Studio Monitors

[asialife]

I've bought some Alesis Elevate 5 actieve monitors recently in Europe and paid 121 euros for a set. Now, these are great value for money  in a home studio environment. Sadly, when I traveled to Thailand last week, I couldn't bring them along with some other equipment that I need.

 

I've been looking around and I'm shocked to find that prices are so inflated in Thailand. I couldn't find the Elevate 5 but I did manage to compare some other monitors and prices are sometimes close to double.

 

I'm guessing that Import taxes, luxury taxes or whatever taxes they may be make such purchases so expensive.

 

My question is if someone has some tips for me as to where and what to buy. I really don't want to spend much more than 200 euros for a set of active Studio Monitors. I was thinking about buying them in china and have them imported but not sure if that would help.

 

Please let me know if you have any experience and/or tips

tnx

Asialife