blubliss Posted March 24, 2011 Report Share Posted March 24, 2011 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monsieurguzel Posted March 24, 2011 Report Share Posted March 24, 2011 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... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeymad Posted March 24, 2011 Report Share Posted March 24, 2011 Go Group Buy Team!... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asr Posted March 24, 2011 Report Share Posted March 24, 2011 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
screaming oranges Posted March 24, 2011 Report Share Posted March 24, 2011 Hopefully this plays out well. Thanks to all those trying to make this happen! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monsieurguzel Posted March 24, 2011 Report Share Posted March 24, 2011 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justin Posted March 25, 2011 Report Share Posted March 25, 2011 i would GUESS that dealer price is around 3700, in the U.S. but that guess comes from old information Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monsieurguzel Posted March 25, 2011 Report Share Posted March 25, 2011 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" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgazal Posted March 25, 2011 Report Share Posted March 25, 2011 EIFL is located in Fukushima, Japan. Are they operating? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aardvark baguette Posted March 25, 2011 Report Share Posted March 25, 2011 http://www.audiocubes2.com/brand/Stax/product/Stax_SR-009_Electrostatic_Earspeakers.html Price: $4,999.99 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blubliss Posted March 25, 2011 Report Share Posted March 25, 2011 I called them today and they didn't even know about the phones yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wmcmanus Posted March 25, 2011 Report Share Posted March 25, 2011 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justin Posted March 25, 2011 Report Share Posted March 25, 2011 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deepak Posted March 25, 2011 Report Share Posted March 25, 2011 I called them today and they didn't even know about the phones yet. lol so typical of AudioCubes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blubliss Posted March 25, 2011 Report Share Posted March 25, 2011 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deadneddz Posted March 25, 2011 Report Share Posted March 25, 2011 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? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voltron Posted March 25, 2011 Report Share Posted March 25, 2011 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? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n3rdling Posted March 25, 2011 Report Share Posted March 25, 2011 n3rdling, blubliss, voltron, screaming oranges, monsieurguzel, wmcmanus, and EphemeralHope (a local over here) by my count. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blubliss Posted March 25, 2011 Report Share Posted March 25, 2011 I think it would be good to wait if he can give us close to 15% off retail. Did he give any indication Al? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voltron Posted March 25, 2011 Report Share Posted March 25, 2011 No indication so far, but I will tell him 7 is our minimum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
screaming oranges Posted March 25, 2011 Report Share Posted March 25, 2011 Thanks for the update, Al! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blubliss Posted March 25, 2011 Report Share Posted March 25, 2011 (edited) 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, 2011 by blubliss Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
screaming oranges Posted March 25, 2011 Report Share Posted March 25, 2011 I'm in no rush. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voltron Posted March 25, 2011 Report Share Posted March 25, 2011 Waiting is fine by me too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torpedo Posted March 25, 2011 Report Share Posted March 25, 2011 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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