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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
sbank's avatar
sbank
2,038 posts
 
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
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?
parrotbee
65 posts
 
I reckon you need to use this in a bake off between YG, MAgicos, Avalon Eidelons'...


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audioman58
1,219 posts
 
The only problem with that is in the quality  they may expect .
crutchfield has midfi at best. 
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.
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