I have had a few e-mail conversations with ted, unfortunately with the fuel surcharge a tad higher now, his quoted estimate on shipping is bloody high. Its even higher than if we get speakers from music123.com. ~$15 higher.
THe lady at the shop tested the speakers for me, just to make sure there is sound coming out... N she tested it with her own tube hifi amp. The sound is v warm n CLEAR... But as her amp v low wattage, didnt display the bottoms. But she was playing some old chinese song, n the highs were not piercing, but v glassy n crisp. Of course the tube amp was solid lah...