[KurtW]

I'll be going to Taiwan shortly and wondered if it was worth my time to shop around for some nice headphones while I'm there, either in Taiwan or maybe in Hong Kong or Japan. Anyone have some ideas about this? I was thinking about some Stax, the Sony R10 or the W2002. Ideally it would be a place where I could audition the headphones and then buy them at a real good price relative to what they would cost me here. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

 

[pigmode]

Here's some info I got from a thread at Headwise. These are Japan street prices for Stax, but they are supposedly available cheaper.

all prices in yen
srm-007 175,000
srm-007t 128,000
srm-717 109,000
sr-4070 128,00
sr-404 36,800
sr-303 29,000
srs-2020 39,800
sr-001mk2 23,500
sr-003 14,500
srs-005 32,800
srm-313 37,000
srm-006t 73,000

 

[jodokast]

hehe anybody got a yen --> US currency available? me too lazy to look one up right now.

 

[sapphiremodena]

here

 

[rajan]

Kurt,

Try this site for the STAX http://www.secondbeat.com/html/mall/stax.html . This is a Singapore site. I believe one of the threads in Headwize mentioned that the HK prices for STAX are lower.

Unfortunately, I have no ideas on hi-fi brick and mortar shops in the HK/JPN/Taiwan area. If you do drop by Singapore, there is a building full of hifi shops in the main shopping area. It will take you at least half a day to just browse through the shops. The building is called The Adelphi.

 

[KurtW]

Thanks guys. I did find out about the Stax dealer in Taiwan from the distributor there, which I'll list here for future reference:

Store Name: (Sheng Yin Mei Xue)
Address: 1F, No.7, Lane 137, Chang-Chun Road, Taipei
Tel: 02 2536-5750

They have the new closed Stax 4070 so I'll try to make it over there and check it out.

 

[uvak]

I just received the email reply on the prices for STAX in Hongkong. I figured out that you guys might be interested to have them for reference.

The email was sent on 6 Jan 02.
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Dear sir,

Due to the japan currency drop, we would like to offer as following:

SR007T SYSTEM HK$24450 X 0.9= 22,000
SR717 SYSTEM HK$23350 X 0.9= 21,000
SR4040 HK$9200 X 0.9= 8,280
SR3030 HK$5750 X 0.9= 5,175

At this month, order 10% less. 31 jan 2001. Please tell me when WILL you pay the order? I am in audio exhibition at 9-14 jan 2002.

Best regards

LIEDER INTERNATIONAL COMPANY

ADDRESS: RM1308, 13/F , BLK C., KAI TAK FTY
BLDG, 99-101 KING *** ST.,SAN PO KONG,KLN.,
HONG KONG.

TEL: ( 852 ) 2717 0774
FAX: ( 852 ) 2900 8918