Thanks guys for all the great information. I checked with Uship and Shipley, and as noted their prices for door-to-door shipping and creating are not cheap, And push the overall cost of the speakers out of the reasonable range.
While a road trip certainly sounds fun it would be to a part of the country. that is a little bit down on the desirable list, at least for me (I’m not going to name any names!). It’s not the cost that makes this prohibited but the time. Just can’t afford to shake away from work for a pair of speakers. Would rather spend that valuable time in Hawaii scuba diving.
I think I’m going to chalk this up to a nice opportunity, but I’m gonna have to let pass. As we tell ourselves many times in life. - It just wasn’t meant to be…
Thank you again for all the great information! The forum is such a great place to seek advice and information 👏👏👏