Audition Your Speakers Online!?

Received this email today from Crutchfield.
They tout a technology that lets you audition speakers via headphones online.
Your opinion about this please?

https://www.crutchfield.com/speakercompare/?omnews=15053456

quincy03-14-2019 5:28pm

5 responses Add your response

three_easy_payments Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 2,097 posts 03-14-2019 at 05:56pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete see thread from 2/16: https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/a-new-way-to-buy-loudspeakers/post?highlight=Crutchfield&postid=1703571#1703571
tomcarr Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 1,504 posts 03-14-2019 at 07:01pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Just checked it out. Found it interesting and gave some feedback. It does allow one to hear differences in frequency response and efficiency between chosen models, though things like imaging and soundstaging capabilities will still require a live audition.
ahofer Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 225 posts 03-15-2019 at 01:37am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete People post YouTube videos of their speakers all the time. You can definitely hear things, but that includes a heavy dose of room sounds. For an extreme example, try this: https://youtu.be/RUXelNQTIFQ
mtrot Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 804 posts 03-15-2019 at 01:45am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete There is one guy on youtube who posts some very high quality speaker comparisons. The recording quality is very good, the sound level is matched, and you can really hear the difference between speakers. Here is his most recent comparison. He has a bunch of comparisons of various high quality speakers, and some other videos of various speakers. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWNW2C2ZQQ4
audiokinesis Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 2,737 posts 03-15-2019 at 05:15pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Imo the Crutchfield system does some things really well and some things not so well. The differences you hear between one speaker and another on their site are pretty small. There's a reason for that, which I'll keep to myself for now because I have plans to do something along similar lines some day. Duke

Log in to respond

More to discover

KEF Q350

FINAL ESL GRAND WORLD DEBUT OF OUR 35TH ANNIVERSARY FLAGSHIP, THE M35

Focal Kanta 3