[727south]

The SQ32 are in after 15 hours of burned in it sound so good, no harsh.
The SQ32 are big will not fix in most stock location, lucky mine are fix on the outside.
Thanks again jadair18

 

[Patriot83]

Maybe Fred was telling the truth this whole time.

 

[jadair18]

The SQ32 are in after 15 hours of burned in it sound so good, no harsh.
The SQ32 are big will not fix in most stock location, lucky mine are fix on the outside.
Thanks again jadair18

Glad you enjoyed them. I seriously dont think there is a better tweeter pair for 170 USD. I think these can compete with tweeters up to 400 a pair like the audiofrog gb15. I just swapped my Steg SQ32 tweeters for some Bliesma T25 Beryliumn and omg these take the stegs to another planet but they are 600 usd new. I would say the Blesima t25 is like a steg sq32 mated with a scanspeak d3004 beryllium.

 

[jadair18]

Maybe Fred was telling the truth this whole time.

I have now tried the Steg ST 650 set and the SQ32 and yes for the price if you order from italy you get lots of value from steg gear vs the america brands who are ripping everyone off for perfomance to dollar.

 

[Inproof]

Hello,

I will revoke a pretty old post but i have to clear some things.
First of all let me introduce my self, I'm the owner of Audiostatus. Pretty sure that some of people here has purchased items from me.

Regarding the "Fake" situation. All speakers we sell and even including other sellers that i have no relation with sells genuine STEG products.
The issue comes with the situation when for example you see a price of 120Eu for SQ32, its a normal price with normal margin for us and our market.
STEG is demanding us to have a retail price of 400eur if we sell items worldwide. So for example, if we are selling locally, then we can keep the price of 120eur.
Because of this reason we have stopped all worldwide sells of GT trading products and only selling them locally.

Other thing is with Fred. He is specially mad on us because we have criticized him of his work in the past. It goes the same when he tell other people lies that we and other sellers are selling fake items. This is pretty bad for the community, because that makes him the only "real" seller on the market who even doesnt have a shop. That also hurts the brand, putting a bad reputation that fakes are floating around. Well in many cases that is wrong.
On my 10 years of work with STEG in fact i have never seen fakes. And we know and have contacts on where all of the speakers and other parts are manufactured and so on. That goes to all brands, not just STEG.

So its up to the buyer to decide what is a genuine seller.

So if anyone has some more questions or things that need to be cleared you can ask here or send us an email directly to Audiostatus.
As you can see i have been here since 2013 even before Audiostatus.

 

[jadair18]

Hello,

I will revoke a pretty old post but i have to clear some things.
First of all let me introduce my self, I'm the owner of Audiostatus. Pretty sure that some of people here has purchased items from me.

Regarding the "Fake" situation. All speakers we sell and even including other sellers that i have no relation with sells genuine STEG products.
The issue comes with the situation when for example you see a price of 120Eu for SQ32, its a normal price with normal margin for us and our market.
STEG is demanding us to have a retail price of 400eur if we sell items worldwide. So for example, if we are selling locally, then we can keep the price of 120eur.
Because of this reason we have stopped all worldwide sells of GT trading products and only selling them locally.

Other thing is with Fred. He is specially mad on us because we have criticized him of his work in the past. It goes the same when he tell other people lies that we and other sellers are selling fake items. This is pretty bad for the community, because that makes him the only "real" seller on the market who even doesnt have a shop. That also hurts the brand, putting a bad reputation that fakes are floating around. Well in many cases that is wrong.
On my 10 years of work with STEG in fact i have never seen fakes. And we know and have contacts on where all of the speakers and other parts are manufactured and so on. That goes to all brands, not just STEG.

So its up to the buyer to decide what is a genuine seller.

So if anyone has some more questions or things that need to be cleared you can ask here or send us an email directly to Audiostatus.
As you can see i have been here since 2013 even before Audiostatus.

Thank you for the post and I always took what he said with a grain of salt. Cheers

 

[utubecomment21]

I was originally thinking about purchasing a set of the Hertz MLK1650.3, but then I saw this comparative video. To say the least, it's got me thinking twice about the Hertz.

Now I'm thinking about ordering the STEGs. Does anyone have experience buying from Fred & Sound?

Thanks for any insight,
Pete

You'll learn nothing from such a video!

 

[StekiAudio]

All I HAVE TO SAY IS OMG!!!

it's insane how people can follow a false leader/hater.
Hi guys, I would like to share my experience and how I lost my budget to false online resellers!

