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In Reply to: RE: Bottleheads or other DIY in Bermuda? posted by chrisby on May 03, 2009 at 12:41:26
I lived in Bermuda for 4yrs in the mid '90s. I know of at least one ham radio operator who definitely knows his way around a circuit and has absolutely built tube based amplifiers.
Also, a colleague of mine managed to stay on the bleeding edge of home theater electronics while living in Bermuda. He once took apart a sofa so he could install bass thumpers in the seat cushions, so I would suspect there are a handful of DIY types in Bermuda. He's totally a solid state guy, though, despite my efforts over the years to convert him to tubes.
One issue in Bermuda is that import duties are very expensive, probably around 50% of the retail value of whatever you bring into the country, so that tends to make a relatively inexpensive item turn into less than a casual purchase for a lot of people. Another issue is that having a drop mail box in the US affiliated with a courier service to bring catalog items into the country is hugely expensive.
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