Free in-home testing?


Looking for recommendations on brands that have some type of free in-home testing and return

I'm aware of SVS and their policy so they are under consideration

Showrooms near me are getting harder to come by with my only options being Magnolia at Best Buy and World Wide Stereo (70 min away)...and Magnolia really only has Martin Logan, Definitive technology and B&W on display
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Showrooms near me are getting harder


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If you do your research, , takes  time , you'll know what you are getting youeslf into. If its a keeper, BINGO, Loot winner, If the speaker turns out a  loser, 
Just how are you going to return a  pair of speakers weighing 200+ lbs??
can't. 
I just bought a  pair of  single drivers, going to build my cabinets. 
Over seas, Impossible to return, $1800, 
No gamble. 
Knew exactly this is what I wanted. 
So anyone in New Orleans area, feel free to stop in for a  demo. 
This  might be a  great option for speaker labs , set up home demos in every US city. 
No,   folks do not want a  return guarantee policy.
Shipping is a pain and expensive, Not doable.
AS I say, the more you research the less your risk factor.
What Voxativ should do , is to offer up a  piar of its drivers, to someone in the USA, who will organize a  free inhome testing, Each requested  demo has    no more than a  few days to ck out the driver, test it and ship back to Vox rep, 
Demo trial shipping  is paid by the requested party, 
And /or have 1 Vox rep in each major city offering a  inhome demo trial either at Rep's home or inquirer's home. 
The days of audio stores, /online blind ordering are over.

This is the only way a  foreign lab  with a  **strange**  concept  **off the beaten path design* is ever going to get accept with any degree of market share here in the USA. 
I admit there is a  one driver club out there in the USA, but its onlya  small niche, And most are DIYers pickking up used /old school single drivers, who will not spend $2k-$5k on a new school driver. 
Vox  needs to attemp to reach the new  generation of audiophiles comming into the market, who have never heard a  wide band driver. 


IF I have a sample, I will generally lend it to you for cost of shipping.

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This is where wide bands have a advantage, 
Shipping a  wide band , tops $60 each way.
This is  the best  option. 
We all need to work together and hold inhome testing demos. Let the wider community date/time/convienent for most.
I plan to let everyone know my home is open to hear the Vox in the New Orleans area.