looking for dealers in canada...

[tmp31416]

hello --

it appears there might not be dealers for either musical fidelity or audiophilleo north of the border. after researching this a bit, i'm more or less down to two candidates for a usb to s/pdif converter-reclocker that i'll want to add to my hi-fi kit: the musical fidelity v-link 192 and the audiophilleo 2. even though specs/word-of-mouth is positive for these two units, i'd like to audition them before buying.

any canuck haunting these forums know of stores in the ottawa - montréal - kingston "area" that carry these two brands?

cheers.

 

[luvvinvinyl]

My local guy is a Musical Fidelity dealer, but we're in Windsor. I will ask, on your behalf, if he knows of anyone in the region you mentioned.

Hey, it's worth a shot.

 

[tmp31416]

cool, thanks!

assuming your dealer is on the right side of the border, could he ship to the ottawa-gatineau area if there are none in my "area"?

...and if you could ask when the v-link 192 will be available 'here', that would be grand.

thanks again.

 

[tmp31416]

update

hello & a belated Merry Christmas to all --

so, for canuck audiophiles considering one of the following usb to s/pdif converters:
* musical fidelity v-link ii or v-link 192
* m2tech hiface evo
* audiophilleo 2

this is what i found:
* there are dealers for m-f & m2tech in the "great white north", but not for the audiophilleo. i'm listing them below.
* not all dealers for m-f know about the v-link 192 (those i talked to think the v-link ii can do 192khz)
* the v-link 192 is not yet available, price "up here" unknown.

the dealers i have identified:

musical fidelity
* ottawa - the listening room
(http://www.thelisteningroom.ca/)
* toronto - audioexcellence
(http://www.audioexcellence.ca/home/)
* québec - Cora, Inc.
(http://www.corahifi.com/)
* edmonton - Gramophone Inc
(http://www.gramophone.ca/)

m2tech
* montréal - filtronique
(http://www.filtronique.com)
* montréal - acoustic tech
(http://www.acoustic-tech.com/)

audiophileo
* could not find any "local" dealers

i hope this can be of help to others.

cheers.