A good dealer will let you take a pair home if they have demos of the model you are interested.....its almost always where I start. I narrow it down with showroom demos and if necessary do a home demo. Only purchased one pair of speakers sight unseen over 35 years in this... a pair of PSB Platinum M2 and fortunately they were great speakers.... so much I would buy another pair used.....but I have brought home several well regarded speakers that I thought sounded like crap in my system.... and that's just it, it's a System and not all electronics gel with each other and different speakers.... Obviously room acoustics and the speaker's dispursion pattern play greatly , but I believe synergy is real and just doesnt always happen no matter how much money you throw at a system.
I was fortunate, my dealer had my amps and preamp on hand so I was pretty sure they would sound great at home, and they did
My current Heresy III are perfect for my listenting space right now, I listened in store, brought them home and then had them order a new pair in cherry instead of walnut....
I was fortunate, my dealer had my amps and preamp on hand so I was pretty sure they would sound great at home, and they did
My current Heresy III are perfect for my listenting space right now, I listened in store, brought them home and then had them order a new pair in cherry instead of walnut....