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?

snapsc02-16-2019 4:47pm

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mtdining Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 16 posts 02-17-2019 at 03:56pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Quite absurd! Apart from the obvious shortcomings of the DACs involved, any headphones would tend to ameliorate the complete lack of cohesion of speakers that mix ribbons and cones, and tend to blur the lack of frequency extension and muddy bass of British speakers. About the only thing I think you could tell is relative efficiency, which you can read in a spec.
shadorne Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 7,333 posts 02-17-2019 at 04:30pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete @mtdining blur the lack of frequency extension and muddy bass of British speakers. You clearly haven’t heard all British speakers as your comment really only refers to smaller domestic British speakers. Most of the music you listen to is likely mixed and mastered on British Speakers! I agree the concept is ridiculous though.
nonoise Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 4,382 posts 02-17-2019 at 05:33pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete It's a nice gimmick.👍 I say this because by the time you "hear" the speakers, the sound will be nothing like what It does sound like if you were to actually hear them. All the best, Nonoise
twoleftears Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 1,457 posts 02-17-2019 at 05:47pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete When they moved to their flagship store a few years ago, they got rid of real listening rooms and just had one room where you could listen to a digitally synthesized simulacrum of various speakers they sold. Utterly ridiculous. This is evidently the "logical" extension of that system. But that can't have caught on at the B&M store. Nowadays, one only medium sized room has a whole bunch of speakers lined up on two sides, like suspects in an identity parade, and the punter (aka shopper) is supposed to stand there and audition (no chair provided), while the hovering salesperson pushes the buttons on the multiple-selector device. Like the worst kind of demo at a regular audio store in the 1970s or 80s.
sbank Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 2,038 posts 02-17-2019 at 06:23pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete It's a scam, a sham, a true national emergency. You can't judge anything about how they will sound on axis, off axis, about imaging, soundstage and given how crappy your headphones might be, dynamics. Perhaps you can get a hint about tonal balance, but certainly not enough to make any serious conclusions. Cheers, Spencer