cheapest country to buy AV Gear

[sonus]

Corrson Audio for speakers (Bangalore): http://www.corrson.com/
MS-610 model costs 1.6L and uses Scanspeak drivers: http://www.corrson.com/ms610st.html

Acoustic Portrait for amps and DACs (Bangalore): http://www.acousticportrait.com/products.html

Rethm (Cochin): http://www.rethm.com/

Rethm Bhaava (1.25L): https://www.hifivision.com/threads/rethm-introduces-a-cheaper-new-model-bhava.64076/
Review by forum member: https://www.hifivision.com/threads/rethm-bhaava-a-listening-experience.65643/

Lyrita Audio (Delhi): http://www.lyrita-audio.in/page4.html

Yet another option is to order directly from the manufacturer, instead of going through a dealer.
Emotiva for example doesn't have a showroom -they just ship all over the world. They have a really good lineup.
Audio-GD is another one of my favorites. They make extraordinarily sweet sounding DACs (especially for the price) and ship directly from China.
I think Schiit Audio also ships to India from the US.

Schiit has a distributor https://www.headphonezone.in/

 

[neelay2709]

Using 2 step downs (both 1000 Watts). One to power my amp the other for the woofer. 2 years and going strong. No issues with sound for me either.

 

[efernand1]

I'm making a trip to Singapore in April. Will be interesting to see what I can buy from there...

Mustafa Market? SG is expensive for sure......

 

[sunand777]

1000w (1 KVA) stepdown transformer is enough and safe for driving this receiver...
https://www.amazon.in/MAXINE-1000-C...scsubtag=6ce173ce-4a23-4117-bd25-376849c4ca2a

https://www.amazon.in/GATTS-MX-VOLTAGE-CONVERTER-WATTS-CONVERTS/dp/B00UHD2ZJE

 

[neelay2709]

The price on Amazon is too high. These should be available in 3K to 3.5K range

 

[Lizard King]

Right now some of the products like Marantz are cheapest in India. But you have to call up the negotiate.

 

[Nitin K]

Any sites you can suggest! Amazon for respective regions?

You can try Amazon uk. I had ordered a Marantz cd player, and speaker wires from there. It was 230 V and had reached me in 3 days.
But in the current Covid scenario not sure if they deliver to India.

 

[Murty P N]

Hello guys
i wanted to know which countries offer AV Gear( Speakers, AV Receiver, Blue ray players etc.) cheaper as compared to India.

I guess U.S might be on the top but since trips to U.S are not that frequent what other options do we have.
Also 220V countries are preferable.

Please try in Honkong or Chaina. You can get good stuff in very reasonable price with 220v

 

[Lizard King]

Middle east (Kuwait is the cheapest.. Dubai, during Dubai shopping festival), / Other Asian countries (Malaysia cheapest, Singapore) are usually cheaper.. AVR in these countries are 220V.. Europe also get 200V, might be slightly expensive than other regions..

These days I don't find the Dubai price any cheaper. And vinyls are downright expensive. Even more than India.

 

[ShantaramChari]

Hello guys
i wanted to know which countries offer AV Gear( Speakers, AV Receiver, Blue ray players etc.) cheaper as compared to India.

I guess U.S might be on the top but since trips to U.S are not that frequent what other options do we have.
Also 220V countries are preferable.

Japan seems to have a very good audio gears at a cheaper rate, since one of my friend got jbl studio monitor at cheap rather than US in a very good condition

 

[Shanmugam]

You can try Amazon uk. I had ordered a Marantz cd player, and speaker wires from there. It was 230 V and had reached me in 3 days.
But in the current Covid scenario not sure if they deliver to India.

Did you pay customs and was it shipped through FedEx as Royalmail does not deliver parcels.

 

[sandeepmohan]

Remember the Dubai Shopping festival? That is the closest you can get to finding a bargain that is close to USA pricing. Heaps of AV gear at this event.

 

[Nitin K]

Did you pay customs and was it shipped through FedEx as Royalmail does not deliver parcels.

The price in Amazon while checking out includes customs duty. If I am not mistaken it was Dhl that got the parcel. You have to upload your kyc documents, either your Aadhar or passport on their site.
Basically you don't have to handle duties and logistics while ordering from Amazon. The courier company will take care of it.