Pardon me I’m retarded sometimes. I meant DX3 Pro.
Jds atom to expensive imo for eu. Much better value in the spark for instance. Have you checked the used market? Just an option. Schiit stacks for sale all the time.
I’m really glad that I’ve found this discussion, similar problems here.
At first was opted for D30/ Atom combo but import cost of Atom is +50% of it’s price.
Also if understood correctly D10 (88 euro in Poland) isn’t worse than D30 (120 euro in Poland)?
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Geshelli Labs
“We now ship to select International Countries.”
Belgium is on the delivery list…?
Hoping the “impossible” ain’t just going to web shop and click buy & order. lol
Buying internationally ain’t a issue usually.
Just needs bit more work and money but you can get what you want.
Customs can cost as much as a product in a whole other league would, that’s the real issue, not shipping. It takes a lot more than just “a bit more money” unfortunately.
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Point being still ain’t impossible like it was suggested or pointed out.
Need bit more work as in finding the seller and channels to get product moving.
Money side is a different issue in my mind.
I don’t see it (money) as a issue. Work more, save more = get more, spend more.
Modern peeps just want everything right now. Do not want to wait until it is possible in reality.
Some people do see it as an issue when they are paying over 150% of the MSRP. Products that are good value for $100 aren’t always good value when you’re paying over $150…
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I don’t think you see my point. It’s not that people can’t afford it, but getting them at a reasonable price can actually be impossible (depending on the brand). The US brands in question are well regarded exatly because of their outstanding cost/performance ratio, but importing them into the EU completely takes that away and they can be unreasonable as long as there are other options that can match their quality at a lower price, and this thread is exactly for that, to discuss those other options if I’m not mistaken.
To me, it seems like the Fiio K5 Pro is the most reasonably priced, well reviewed amp in the budget category, and it comes with a DAC
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lol. I could say the same thing.
You are derailing the thing i quoted. You can get it.
Of course there are other options money wise. Still. If you really really really want something like the Geshelli, there are ways.
Schiit EU is exactly one of those examples where it’s more expensive in Europe. The heresy, for example, costs $99 in America while it’s almost $150 over here ($147,72 to be precise). I’m not sure how taxes work in America so I don’t know what the actual amount would be that is withdrawn from your bank account when you make the purchase, but over here it’s about $150.
I’m not hating on Schiit BTW.
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Strong $ weak Euro? surely the price we pay across the pond can vary quite a bit 🤷
No they charge more to compensate for import duties and shipment I guess. Like I said I’m not hating on them because I see how it would be more expensive to sell the stuff over here if it’s assembled in America, however it does diminish the value proposition somewhat.
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They have to pay import fees too, it has nothing to do with currency exchange. Unfortunately, their offer is only slightly better than ordering it directly from their US shop, not to mention the Heresy’s been out of stock for weeks or even months.
I don’t exactly know how other brands can manage to keep their costs low despite the import fees, but there are certainly some that do.
The EU Drop didn’t last long either 
wonder why that was?
It’s fair to say I was out of the loop, but I know a lot of tech-savvy people who are interested in these sorts of things, and none of them even knew about it. I suspect that might have played a role in it’s premature closure. It doesn’t even seem like it was a genuine attempt, to be honest with you.
It did have a link on it’s main audiophile page to the EU section but the selection was about a quarter of what was available in the USA…plus quite a bit more expensive so that probably added to why they pulled it?.
The link doesn’t achieve anything in this case since they don’t have that many EU customers to begin with, relatively speaking. I don’t think they offer refunds to customers outside the US, for example, at least they didn’t in the past, and their offering can quickly lose it’s appeal once you realise how little they do to accomodate overseas customers. Simply redirecting already existing customers to a new service won’t acquire you new customers.
Import duties + fees, both of wich are very much outside of Schiit’s controll.
Just got info from Monoprice EU support that restock of Liquid Spark will be in the following 2-3 months.
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