Focal Stella


I am not sure if I am breaking any rules in Audiogon, I hope not.  I have a chance to purchase a pair of Stella Focal that is a demo unit for a dealer for 64K plus shipping.  I am told they are in mint condition and are a year old.  I have seen pictures.  I am not able to hear or see the unit in person.  Does anyone think this is a reasonable price for a demo unit. The dealer mentioned they can't sell demo units at one point in our conversation and that also got me a weird feeling because he is selling them  Would Focal not help repair them if I ever needed their help do to this?  Is the price ok?  Thanks I could really use some advice.  I am not really that well versed in the sales market and this would be my one and only chance to buy a forever pair of speakers. 

kac32

Contact Focal and ask if this guy is authorized to sell and what warranty you may or may not have.....

isn't thr list 75k that is not a great deal for a demo set

 

and are they the current evo model?

 

Dave and Troy

Audio intellect  nj

focal dealer 

No the list for the Stella is 150K  270K for the Utopia and 75K for the Maestro.  I found a dealer that would sell a new pair Stella for 120K.  These are all the new EVO models I am being told.

The other issue is these speakers are overseas and I would have not much recourse if something goes wrong the dealer being so far away. 

I am also looking at the Active RBH STVR for 45K installed.  I wanted to consider a direct to consumer seller as well and RBH seems like the best.  Never heard these either and there aren't many reviews out there other than Gene Delasala who absolutely praises these. 

I would be supprised that Focal supports ( warranty ) an oversea dealer , while there are plently of Focal dealers in your country .

 

Dont forget import taxes , border taxes , shipping insurance  , shipping , and the stress of all this .

 

 

It will cost a fortune to ship the speakers from Europe to the States. You have to also figure in insurance. How much would it cost you to fly to Europe to demo the said speakers first?  Don’t know if that is even feasible. 

Thank you everyone!  I really appreciate all the input.  I am going to not pursue this.  This forum is a great place.