that is disheartening to hear that it might be problematic to pin down if they even are the good ones (actually MADE in New Zealand). I have a pair of EQ's from AAmidwest in Vegas & the box(es) did say new zealand (the box looked legit from there) & I have a single one, a #514210 bare mag head from Jegs. Their site has em (that same one) for $311 shipped as I'd like to have a pair of em to work with.