I recently found this online post about Fred & Sound which I'm a subscriber for over 6 years now.
they have over 500 videos on almost every audio gear on the market.
the audio knowledge is sky limit.
when I found steg reviews at first I was impressed but a little skeptical.
again, it sounds too good to be true. I requested Fred help who controls USA market (confirmed by Gttrading) the price offered by the factory with fred help was ok, but after looking online and found half-price same as this audiostatus claim web, immediately I made my decision and got it from there, it was the ST650C.
shipping took way too long I was sure ill never get it, but once I did,
it looked ok to me. After installation sound was very weird and breaks up on mid-high volume (not as the online reviews) was ashamed to contact fred about it as I got it out online (after some free help and long term support).
so I tried to check if maybe it is fake or something is wrong. after some deep checks, I found the same ST650C kit with a completely different chinese random logo that looked identical but cost exactly the same as audiostatus price which is half price.
I contacted Gttrading to confirm if audiostatus is legit or not, their response is NO! and the actual official STEG in Lithuania is STEG car audio | Official seller in Lithuania and nobody can ship steg worldwide only locally.
at the same second, I understood I'd been scammed with a fake item, after continued checking that ST650C has stopped production in 2018 but yet online shops are still selling them, I assume most shops mix models to make more profits from this issue the company changed it to MT650C (different design) after a year changed again to MT650CII which is exactly same as The old ST650C just different Tweeters, and now it is even has been replaced with a completely different model.
with that being said there are fakes online same as old hertz focal and audison... ill share some photos to help you guys understand and not to fall as I did, it took me a big turn when I could just get another brand to finish this matter. or stay true to the source (local distributor or factory help by fred).
after 3 months I ordered genuine Italy and boy oh boy, it's what I was looking for.

I'm reading these posts and am completely pissed off.
so many unclear points...
why will some random shop "CEO" will comment here on these posts? or he needs to clear up some stocks?
this guy from audiostatus says STEG asked him to sell online for 400eur worldwide, and if he sells locally it's okay for 120 lol!
first of all, if he is an actual official STEG reseller in Lithuania (which is not!) he can sell only locally and not worldwide as every country has its own official! also, why will he not sell for 400 as the company asked and get more$$$? he is the king of justice? why go against the company? or not supported by the company itself!
that's a big roll-off right here guys. he also said Fred says to buy only from him but at the very same message he says Fred doesn't have a shop to sell, so it's better to choose some sable lie side before he fills up people!

I lost 4-5 months on this crap, take me back ill stay true to the source,
or just get something else local (other brand). in fact, Fred gives so much free support and never asks a penny, I asked learned and he always quickly replies, heard from some other shops he is also developing car audio amps DSP speakers and selling the tech to high quality brands.
don't be fooled and take my friendly advice, I did lose big time.
last year ended up getting an old mcintosh amp which Fred recommend. was a good step up from the infinity reference amp (works till today)

the attached photos are fakes, an old infinity reference named STEG SG650 and the well known STEG ST650C with some XXX logo which can be changed to any desired logo same as steg by itself.

 

[Patriot83]

All I HAVE TO SAY IS OMG!!!

it's insane how people can follow a false leader/hater.
Hi guys, I would like to share my experience and how I lost my budget to false online resellers!

I recently found this online post about Fred & Sound which I'm a subscriber for over 6 years now.
they have over 500 videos on almost every audio gear on the market.
the audio knowledge is sky limit.
when I found steg reviews at first I was impressed but a little skeptical.
again, it sounds too good to be true. I requested Fred help who controls USA market (confirmed by Gttrading) the price offered by the factory with fred help was ok, but after looking online and found half-price same as this audiostatus claim web, immediately I made my decision and got it from there, it was the ST650C.
shipping took way too long I was sure ill never get it, but once I did,
it looked ok to me. After installation sound was very weird and breaks up on mid-high volume (not as the online reviews) was ashamed to contact fred about it as I got it out online (after some free help and long term support).
so I tried to check if maybe it is fake or something is wrong. after some deep checks, I found the same ST650C kit with a completely different chinese random logo that looked identical but cost exactly the same as audiostatus price which is half price.
I contacted Gttrading to confirm if audiostatus is legit or not, their response is NO! and the actual official STEG in Lithuania is STEG car audio | Official seller in Lithuania and nobody can ship steg worldwide only locally.
at the same second, I understood I'd been scammed with a fake item, after continued checking that ST650C has stopped production in 2018 but yet online shops are still selling them, I assume most shops mix models to make more profits from this issue the company changed it to MT650C (different design) after a year changed again to MT650CII which is exactly same as The old ST650C just different Tweeters, and now it is even has been replaced with a completely different model.
with that being said there are fakes online same as old hertz focal and audison... ill share some photos to help you guys understand and not to fall as I did, it took me a big turn when I could just get another brand to finish this matter. or stay true to the source (local distributor or factory help by fred).
after 3 months I ordered genuine Italy and boy oh boy, it's what I was looking for.

I'm reading these posts and am completely pissed off.
so many unclear points...
why will some random shop "CEO" will comment here on these posts? or he needs to clear up some stocks?
this guy from audiostatus says STEG asked him to sell online for 400eur worldwide, and if he sells locally it's okay for 120 lol!
first of all, if he is an actual official STEG reseller in Lithuania (which is not!) he can sell only locally and not worldwide as every country has its own official! also, why will he not sell for 400 as the company asked and get more$$$? he is the king of justice? why go against the company? or not supported by the company itself!
that's a big roll-off right here guys. he also said Fred says to buy only from him but at the very same message he says Fred doesn't have a shop to sell, so it's better to choose some sable lie side before he fills up people!

