USD vs Yen who is cashing in! TechDAS

@chauncey , Buy American and get a Basis Inspiration, a much better looking turntable at a better price! If you are defending the Crown get a Dohmann Helix. IMHO both are better than the Air Force turntables. 

I’m in Tokyo now. We recently gave our son a bit of our US dollars for him to buy an apartment, at 147 yen to dollar. We are reaping those benefits by staying with him in his new digs. I’ve done a bit of audio shopping, at the present rate of exchange, ~137 yen to dollar. Yes, you can save cost over the typical exchange rate, but not 30 to 40%.

What are the costs of TechDAS tables in Japan?

I saw a model 4 Premium for sale in a high end store, but did not take note of the price. I forgot to mention that another factor increasing USA prices is the distributor markup, which is justified because that guy has to be responsible for warranty work. If you buy in Japan, you still get a warranty but you’d have to ship your TT from USA to Japan, and back, in order to take advantage of it. I did note the price of an SP1000R (SP10R + plinth + tonearm) in one of my favorite stores, ~2000000 yen. We would get 10% off on that, because this store would deduct the Japanese VAT from that number, if you show US passport. So, 1.6M yen. You can do the conversion probably based on ~135 yen to dollar. Then you’d have to figure out how to schlep the big heavy box back to the USA. They won’t ship but you may be able to find an independent shipper in Tokyo.

Sorry, 1.8M yen after deducting VAT, not 1.6M.