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Do You Buy Speakers Without Hearing Them?

In the 'good old days' there were a lot of hifi stores around so there was plenty of opportunity to go in and listen to various brands and models of speakers.  With the continuing disappearance of audio shops, I'm wondering if more people are making the leap to buy speakers they've never heard in person, or just limiting their purchase options to the brands they can hear locally?  If you are buying a speaker that you haven't heard, how do you get comfortable with that?  Magazine reviews?  YouTube demos?  

I've mostly heard any speaker I ended up buying, but in two cases I bought speakers that weren't available in my area.  I made my decision based on reviews.  In one case the speaker was really nice, but in the second case, the speaker was well-reviewed but ended up being disappointing.

Appreciate your thoughts.

 

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I ordered my last two sets of towers WITHOUT hearing them first.  My first ones I went with Greg Belman's Bache Audio Tribecca-001's by just talking with him and going by the specs... They turned out to be fabulous speakers for $6000 and play way above their price point.  They were custom painted and I love them.

Second pair I ordered were the Focal Aria 938's since Crutchfield was blowing them out for $3000 a pair or something crazy like that.  Unfortunately the left side tweeter was not working once hooking them up, but no foul:  Crutchfield sent me a replacement and I was back in business.  LOVE the bass response and both sets of speakers REALLY cater toward highs and voices.. .LOVE THEM BOTH, NOT disappointed.

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