Best and Worst Boxes

[SCAudiophile]

Best: Esoteric, TAD, Shunyata, Elrod (too big for fancy packaging but his hand packing is without compare).

Very Good+: Legacy, Classe, Isotek, Cybershaft, Bybee, early Edge NL Amps

Average: Purepower,...

[GaryProtein]

Originally Posted by Masterlu

My Sonus Faber Aida’s were extremely well packed in custom wood crates, with 12” foam inners.

I bet they were. Components weighing in at hundreds of pounds are a whole different ballgame to box and crate.

[For The Love of Music]

Best: Wilson, D’Agostino, HRS, Nordost Reference

Worst: No experience

[Poppyhome]

Best: McIntosh and Classe'
Worst: SVS Cylinder Subwoofers

Ron

[godwinaj]

My Dynaudio Special 40 were packed nice. I'd say the Focal packing is good too. My Sim Audio stuff came in lots of foam and soft bags. Blue Sound Node 2 package was totally overkill.

Bad packing goes to most things from eBay and Audiogon. Love my Moon P3 dearly but it was thrown in a box with peanuts when I got it off Audiogon.

[Jack in Wilmington]

Originally Posted by jdandy

Magnum Dynalab does a good job of protection for their tuners.

That's impressive to say the least.

[FreddieFerric]

Best:

1) E.A.T. E-Flat - Arrived palatized in a furniture grade birch wood crate.
2) McIntosh - Pretty much goes without saying on everything they make.
3) Oppo - It's very obvious they take pride in their packaging.
4) Magnepan - Ingeniously packaged.
5) Woo Audio WA6

Worst:

As much as it pains me to say so - Canton. Their boxing probably works well for their smaller speaker line, but my huge Vento Reference 1's deserved far better treatment. Canton had to replace a grille because it came loose during shipping and got hung up on a boxing staple that wasn't fully crimped.

I do like the skid they came strapped to though. High marks for that.

[asindc]

Best:
SRA- Wooden crates and well-packed inside.
Oppo- Enough said.

Worst:
None stand out, but there are several that should up their game, especially on the high end.