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From: ebh@hou4b.UUCP (Ed Horch)
Newsgroups: net.audio
Subject: CD's in Hong Kong
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Date: Fri, 18-Jan-85 09:43:27 EST
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Posted: Fri Jan 18 09:43:27 1985
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> [Kevin Dowling]
> Getting ahold of an importer would be a neat thing. CD's
> are going for $8 in Hong Kong!

Where in Hong Kong is this??  I was in Hong Kong in December,
and in all the places I went, CD's were going for between
$90 and $100 HK, which is about $11.50 - $12.75 U.S.  Was
there some fantastic CD place I should've known about?

The places I looked did have fantastic selections, though.
On the shelves, they stack them horizontally instead of using
those insipid plastic carriers (I guess they have less of a
theft problem), but they devote as much shelf space to CD's
as most well-stocked places do here.  They also know better
than most American places what "alphabetical order" is.

Most of the audio stores I was in were just like the ones in
Times Square, but there was one "high-end" place that had
things like Quad ESL-63's for $2100/pair, as opposed to
$3400/pair here.  But I was out of traveler's cheques.  :-(

-Ed Horch   {ihnp4,akgua,houxm}!hou4b!ebh