I lost 4-5 months on this crap, take me back ill stay true to the source,
or just get something else local (other brand). in fact, Fred gives so much free support and never asks a penny, I asked learned and he always quickly replies, heard from some other shops he is also developing car audio amps DSP speakers and selling the tech to high quality brands.
don't be fooled and take my friendly advice, I did lose big time.
last year ended up getting an old mcintosh amp which Fred recommend. was a good step up from the infinity reference amp (works till today)

the attached photos are fakes, an old infinity reference named STEG SG650 and the well known STEG ST650C with some XXX logo which can be changed to any desired logo same as steg by itself.
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So what site did you get the fakes from?

 

[ecobass]

He mentions this " Audiostatus claim web" but i'm unsure what he means by this , it would be nice for him to clear this up.

 

[Patriot83]

He mentions this " Audiostatus claim web" but i'm unsure what he means by this , it would be nice for him to clear this up.

Audiostatus recently said they do not have permission from the manufacturer to sell Steg products outside of Europe anymore. Don't think they ever said why.

 

[TommyDS]

Interesting information - when comparing Audiostatus web with speaker prices, there is minor difference to https://caraudioworld.eu/kategorie/reproduktory/?filter_znacka=steg (mostly due to different VAT rate in Lithuania and Slovakia) - Caraudioworld.eu is legit seller, as he is the distributor for Slovakia, Czech Republic, Hungary and is Salvo’s friend (gttrading owner), so it looks these prices are common in Europe for Steg products …

 

[jadair18]

I just used audiostatus to order my bliesma tweeters. I have also ordered steg product from audiostatus and it never had any xxx stickers and we real. Where did you order your xxx gear from?

 

[ecobass]

^^ last time I tried ordering from that website and very close to check out it gave me a no shipping option to the USA therefore I wasn’t able to finalize the purchase transaction , I guess they’ve changed that part now? Since you’re saying you were able to buy and items and were delivered .

 

[jadair18]

^^ last time I tried ordering from that website and very close to check out it gave me a no shipping option to the USA therefore I wasn’t able to finalize the purchase transaction , I guess they’ve changed that part now? Since you’re saying you were able to buy and items and were delivered .

yes, they can ship to the states and I have always been able to over the last couple of years.

 

[ecobass]

Ok , good to know !! Maybe I was doing something wrong , but thanks for the clarification.

 

[StekiAudio]

He mentions this " Audiostatus claim web" but i'm unsure what he means by this , it would be nice for him to clear this up.

The first ST650c was from audiostatus (with the steg logo not genuine in any mean. it sounds precisely like the XXX garbage)
the fake ST650c with the XXX logo was from a Puerto Rico guy who was selling by online chats and no longer selling since I reported him, as far as I know.
his reaction was " for steg logo please add 20eur, we cary both brands you should ask that before" (when he sold it as STEG ST650c in the first place)

as for the fake on the market, some guys made copy production for most of the models with the steg logo and with other logos as well.
it is 100% china crap, most resellers got these stocks and still getting them since it's less than half price.
it can easily be defined as lower models costing more than higher models.
it's funny when a shop is not an official seller, the company itself saying not legit, and yet they have stock? lol...

 

[StekiAudio]

Well, What a coincidence... the same day my post is up and the Slovakia shop responds immediately with a specific web link? how did he find this page so fast? or they are together as one?
lol... this page turned out to be a fly trap!

definitely not going to get anything from this web link, in fact, I'm sick of this brand and dirty seller's tricks. because of these types of sellers, I will be safe by getting other brands, just stop misleading innocents US customers! go and sell your goods in your own city!

 

[jadair18]

would a company selling fakes also make a youtube channel showing off the gear? -

I am pretty sure my sq32 and st650c from audiostatus were not fake. Could I be wrong maybe but wouldnt we see the fakes on alibaba and ebay?

 

[Patriot83]

would a company selling fakes also make a youtube channel showing off the gear? -

I am pretty sure my sq32 and st650c from audiostatus were not fake. Could I be wrong maybe but wouldnt we see the fakes on alibaba and ebay?

So how do they sound? There has been a lot of skepticism regarding Steg on here. Mainly because Fred & Sound says they're the best speakers in the world in all his videos. I'm sure they're not the best in the world but, even Peter from Pssound talked very favorably about them in one of his videos.

I always wonder if sites like Audiostatus, nonsolospeakers, etc are authorized dealers for all these great products they sell. People on here have vouched for both of these sites but, it's hard to get a definitive answer from the speaker manufacturers. Fakes from some of the Chinese plants are near impossible to tell from the real products. And FWIW, Audiostatus told me their favorite woofer was the Eton Onyx, other than the Scan Illuminator.