— What location? (Generally I mean – I don’t want to snap up your bargain, I promise.)
— Is it for new orders or a for a showroom pair? ย (You’ll know: An April order for 18s in the USA wasn’t quoted delivery until June.) ย Showroom displays must be refreshed every year or two, so you’ll see an occasional discount from that.
In the USA March 1-April 30 there was a 15% reduction on Beolab 18/19/20/28, which diminished the 30% “U.S. stupidity fee.” (18s cost 29% more than EU prices incl. VAT! After recent price increases now only 23% extra.) ย After that sale… Beolab 20s were gone from the website/EOL. ย EOL on the 18s is always possible; maybe some marketing maven thinks the Beolab 28s are a better speaker than the 18s, and also pushes whole-line margins up? ย (Arguable whether a test tube & dog bowl can replace a pencil…)
But as design icons, I would expect that if 18s were going EOL, B&O would produce some unique “final edition”, like they did with the Beolab 5s. ย Maybe they’ll just update the electronics, which are dated, but still perfectly OK. ย So you wouldn’t really get shafted by that. ย But start with #2 above. ย Presumably you already did *ask* your dealer and got no answer?
