Costs

Note these are prices from the summer of 2001. There are now cheaper amp options and there is now a Canadian Adire dealer, Creative Sound Solutions.

• Tempest was $140 USD minus a 5% discount.
• AVA250 was $179 USD minus a 5% discount.
• Shipping by UPS Standard (7day ground) was $40.90 USD

Which totals $343.95 USD. On my Visa this showed up as $540.84 CDN.

• Add to that $78.40 CDN for tax and border fees.
• Sonotube was $40 for 12 feet. Shortest length they would sell.
• The 6" schedule 40 PVC pipe was $20.
• The threaded rod, plate steel, nuts washers and coupling nuts were just under $30.
• The insulation and polyfill was just under $15.
• The MDF (4'x4') was $13.
• Stuff to mount the driver (widgets and screws) was $25.
• Fabric for the sock was $25.
• Silicon, weather stripping and Glue was about $15.
• Paint was about $25.

Grand total approximately $830 CDN which is about $525 USD.