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A bit more information ... []<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> It seems courier companies are limited to hauling things which are "cubed" to less than 130 inches. Some kind of "regulation" I was told. They explain this "cube" calculation as "width x 2 + depth x 2 + height". So using that math anything much larger than Chorus speakers (including packing) can not be shipped by common courier. That is a shame as courier companies are cheap. Using the UPS calculator on a set of Chorus ... this would run just under $250.00 to ship from <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />Florida all the way to Calgary, Canada. This is for ground shipping as air freight is more than twice as expensive. At the price of gas here in Canada (our price is similar to California gas) I can't drive too far in my truck or it soon becomes the CHEAPER alternative to ship ... I looked into Roadway and Reimer Express (which are related freight companies). These guys will not only pick up but will pack the beasts for you. When these guys pack something it is very very well packed. But it does come at a price ... about twice the price of a courier company ... So I guess if I don't locate something local at a reasonable price and condition (unlikely) and if I want to use a courier (to save a few $$ ... ) I am looking at Chorus ... or as I had suspected ... La Scala Industrial Separates (make it under the size limitation).

Kindling? Then that would make it a Klipsch "kit" ... with "some assembly required" ... [] I'm not worried about that much ... just about scratches. I bought a pair of SS-3 off some ebay store a couple weeks ago. They wouldn't ship to me in <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />Canada (I think they thought it would be difficult somehow ... hard to follow their reasoning ...we no longer live in igloos ... and the snow has melted for the summer).<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> So I had them ship from New York to a niece in WashingtonState ... then that niece shipped them to me in Alberta. So they made it across the continent one and a half times ... without nary a scratch. There is a pair in a city not far from me that could be had. But the things look ... even in the pictures ... like they had gone through World War III. So I would rather pay my money and take my chances. But the question remains ... Which shipping companies would box 'em up for shipping? Anybody know enough about shipping companies to be able to advise me?

I am interested in buying a couple "experienced" (used) La Scala speakers. The Industrial model is the most likely candidate for a number of reasons. I notice they come up from time to time on Audiogon or on this forum. I'm in no particular hurry. So the question is, should I find the ones that I want ,... how in the whole wide world does one go about shipping something like that? None of the courier companies that I know of actually package things up for shipping they expect them to be pre-packed. It isn't likely that the seller would get real excited about the prospect of looking for some kind of cardboard box to put them in and it isn't likely that someone selling them kept the original box materials. The Industrials aren't particularly delicate to begin with I suppose, but I wouldn't want to ship them entirely naked ... a wrapping of some kind is called for ... even a mover's blanket would work I suppose ... Any suggestions?