[ANS]

Simply put (based on my previous experience with GT Trading), do not waste your time or money on any of GT Tradings products (Steg, Audio Systems, Awave, Etc). Given point-of-origin laws, there are a lot of companies bending the truth behind where their products are manufactured. If a company has to be dishonest about its manufacturing, imagine what else they are dishonest about.

 

[dumdum]

I just got the bliesma t25s-6 silk tweeters from audiostatus.it and had bliesma confirm they are real even though they came from a loop hope in their supply network: here is the exact response from Stanislav Malikov at bliesma. The only werid thing is I am missing the tweeter grills and trying to get audiostatus to rectify that.


Thanks a lot for sharing the data. It helped to trace their way to you. The good news are: the drivers are original. Despite they are original, due to our sales conditions they are out of warranty, because they were not purchased from our official distributor. However, with your help and cooperation we’ve found something important in our distribution network, that’s why in your special case, we’ll set these drivers back to our warranty program and I hope you’ll never use it J. If you are taking part in some internet forums, I’d be more than happy if you’ll share the information about our official distributors and warranty, which can be found on our internet page.

You dont get grills with t25s as confirmed by the various reviews and me owning three sets of bliesma tweeters and having to specifically ask for the grills as an extra… they haven’t messed up unless you specifically asked for grills… it states on the data sheet ‘protection grills available on demand’ at the top left in the ‘about’ section 👍🏼

 

[jadair18]

You dont get grills with t25s as confirmed by the various reviews and me owning three sets of bliesma tweeters and having to specifically ask for the grills as an extra… they haven’t messed up unless you specifically asked for grills… it states on the data sheet ‘protection grills available on demand’ at the top left in the ‘about’ section 👍🏼

Thank you Adam.

 

[Selkec]

Y'all are ridiculous. This explains the situation.


This was copied from the email
STEG was there for many years now, at some point it took a big roll and went deeply into the market.

Some competitors of the brand copied models in some China factory and imported it in different logo, sure quality is not the same but just the visual.

In Times short they started to make exactly copy with the exact logo, and the most funny thing is they made some models that even doesn’t exist in STEG with some models they made up.

The ceo took a layer to catch as much as he can, but can’t control the world.
The people who made this started selling side sales to shops, some distributors as been replace, but yet it keeps floating around, there is no sense in keep changing models especially when they perform great,
But they did chang maybe over 10 models now.

At the moment I’m testing some completely new STEG models that are not on the market.
These new models will be especially for the USA market and exclusive distributors only.
Hopefully it will make a change.

 

[ANS]

Do you realize a majority of their own manuals listed on their website are in Chinese writing?!? It's an Italian company...or at least advertised to be made in Italy. I have heard and seen multiple variables that imply a lot of the products are manufactured elsewhere. Maybe someone from GT Trading can post some current photos of their manufacturing process located in Italy to dismiss the point of origin concerns.

 

[Machine7]

I recall Andy W stating that the bar was absurdly low for a product to legitimately “qualify” as a made in Italy product.

My memory is fuzzy but I believe it was stated that a product otherwise manufactured in China with a decal added in Italy would not run afoul of Italian law to be deemed thus “made in italy”.

Even fuzzier but in that thread I believe someone said that the Italian govt had corruption problems and something about import and/or export taxes holding sway over national pride.

 

[leightoncash]

What if the sticker is applied in China, but a minimum wage Italian presses on the sticker with his finger to make sure it is firmly applied? That would qualify assembly, right? lol

 

[Selkec]

 

[Speedhunter]

They looking good! Have you tried them?

 

[leightoncash]

Those speakers themselves do look very nice. I like the grills too.
It's hilarious after the previous posts to see that the stickers are already falling off.

 

[Thomasluke7899]

Y'all are ridiculous. This explains the situation.


This was copied from the email
STEG was there for many years now, at some point it took a big roll and went deeply into the market.

Some competitors of the brand copied models in some China factory and imported it in different logo, sure quality is not the same but just the visual.

In Times short they started to make exactly copy with the exact logo, and the most funny thing is they made some models that even doesn’t exist in STEG with some models they made up.

The ceo took a layer to catch as much as he can, but can’t control the world.
The people who made this started selling side sales to shops, some distributors as been replace, but yet it keeps floating around, there is no sense in keep changing models especially when they perform great,
But they did chang maybe over 10 models now.

At the moment I’m testing some completely new STEG models that are not on the market.
These new models will be especially for the USA market and exclusive distributors only.
Hopefully it will make a change.

So what oem drivers are they using?

 

[Thomasluke7899]

Those speakers themselves do look very nice. I like the grills too.
It's hilarious after the previous posts to see that the stickers are already falling off.

That's a clear plastic sheet there to protect the finish of the sticker.

 

[Selkec]

That's a clear plastic sheet there to protect the finish of the sticker.

Welp, they must be fake then lmao

 

[Tundra72]

SoundQuality.net

SoundQuality.net

soundquality.net

anyone know f this is a legit reseller or fakes?

 

[MirageB.]

I preferred the speakers kit Alpine HDZ-653 Status. I am sure that they are better thought out and made and are superior to Steg regarding tech specifications.

 

[LBaudio]

I preferred the speakers kit Alpine HDZ-653 Status. I am sure that they are better thought out and made and are superior to Steg regarding tech specifications.

mmmmmmmhhhhh....NO

 

[djpax]

I have been looking into buying some steg speakers and I read through this entire thread. I also found this article which has not been mentioned in this thread.
High End Italian Brands Get New US Distributor - ceoutlook.com

On stegaudio.com which was mentioned in the article, I see a dealer locator but the closest ones are 400+ miles away from me. I found their email address, sales@stegaudio.com and I emailed them but got no response. Then I emailed sales@rep-corps.com, which was mentioned in the article. I got a quick response but when I replied they never got back to me even after I tried again. I'm now thinking I should call the dealers that are hundreds of miles away and see if they will ship to me. I don't know what else to do.

 

[deadrx7conv]

STEG | Made In Italy

www.stegaudio.com

Please note that we do not have any authorized internet retailers in North America, and internationally purchased equipment carries no warranty.

 

[djpax]

STEG | Made In Italy

www.stegaudio.com

Please note that we do not have any authorized internet retailers in North America, and internationally purchased equipment carries no warranty.

Yes I saw that. The key word there is "internet retailers". I should still be able to buy them in North America, just not from an internet retailer.

 

[Inproof]

Hello again.

Sorry that i am replying again to an old post, but just simply forgot to check on what's happening here.
Also in the meantime a lot of things got a bit more clear with time

Im pretty sure i do not have to explain who is who and who is trying to brings someone down.

Regarding STEG pricing. We keep STEG items pricing mostly the same as all other EU sellers. Also these prices are just a norm, with normal price margins.
When saying that SQ32 tweeters should cost 400eur or something and saying that why we do not sell them at that price, its a good profit, we just cant do that. I am a passionate car audio seller, and i just cant justify 400eur price tag for an item that normal price ~150eur no matter the good profit.

I will not get in to all the claims that Stekiaudio made, just not worth it.

It just sound funny when people try to fight for money in these ways. I will repeat my self, in 9 years of Audiostatus i have never seen a fake set of STEG speakers.



Regarding Bliesma grills. Some of them were sold without grills. Even we haven't noticed that and shipped tweeters without the grills to customers. If someone that bought from us without the grills i believe i still have some spare ones and could ship them.

Again if anyone has some more questions regarding what we do and how, im here to explain everything, or i can do that in private.