Anybody heard the Fluance speakers selling on *bay?

Brad · « **on:** 10 Jun 2003, 12:27 am »

Here's a link to one of the sets:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?viewItem&item=3028606568&category=14993

The only reviews I've found were on Cnet & Audioreview.
At that price, I'm not expecting a lot, but it might be worth a gamble.

Brad · « **Reply #1 on:** 10 Jun 2003, 02:27 am »

Of course, Fluance may just be an abbreviation for Flatulence....

Hopefully, there is a credible opinion out there.

George W · « **Reply #2 on:** 10 Jun 2003, 07:41 am »

Brad,

I'm pretty sure that fluance speakers are the same as the infamous white van speakers. I wouldn't risk it if I were you!

George

BradJudy · « **Reply #3 on:** 10 Jun 2003, 01:40 pm »

They are not the same as the White Van speakers in my understanding (although many others like Digital Dogg, Paradime, Audiofile, etc.) are. If you look over on hometheaterforum.com you'll find many happy owners of Fluance speakers. I have no direct experience with them though.

Paul L · « **Reply #4 on:** 12 Jun 2003, 02:53 pm »

Actually they are not as bad as you thought. The brand was formed by a former Energy engineer and made some pretty big speakers. The line has been floating around in mid-fi stores and never get its recognition. It has been in the market for nearly a decade. Probably they don't have budget for marketing.

Thump553 · « **Reply #5 on:** 12 Jun 2003, 03:39 pm »

Here's another thread about them:

http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.cfm?catid=40&threadid=1011381&FTVAR_MSGDBTABLE=

Probably a piece of electrician's tape over the name-tag would improve them, but it would take away a conversation piece.

Brad · « **Reply #6 on:** 12 Jun 2003, 04:41 pm »

Thanks for the replies.
I think I'm going to give the small floorstanders a shot.
They fit into my budget at this point.

Brad · « **Reply #7 on:** 13 Jun 2003, 05:33 am »

Well,

Idiotboy went through with the xaction.
Won the auction. Paid for the speakers.

Got a call tonight from stationstreet. They don't have the speaker I won in the auction. They won't answer the phone. No email reply.

Buyer beware their 1000plus point ebay rating.

*ssholes!!!!!!

On to the Aegis 2's........

Thump553 · « **Reply #8 on:** 13 Jun 2003, 02:03 pm »

I hope you gave those clowns a negative rating.

mgalusha · « **Reply #9 on:** 13 Jun 2003, 02:41 pm »

That sucks especially when you can get them from the Fluance website for $10 more than the acution price.

Hope you can get some satisfaction from the a$$holes.

Brad · « **Reply #10 on:** 13 Jun 2003, 03:59 pm »

Major retraction:

They called me after my email this morning and offered me the next model up for what I already paid.

The guy that called was very sincere and apologetic.

This was StationStreet up in Canada (eh).
They will ship the speakers today, too.
I ended up getting the 938b's for $165

http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3029950711&category=14993

I guess it wasn't too reasonable of me to expect them to answer the phone at 12:30

But then again, when was the last time I was reasonable after Thursday night dart league and several pitchers of Shiner Bock?

-idiotboy out

mgalusha · « **Reply #11 on:** 13 Jun 2003, 05:10 pm »

That's good to hear. Always nice when a company steps up like that.

Have another Shiner Bock to celebrate.

Mike

Brad · « **Reply #12 on:** 13 Jun 2003, 06:54 pm »

Hair o' the dog, right?

It just stopped biting a few minutes ago....