Got the Sony PHA-1 in from Japan yesterday. I can confirm it shipped directly from Japan and in total ran me about $365 USD including shipping when ordering through Amazon.com. WHEW! Much better than posting $600 to Sony USA. Unit working brilliantly and only the instructions were in Japanese -...

Quote:     Just imagine Ron Burgundy's suave voice for a moment and here's my reply: "I have no idea what you're talking about, but those words were IMPRESSIVE."   Quote:   Speaker rig is a lengthy thought process, but in a nutshell a NAD CD player and NAD amp (2 separate...

Quote:   I'm a bit of an enthusiast, impulse buyer in general. This could have been a thread about an exercise machine and I probably would have opted in quickly, ha (yeah I'm that guy as well). I kinda had my eye on the Sony from an industrial design standpoint anyway based on what I...

Quote:   Awesome, Sony PHA-1 PURCHASED!

Wow, am I missing something? The PHA 1 is selling direct from Sony for $599 yet via Amazon's Japanese-direct sellers it's less than $400. I mean... buy from Amazon, right? Or is there something I'm missing that adds up to $200 when it's sold direct from Sony? Thanks for the tips!   Keel

Hi All,   There probably aren't many avatars like mine, as I've read through a number of posts here on head-fi searching for what people think of the House of Marley Destinys. But they're what I've got, so it's what I'm rolling with! Now for a brief backstory...   Been sucked away by the...