Why are Nottingham Analogue Studio turntables so expensive in USA?

@vinylvalet Did you not like the sound? or just overall experience? For me Pear TTs seem to be a little bright, very high resolution like SACD, really solid bass. I like something more musical with just ever so slight hint of darkness. 

@bigslacker Thanks for leaving me the contact info. I'd consider pear's lower price models, but probably try a NTA one first. Sounded very clean and powrful to me, which isn't bad at all. Just a little taste difference. I also realized those prices for NTA turntable without the arm isn't too bad bc the arm is the one set overpriced.

Now that the UK is out of the EU, is there a disparity in VAT between the two economic entities? I’d bet there is. In Japan, if you present your passport at time of purchase you don’t pay their local sales tax, call it VAT or whatever.

Just looked it up. VAT in the UK and in EU countries was lowered temporarily in connection with Brexit. It’s between 5 and 10% in most countries, returning to 20% in the UK in April. Now’s the time to buy if you’re a citizen of one of those countries. But VAT can’t figure much in this discussion of UK vs USA prices for the same item.

@yggy1 Build quality, quality control and customer support were substandard.

Many much better alternatives at every Pear price point.