Cheap Canadians

Not necessarily stupid. But if you like 'em, buy. I bought the PSB silver's, half off. Overall a very nice speaker. I want something bigger and better one day, but for now they are doin a super nioe job. Excellent value, easy to drive. Will compete favorably against lots, and more expensive too (even at full retail). Easy to recommend, especially for the $ I think you can get for $1100 on line now, new, not even blemishes, right? Not a thing wrong with any of that.

Chris

I just wanted to echo your observation, I too have seen a lot of those speakers (paradigm and psb) for sale here, on ebay, and on various web sites in the past 3 months. I have also seen sonic frontiers (another canadian compnay) products offered at substantial savings. I would speculate that that there may be a lot of these in the market, driving the prices down, which happens from time-to-time in the biz....but I am just guessing. I don't think there is anything wrong with the speakers, so go for it if you like the sound.

I suspect the reason you are seeing the Canadian equipment for so cheap is the exchange rate between our currencies. While in Vancouver last summer I picked up a Bryston 3B amp for a friend brand new from a dealer there. It cost me only $1100 and change ship directly to his door in CAlifornia via UPS 2 day. He paid $100 duty. I think that amp sells for 1700-1800 in the states. This same dealer had the PSB's and with the exchange they were 40% off. Hope it helps.

I agreee that PSB and Paradigm offer tremendous dollar value. I know one of the guys selling on-line (canada hi fi.com)? He is excellent to deal with and extremely customer oriented. I purchased a pair of Stratus mini's from him and was very satisfied. His professional approach and the great product makes for an unbeatable combination.

Uh-oh, the cat is out of the bag. To sweeten the deal, I understand that products made in Canada and USA can be shipped duty free because of NAFTA. I also understand that you can also claim the 7% GST back if you are a visitor to the great (and humble) Dominion of Canada. Regards,