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A New? Way to Buy Loudspeakers??

I'm not saying that this is going to save high end...or that this is the way that most of us will buy loudspeakers going forward...but you've got to give these guys credit for coming up with a new idea that might just pull a few more people into the "hobby" by lessening some of the risk, cost and hassle.

Check this out....and just give it a try for yourself with a decent set of headphones...

https://www.crutchfield.com/speakercompare/

just pick some speakers and hit the compare button...then scroll to the bottom and hit the "compare these products" button
on the right....then follow the directions.

What do you think?
snapsc

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snapsc OP
148 posts
 
I tried it with some $20 KA ZSA dual driver earphones....and what I noticed is that you can definitely hear difference in treble and bass....but obviously not enough to make a serious evaluation as to what to purchase.

Since the younger generation doesn't like going to actual stores...and loves their phones and earbuds....this may actual be appealing to them????
snapsc OP
148 posts
 
No doubt, it won't work for serious audiophiles....but is it clever enough to entice the 20 somethings into their first audio system...from which they can move up.  I'm not really sure because the young people today are often pulled or pushed in a direction by social medial influencers....so if Crutchfield could get a bunch of Instagram and Facebook mentions by the right celebrities....who knows?
snapsc OP
148 posts
 
I'm still thinking that if this an entry point for young people who only wear headphones...then midfi is better than nofi....and then later, they can always move up if they really get interested.
snapsc OP
148 posts
 
Since they just rolled this out a week or two ago, I suspect that there will be some tweaks in the months to come.  Its pretty interesting that they hired two phd engineers to develop this program...and I'm sure a bunch more to program it into their system and then test it and roll it out.

It may not help them with customers as much as they hope for initially...but it may send a strong message to suppliers that they should be distributing their products through Crutchfield and that in itself is pretty valuable.


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