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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
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stereo5
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Drove from Woonsocket, RI to Annapolis, Md for a pair of DeVore Gibbon 8 speakers. Was 850 miles round trip and I did it in 1 day. It was 2 days before New Years in 2009. Took me 18 hours to go an come back and I did it alone. Didn't care for the speakers and sold them 6 months later.....never again.
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jmcgrogan2
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You all beat me. 250 mile round trip was my furthest voyage, to pick up an 120 pound amplifier.
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ct0517
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I drove from Toronto to Montreal - 6 hours each way - to pick up speakers, and back home same day 1000 kilometer round trip. This was in '94. Two months later I saw another pair of the same speakers for sale ....40 minutes from home.
sdcampbell
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Seattle to Phoenix and back -- but it also gave me a chance to see my son and grandson.
kurt_tank
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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.
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