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<blockquote data-quote="Prowler573" data-source="post: 1303097" data-attributes="member: 561023">Seemingly the price difference is somewhat related to whatever product tier the unit in question fits into. A really low-level Sony HU saw a difference between US and Australian pricing of under $30. An entry level Pioneer differed about $40. A nicer Pioneer differed by $60. Two different Kicker amplifiers, a 4 channel and a monoblock saw markups of $117 and $102, respectively while one of the better Panasonic HU&#039;s price difference was in the same neighborhood as the Kickers&#039;.At the extreme end out of my given examples is the Kenwood XXV-01D seeing a price discrepency of over $240.Meh ~ it just struck me as odd when I saw it. Take it as ya will //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/cool.gif.3bcaf8f141236c00f8044d07150e34f7.gifI would expect to pay less in Germany (where these cars are MADE) or a country closeby via overland travel for one of those marques than I would considerably farther away...such as in the US.Pioneer, Alpine, Eclipse, and Kenwood producs are not made in the US. They&#039;re made in Asia somewhere. Who ya reckon is closer to (pick a point in) Asia? Sydney or San Antonia? Not that I&#039;m in NSW...I&#039;m in SA...but it&#039;s just an example.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Prowler573, post: 1303097, member: 561023"] Seemingly the price difference is somewhat related to whatever product tier the unit in question fits into. A really low-level Sony HU saw a difference between US and Australian pricing of under $30. An entry level Pioneer differed about $40. A nicer Pioneer differed by $60. Two different Kicker amplifiers, a 4 channel and a monoblock saw markups of $117 and $102, respectively while one of the better Panasonic HU's price difference was in the same neighborhood as the Kickers'. At the extreme end out of my given examples is the Kenwood XXV-01D seeing a price discrepency of over $240. Meh ~ it just struck me as odd when I saw it. Take it as ya will [IMG]//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/cool.gif.3bcaf8f141236c00f8044d07150e34f7.gif[/IMG] I would [I]expect[/I] to pay less in Germany (where these cars are MADE) or a country closeby via overland travel for one of those marques than I would considerably farther away...such as in the US. Pioneer, Alpine, Eclipse, and Kenwood producs are not made in the US. They're made in Asia somewhere. Who ya reckon is closer to (pick a point in) Asia? Sydney or San Antonia? Not that I'm in NSW...I'm in SA...but it's just an example. [/QUOTE]

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