JBL Japan Purchases

[invstbiker]

www.JBL43.com

Good Luck

[merlin]

Guys,

spend a weekend in Shinjuku and Akihabara. Drink Suntory Malt and visit Bar Track. Take in the culture. Stock up on Blue note vinyl and rare SACD's, then fly back with a nice pair of JBL monitors as mementos of your trip.

Sure beats shopping on the friggin internet.

[Don McRitchie]

I certainly agree with that.

[4313B]

Nice photo Don!

[sourceoneaudio]

Yes, that is quite the photo DON.


I feel the wood coming on.


Jeff
J/S-S1A

[Mr. Widget]

Nice photo Don!

It is kinda like some sci-fi movie where this or that change occurred and JBL and two channel audio had actually remained in the market place... however we live in a world where if the internet didn't exist there would be virtually no 2-channel equipment available and JBL is only something you use to play your iPod through on the night stand.


Widget

[sourceoneaudio]

I think the pads on the floor in front are used for praying to Mr. JBL .




Jeff
J/S-S1A

[merlin]

It is kinda like some sci-fi movie where this or that change occurred and JBL and two channel audio had actually remained in the market place...Widget

Nothing changed in Japan Widget. The Japanese culture seems to respect and treasure traditional values whilst embracing the future. And I'd take the 4338/4348 over ANY high end audiobling "monitor" to come out of Provo in the past decade.

[richluvsound]

fancy waking up to that every morning
How could i have a bad day !
Rich

[timc]

timc,
Keep an eye on this thread, I will update as I progress. What model were you looking at? There is no 4328, there is a 4428, or were you looking the same direction I'm looking 4348? Type O'?


Jeff
J/S-S1A

Hehe...Yes i meant the 4428.....

[caladois]

I certainly agree with that.

I wish we had such a shop in Europe

[MJC]

Check out this web page and select "WHERE TO BUY", what's up?

That seems to be typical of any JBL product on their web page.
I've clicked on the "where to buy" for various product lines and if any dealer, B&M or internet, sell ANY JBL lines you will be directed to those dealers even if they don't sell the particular line you were inquiring about.
btw, what is the price of the 4348?

[Shane Shuster]

btw, what is the price of the 4348?

Most of the internet sites have them at about 800,000 yen (6,600USD) each.
Used pairs seem to be around 1,000,000 yen. I don't live in Japan so I don't know how far, if at all, you can haggle down prices.

I have imported small things from Japan like cds and games. I would be scared to see the shipping cost on something big like speakers.

[merlin]

I would be scared to see the shipping cost on something big like speakers.

If you are prepared to ship by sea an don't mind a wait, you should find it possible to import for less than $3 per kilo. So a pair would cost about $600 shipping. Not too bad. For what it's worth, I think the 4338 is a better all round speaker. Having heard the two at length, the smaller model has a cohesiveness that eludes the 4348. The 4428 is little more than an excercise in badge engineering.

[Shane Shuster]

If you are prepared to ship by sea an don't mind a wait, you should find it possible to import for less than $3 per kilo. So a pair would cost about $600 shipping.

Wow, that sounds much lower than I thought it would be. I've paid 1/2 that before just to ship within the USA by truck. You live in the UK? Is it possible shipping is cheaper there. ( i.e some parts of the US are a long way from a port.) For some reason I thought it would be more like $1000+.