Fyne Audio Vintage Classic Gold SP….beat dealer?

What kind of deal are you looking for? 

Check with Upscale, they treated me great when I bought my stuff from them last year. 

Otherwise, I'd suggest finding a used or demo set. 

good choice, hammer them for the best deal. 

Just curious why Fyne? I've listened to several of their speakers at Axpona and thought they did lots of things very well but in the bass they came across more of the one note variety. Maybe it was the room.

I would like to purchase the Vintage Classic Gold SP XV with the 15" driver. Bass won't be an issue. I do think "the room" was an issue at Axpona. Quintessence Audio had their system kind of out in the open. Very weird placement.  

Honestly, I like the way the Klipsch Cornwall IV sounds, but don't care for the build quality. I know the Fyne XV is significantly more money but is built MUCH better than the Klipsch - not even a comparison. 

sunshdw - I reached out to Upscale. Nothing "special" as far as a price. Like I stated, these are as much as small car so I’m hoping for a bit more than a 10% off deal. Where I’m located, the closest Fyne dealer is in Chicago and I’m NOT a fan, so I’m not even bothering. 

I would consider a used pair if I could find. 

On high end, low volume items dealers have to protect their margins unless there is a manufacturer supported promotion and protect the luxury item price point. Many don’t deal over the phone - they assume they are being shopped.

10% off translates to around 25% of the dealers gross profit, leaving a lot less to cover marketing, commissions, rent, general overhead etc.

You might do better if you buy more than one item or pay in cold hard cash. 

Take a look at the Devore o/96 too. The Fyne’s do look really nice. Never heard them but I did own the 501SP and found them a little laid back for my preferences, but very different speaker. 

I’m looking at Fynes also, and they don’t seem to hold their value. Seems if I were to buy at full msrp plus tax - I would lose more than half if I didn’t like them and wanted to sell in a year or two. Seems worse than other brands.

I talked to Upscale as well, and they offered 0% off of msrp. And also said they never had any demo sales.

I bought my 501SP's used for $3400, which I thought at the time was a good value. O sold them for $2200 with barely any interest. I'd agree that they don't hold value.

Why not Tannoy? I think their paper woofers sound better. 

Resolution Audio carries Fyne, and some dealers will give a decent discount if they don't have to take delivery of the speakers and just have them drop shipped to you. Do some research on who carries Fyne, and reach out to them all......you usually can get 15% to 25% if they can drop ship to you

@vthokie83  Do you happen to know any such dealers?  I think I've tried 5 so far, and it almost seems that Fyne Audio is not allowing any discounts in the US.  At this point I pretty much gave up on Fyne and started looking at other brands..

- One Fyne dealer offered 0% discount

- One other dealer stopped responding after I asked about a discount

- Another dealer offered 20% off on their 2 year old demos - off of today's MSRP, which could be more than what the speakers cost new 2 years ago.  But I'm too lazy to check, so not sure.

- The 2 remaining dealers never responded as I asked about a discount right away.

@vvvvvv6 At this point I pretty much gave up on Fyne and started looking at other brands..

What other brands are you considering?

This is for our living room, so only a few lucky options got approved by my wife.  Such as - yellow Kanta 2, red Sopra 2, Olympica Nova 3 - not in black.  A few Fynes also, but it looks like it's not meant to be..

Didn't mean to hijack the thread, so my apologies..

At least you can find focal dealers that are willing to deal on their speakers. I haven’t had a whole lot of luck with fyne audio.

Maybe Fyne is keeping a tight line on pricing, especially with Tannoy crashing

Tannoy crashing? What makes you think that?

Fyne perhaps should rethink their US strategy..  Used Fynes don't seem to be selling - unless there's a huge discount.  So, paying full price for a new pair seems like a very bad idea then.  Perhaps they raised their prices too much too fast..