice guy to deal with
A 2 hour or a 75-100 mile drive is my limit to buy audio gear, but I don't spend megabucks on this hobby. If I did, I'd be willing to drive further.
longest I ever had anyone drive to pick-up something I was selling was Detroit MI to Stroudsburg PA (8hr, 550mi - one way) this for a pair of a/d/s L520's for less than $300 ... he was a collector of all things a/d/s and mine were mint :)
Albuquerque, NM to Arena, WI for a pair of Chapman Audio T77SE speaks. A buddy picked them up in Milwaukee for me. Took me a year to go get them. He took really good care of them by playing them constantly. I gave him my Vandersteen 2CE's in exchange for his "storing" them in his listening room. 2500 mile round trip, two days driving each way. Worth every second and mile to this day. (Although lately I've been thinking that change is good. . . )