March 24, 201115 yr Thanks Andy. I will call Jack Wu and Todd and see if they would be interested in matching or beating those prices. Todd doesn't advertise Stax any more, so I am not sure of his status with them. I will post something up. Great Al, the place i am trying to get 15% from is needle doctor.
March 24, 201115 yr Thanks for all your hard work Blubliss...4750 does seem more reasonable that 5250 from Jack Woo at the moment...plus it helps that it is from a U.S. distributor in case of defects (not that is means much considering Yama's inc is useless). I'm curious how much lower we could get them as a group buy from a Japanese distributor...
March 24, 201115 yr It turns out I lack sufficient funds at the moment to be in on a group buy, ah well. Well unless I decide to sell my BHSE (or potentially a few other items) before the order-in, not sure how likely that is though.
March 24, 201115 yr I'm trying to get in touch with PriceJapan to see what their price will be and if they are willing to have a group buy of sorts. They are a good reseller who has quite reasonable prices for all their other Stax products.
March 25, 201115 yr i would GUESS that dealer price is around 3700, in the U.S. but that guess comes from old information
March 25, 201115 yr No luck with PriceJapan...here's what they wrote: "Thanks for inquiry. Because our fee is too thin, we are keeping ONE PRICE policy for any customer. NO discount request will be accepted, sorry. We have not been notifified about SR-009 price. We will list SR-009 when we get its dealer price. Kaneda www.pricejapan.com"
March 25, 201115 yr http://www.audiocubes2.com/brand/Stax/product/Stax_SR-009_Electrostatic_Earspeakers.html Price: $4,999.99
March 25, 201115 yr I'd be interested in participating in the group buy, at whatever is considered the best deal, once all of that is settled. Thanks for doing the legwork, guys.
March 25, 201115 yr i would GUESS that dealer price is around 3700, in the U.S. but that guess comes from old information ok, i think the exchange rate was about 20% different at that time. so, that could be a factor -- either in higher U.S. MSRPs, or smaller dealer margins
March 25, 201115 yr I called them today and they didn't even know about the phones yet. lol so typical of AudioCubes
March 25, 201115 yr Yeah, I am thinking a group buy from them is a no go, didn't feel real comfortable after speaking with them and this is a lot of money.
March 25, 201115 yr Sorry I can't go in on the group buy for this right now, good luck Milos/Andy on your guy's search. And Elephas, if you happen to read this.....where are you?
March 25, 201115 yr Todd is willing to work on the group buy but he is not going to be able to work out the details and figure what he can do for another 7-10 days. That may be too long for people, so let me know. How many people do we have who are actually going to do this?
March 25, 201115 yr n3rdling, blubliss, voltron, screaming oranges, monsieurguzel, wmcmanus, and EphemeralHope (a local over here) by my count.
March 25, 201115 yr I think it would be good to wait if he can give us close to 15% off retail. Did he give any indication Al?
March 25, 201115 yr I am still waiting for NeedleDoctor to respond too, but it would be nice to give the business to Todd. I wonder if waiting we miss out on the first shipment, which may be a consideration? I am inclined to wait a bit since our only offer is $4725 from Elusive Disc. What do others think? Edited March 25, 201115 yr by blubliss
March 25, 201115 yr Todd is willing to work on the group buy but he is not going to be able to work out the details and figure what he can do for another 7-10 days. That may be too long for people, so let me know. How many people do we have who are actually going to do this? I can wait if the price is really interesting. As a matter of fact I will wait nonetheless
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