Can you be guaranteed they are the real deal?

Imitation Focal speakers are being sold on-line and in some discount stores in Oz.

Some look convincingly like the real thing, and the vendors vow and promise that these are genuine Focal speakers which come from the Focal factory. Do not buy Focal products on the internet. For example, the 165V1 currently advertised in Hong Kong on eBay for about $100 are definitely fakes. We purchased and tested a set, they look great and sound awful.

Even if you find a genuine set somewhere you will have no warranty because Focal warranty does not apply to speakers trans-shipped between countries. Australian dealers are listed on the Focal Dealers page of this website. They have been trained to provide advice and installation skills to support our products.Buy genuine, buy from an Australian dealer and get what you pay for.

Below is a gallery of images comparing genuine and imitation speakers. The packaging and general appearance is so close to the original that you would have to do a direct comparison with a genuine set to see the differences.