# Iron Driver 2027
**URL:** https://discourse.midwestaudio.club/t/iron-driver-2027/814
**Category:** General
**Tags:** diy-event, great-diy
**Created:** [October 1, 2026, 10:01pm UTC](https://discourse.midwestaudio.club/t/iron-driver-2027/814 "2026-10-01T22:01:10Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
**Page:** 2
### Author:  [@a4eaudio](https://discourse.midwestaudio.club/u/a4eaudio)
#### Post date: [October 2, 2026, 4:48pm UTC](https://discourse.midwestaudio.club/t/iron-driver-2027/814/21 "2026-10-02T16:48:28Z")
> [@KenRhodes](#):
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> …If you use a foreign vendor you must include shipping and all import charges…
That makes sense for import charges but seems a little unfair for shipping. If I buy a pair of SB13PFCs or SB26STACs from Madisound I will not reach the threshold to get free shipping but won’t have to include the shipping in driver costs. If I buy a pair of SB26STCs from THLP (which are NOT available in the US) I have to include the shipping in my driver costs.
(The SB26STC (about EUR 15) is the equivalent to the SB26STAC (USD 52) but have a plastic faceplate. Used in a 3D printed waveguide, the $37 aluminum faceplate of the SB26STAC simply gets thrown away.)
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### Author:  [@KenRhodes](https://discourse.midwestaudio.club/u/KenRhodes)
#### Post date: [October 2, 2026, 7:39pm UTC](https://discourse.midwestaudio.club/t/iron-driver-2027/814/22 "2026-10-02T19:39:31Z")
I understand. I have a few reasons for that rule, one of the biggest is trying to verify that people are staying within budget.
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### Author:  [@Ed\_Perkins](https://discourse.midwestaudio.club/u/Ed_Perkins)
#### Post date: [October 2, 2026, 9:08pm UTC](https://discourse.midwestaudio.club/t/iron-driver-2027/814/23 "2026-10-02T21:08:36Z")
Sounds like a lot of fun! I really like the idea of allowing active designs and the blind listening.
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