Just moved to Canada - Any Canadians here at AR.com?

[kexodusc]

Just finished the move this week, and so far I'm loving Canada. Not the first time I've lived here, but the first time I lived here as an "adult". It takes me 8 minutes to drive to my new office, I can walk along a river during lunch hour, buy tons of that blessed Canadian beer, and you can get bacon on absolutely everything you order at a restaurant!!!

There's a few other ar.com-ers in Canada that I'm aware of, Joel and RGA (who's about as far away from me as one can be in Canada).
Any other Ar.com-ers from the great white north? Any Atlantic Canadians?

[92135011]

Im a west coaster myself
Vancouver.

[Pat D]

I live in Atlantic Canada.

[cam]

Welcome Kex. I'm way over on the west coast in Surrey which is only about 25 minutes out from downtown Vancouver. Ah yes, are beer is good, Kokane, Molson Canadian, LGD, and yes our Canadian made Budweiser is superb. In fact Bud and Kokane are one and two. I do remember you saying you would not turn into a stinkin Leaf fan, I'm just hoping you won't turn into a stinkin Hab fan either. Over hear in Vancouver there is only one eastern Canadian team I can cheer for, Ottawa, and that goes for alot of us western Canadians. Don't be a stranger EH.

[kexodusc]

Yeah, I did the Sens quite a bit...mostly out of my hatred for all things Toronto...Can't say I've ever been a Hab fan...use to live in Winnipeg and Edmonton back in the day...when Winnipeg got screwed out of a team my loyalties shifted to Ottawa. Sigh...guess I'm cheering for H.C Davos of the Swedish Elite League this year.

[htfan14]

Cambridge, Ont. here.

[RGA]

You'll have to change the Bangor Main thing unless it's some sort of Sexual inuendo(Like you haven't heard that before). :-)

[Feanor]

Just finished the move this week, and so far I'm loving Canada. ... Any other Ar.com-ers from the great white north? Any Atlantic Canadians?

Welcome to Canada!

I've enjoyed my trips to the Maritimes so I dare say you'll enjoy New Brunswick.

[RGA]

Kex.

The Canadian speakers here are not cheap - they just rip Americans off.

Here is something stupid. CD and DVD movie prices when yuo go to Future Shop I have found to be far cheaper generally than what I saw in the States. But what is weird is that the DVD's CDs made in the US are sent to Canada and then they're cheaper??

I also remember buying my Pioneer CTS 709 3head cassette deck in Washington State for $319.00 while here in Canada it was $699.00. But the US version only came with 90 day warranty while here it had a 2 year gaurantee. And back then our dollar was like .62

But hey we have Smarties and Coffee Crisp. Enjoy.

[_jackal_]

Hey there,

I'm currently living in Winnipeg MB. Believe it or not, we tied with Siberia for the worst summer in the northern hemisphere.

Anyway, just thought I would say hi, and how much I love some of the Canadian audio products such as Paradigm and Totem

I currently own absolutely zero audio or visual equipment. I keep reading these forums pretending I have the money to actually spend on the products everyone recommends

I think I'm going to purchase a set of Fluance SX-HTB speakers. I know they are not the best, and I could likely get two Paradigm mains (bookshelves) for a little more than these cost, but I am not an audiophile. I want to get the best bang for the buck without breaking the bank, and my main focus is home theatre. They are also a Canadian product, BTW. I will likely mate them with a yamaha receiver and maybe an onkyo DVD player. I'm really liking the Hitachi CRT RPTVs also.


Ubique Quo Fas et Gloria Du****
"Wither Right and Glory Lead"

[kexodusc]

Hey, all....I'm tempted to incorporate a little maple leaf or something in my avatars or signatures...how cool and distinct would that be...we could all be a little Canadian maffia or something...
wear your colours proud!

[slmcdonald7]

Canadian Mafia... for some reason that makes me laugh.

However, if you believe the US Government, BC (or wherever it is that Canada has softened their stance on pot) should be crawling with them by now

[Celtic Bob]

NFLD here.

