Recently, I came across a local retailer who take special order of the Panny AE4000 at around 120k. Yes, it certainly will be much cheaper if you can import the unit yourself.
Not sure about the other brands but as for SONY Phil, I can say for sure that our local price is ridiculously way too high....there's one time I was eyeing a specific model & shocked to discover the local price was about 60% higher than in Malaysia!

Hi pchin, I'm also interested in contact details of the retailer taking orders for the Panny AE400. Will he provide some sort of warranty too? Thanks!
