Accuphase A-65 or A-200 , can i import from Japan?

With the link Lowrider provided above the A65 is listed at YP840000 which is roughly US$8300. dont know what the US retail is.

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Peter

I can tell you. I list price here in the US is $26500. That isn't a typo. It's pretty crazy, imo. And Accuphase (someone from the factory) said to me that the transformers degrade the sound. You might want to ask them as well. You can buy from those Japanese equipment websites, but Accuphase told me that they are not authorized dealers. I'm not saying this is all correct info, this is what I've been told by the factory rep.

It's roughly 2x savings, but I heard even better figures closer to 3x and there's a room to do more shopping.
Definitely worth even if US warranty is void. If you consider that $7...8k spent by average Japanese consumer is somewhat equivalent to spending $1k by avarage US consumer, than Accuphase equipment is at substantially higher affordability level than in US and must be pretty popular and available at multiple vendors and locations.

Dave,

A properly designed isolation transformer - especially if you go balanced power out, will improve sound quality not degrade it.

A crappy undersized voltage converter most certainly will.

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Peter

Ok, thanks.