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Anyone know of a good place to buy a Denon 4310CI in Canada. I can get it off ebay from a US location for $1800 (with includes duties,taxes,etc).

Not concerned about purchasing from an authorized dealer (although it is preferable) a one year warranty that comes with the receiver but I have repair fund that can cover issues if anything arises in the first year.

I would give Audio Video Unlimited a try, they wheel and deal from my own experience. You could also check out Trutone , but I've had better deals from AVU.

Also try Kennedy Hifi in Unionville/Markham, sometimes they have pretty good deals.

Does it have to be in Canada? I bought mine on sale at 6th Ave and it was such a good deal it would be worth paying the taxes to bring it into Canada. Even better if you are within driving distance of the boarder and you can ship it to a UPS address in the U.S.
I think I paid around $1400 U.S or a bit less.

6ave has great prices, if you tell them your a member of AVSforum they will give you an additional discount. Not sure how they are shipping to Canada...

Thanks Guys

Let us know what you find.

It was nice meeting you Punisher. I know you said you were thrilled after my audition, and that you were going to purchase the Epic 80 (minus the 500)7.1 system, so keep in touch with everyone and let us know what you purchase.

As I said, you're in good hands on this forum, as there are lots of very knowledgeable folks around.

I was also happy to hear that you didn't find the M80's "bright", which is contrary to what you had heard from people who most likely have never even heard anything from the Axiom line.

bright is good, tells me a speaker is detailed and true.

And smart.

Ah, another satisfied auditioner eh? Good to hear.

I still remember going over to SRoodes with a few preconcieved notions of my own. After Bob's write up I envisioned symbols crashing so harshly that my ear drums would be ringing for days after the audition. I mean I tried my best to go in there with an open mind about it, but it really is hard to just forget the things you've read about a product. I would say I gave the audition a 30% chance of winning me over, at that point I was truely just going over to see how well the EP800's performed, because I thought at least I might be interested in the subwoofer if the speakers are too shrill for my tastes. It's almost laughable looking back the way I thought they were going to sound.

Then I sat down in this HT, and I suppose I was a bit star struck as this was the coolest thing I'd ever stepped foot inside, but I still didn't know how the M80's were going to sound... the very 1st song Steve played he told me was an example of a 'poorly recorded' track. So immediately I prepared myself to throw my hands over my ears as soon as the music was about to start. But to be honest, that 'poorly recorded' track sounded better than anything I'd ever heard in person... did he play the wrong song?

Nope, the next song he said was an example of a 'well made recording', and indeed it did sound incredible... astonishingly good actually. I couldnt believe my ears, it just had to be his set-up! Then we played some of the music I brought, and again, there are no words to describe how wonderful it all sounded, I was completely blown away, I was not prepared for that level of performance, I'd just never heard anything that magnificent in person. And expecially after reading Bob's report, I just did not expect them to sound that brilliant!

So Quackster is absolutely right, if these are 'bright', then I don't want my speakers any other way. The last test was getting them into my living room and not sounding shrill since I had none of the room treatments Steve had. But I honestly couldn't hear much of a difference at all. They still performed well above the mark I'd expected them to hit.

Simply amazing speakers.