[TinHere]

This was posted today on the AV123.com forum and I thought I would pass it along to the members here. Great company, great products, and great value. I do own their speakers and they still keep a smile on my face. Sorry for what looks like an infomercial, but I thought posting it in this thread would give those from Canada another good option.

"For the next 90 days if you have a Canadian "Ship To and Bill To" address our offer will include the following:

Take the Best Rocket price on anything we offer and multiply it by 1.29 and this will be your Canadian Dollar Price.

ALL Duties paid by av123

ALL Brokerage Charges paid by av123

All Taxes are paid by av123

All Freight Charges are paid by av123 (see below for the fine print)"

http://forum.av123.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=5272

[kexodusc]

This was posted today on the AV123.com forum and I thought I would pass it along to the members here. Great company, great products, and great value. I do own their speakers and they still keep a smile on my face. Sorry for what looks like an infomercial, but I thought posting it in this thread would give those from Canada another good option.

"For the next 90 days if you have a Canadian "Ship To and Bill To" address our offer will include the following:

Take the Best Rocket price on anything we offer and multiply it by 1.29 and this will be your Canadian Dollar Price.

ALL Duties paid by av123

ALL Brokerage Charges paid by av123

All Taxes are paid by av123

All Freight Charges are paid by av123 (see below for the fine print)"

http://forum.av123.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=5272

Any stand-out recommendations you could make to a potential and curious buyer?

[TinHere]

Any stand-out recommendations you could make to a potential and curious buyer?

Thanks for asking.

All their products are good value. The Rocket series of speakers is geared more to home theater and the Reference series was developed more for two channel listening and offers a little more treble energy than the Rockets. Both series can be configured for HT or 2channel and have center channels. The Rocket RSC200 is an outstanding speaker for HT. They have also just introduced [not yet shipping, but real soon] the RS1000 with an 8" woofer [not subwoofer] with a 350W built in amp. Preliminary reports from the few people that have these speakers has been VERY positive. The Strada series [soon to be released] will remind people of Genesis at a much lower price point. The mini Stradas will be introduced at around $1600 and like their big brothers have a built in woofer. He will also be introducing stands for the Rocket ELT series that have a powered woofer built in.

They have subwoofers, and will introducing soon the UFW-12 will come shipped with R-DES which is a computer based equalization system for subwoofers. R-DES will also be sold seperately.

They are also taking pre orders for EMOTIVA seperates pre/pro and amp [5x125W] that is around $1200. They also have EMOTIVA in a big boy version with pre/pro and amp [7x200W] designed to satisfy the higher end crowd.

This company also has developed the Perpetual Technologies gear that will offer a finalized version of SOCS [speaker only correction softwear] that tackles speaker phase issues that no crossover can address.

Mark Schifter, the founder, was a major player in the development of Genesis speakers, Audio Alchemy, [and much more] and now makes cabinets in his China factory for around 14 other speaker companies including VMPS.

Like I have posted here before [not lately], this company is cutting edge. Their customer service is something few if any can match. Mark's goal was to bring high quality sound at a reasonable price, and by most reports no matter how much someone spent, he has succeeded. Well worth checking out IMHO.

[Joe B]

Just finished the move this week, and so far I'm loving Canada. Not the first time I've lived here, but the first time I lived here as an "adult". It takes me 8 minutes to drive to my new office, I can walk along a river during lunch hour, buy tons of that blessed Canadian beer, and you can get bacon on absolutely everything you order at a restaurant!!!

There's a few other ar.com-ers in Canada that I'm aware of, Joel and RGA (who's about as far away from me as one can be in Canada).
Any other Ar.com-ers from the great white north? Any Atlantic Canadians?

Screw the brew, I'm opening an online Tim Hortons! I'll make a fortune! LOL! I'm in Halifax Kex, Welcome to the Maritimes. Get much of that snow that hit us on the coast?

Joe B