What speaker could safely be ordered without hearing it first?

Yes, Erik....I’ve not touched any room treats....but I’m a fanboy of Linkwitz when he said:

"Ignore the room...."

I’ve had to do so my entire existence as an ’odd-iophile’, with ’relative’ success.

I see no reason at this point of time and physical reference to stop doing so.

The only way for me to demonstrate such is for U 2B Here.

So there. *L*

*Loud 'poof', requisite cloud*

Closer Acoustics OGY ~1500€. They're transparent AF and 91db sensitive. Better than KEF LS50 Meta in every way for not much more money and any amp under the sun will power them fine. 

A pre-owned speaker, priced at or (preferably) below fair market value, so if it doesn’t work out, you sell it at little to no loss. That’s my philosophy.

The Borresen X-3’s at 137 lbs. ea. and built like a $50,000 speaker actually sound better to me than their $100,000 speaker. At 11 Grand for the pair, they are the best value in the speaker world currently. A beautiful piece of technology and art! Look at the quality of what is out there at $11,000 a pair. Nothing holds a candle to what Borresen is offering. This speaker has  the trickle down technology of their $500,000 speakers.Check them out. PS. there's a wait.

Stealthcraft Mute Specials.

Never buy speakers without listening first.  Nor any other component.