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<blockquote data-quote="hispls" data-source="post: 8747384" data-attributes="member: 614752"><p>A friend and old business associate of mine lives in Gdynia and bought into Alpine amps that he smuggled home. I think he has been buying Focal and JL speakers over there for his cars, but he likes spending on nice toys and makes good money now as a software developer. He has mentioned prices there and it sounds pretty rough, but a lot of stuff just isn't practical for him to try to mule back home on a plane. That said he has taken home almost a full woodshop worth of power tools, bicycles, and always clothing and electronics.</p><p></p><p>Normally he'll show up and buy a couple phones, a couple laptops (one for work and one for personal when customs asks), a tablet, video game system, and anything else he can pass off as his personal when he gets back to customs then flog it over there for enough profit to pay for his trip. </p><p></p><p>Anyway 200x2 for around 100$ here on Amazon:</p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00FGV0V0W/?tag=caraudiocom-20[/URL]</p><p>Even after VAT tax you can probably own one of those in your country for less than what you would have into a DIY project. IF budget and big power is your only concern this is going to be your best bet.</p><p></p><p>While the old 1$ per watt stuff was all very nice in its day and holds special nostalgia for me too, it is all completely obsolete by every measure. You can buy far better quality today for less than 1$ per watt. I liked the generation of PPI after art series and I think it was 2002 when US Amps started going downhill. Right now you can probably still buy some of that old stuff from collectors but you would need to plan to pay for restoration because the electrolytic capacitors are likely approaching the end of their service life.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hispls, post: 8747384, member: 614752"] A friend and old business associate of mine lives in Gdynia and bought into Alpine amps that he smuggled home. I think he has been buying Focal and JL speakers over there for his cars, but he likes spending on nice toys and makes good money now as a software developer. He has mentioned prices there and it sounds pretty rough, but a lot of stuff just isn't practical for him to try to mule back home on a plane. That said he has taken home almost a full woodshop worth of power tools, bicycles, and always clothing and electronics. Normally he'll show up and buy a couple phones, a couple laptops (one for work and one for personal when customs asks), a tablet, video game system, and anything else he can pass off as his personal when he gets back to customs then flog it over there for enough profit to pay for his trip. Anyway 200x2 for around 100$ here on Amazon: [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00FGV0V0W/?tag=caraudiocom-20[/URL] Even after VAT tax you can probably own one of those in your country for less than what you would have into a DIY project. IF budget and big power is your only concern this is going to be your best bet. While the old 1$ per watt stuff was all very nice in its day and holds special nostalgia for me too, it is all completely obsolete by every measure. You can buy far better quality today for less than 1$ per watt. I liked the generation of PPI after art series and I think it was 2002 when US Amps started going downhill. Right now you can probably still buy some of that old stuff from collectors but you would need to plan to pay for restoration because the electrolytic capacitors are likely approaching the end of their service life. [/QUOTE]
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