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How to meaningfully audition speakers??

I think this topic has appeared elsewhere, even if worded differently. But I thought I'd ask anyway.

Just upgraded my amp and was thinking about auditioning different speakers. Problem is that there are only a handful of high-end B&M stores nearby. Another complication is that no one store has the 2 or 3 speaker brands that I want to check out.

Further, I am dubious that one can meaningfully audition gear by running from store to store because the test conditions are not identical. In addition, unless a piece is really terrible or incredibly terrific, I don't trust my aural memory. Perhaps other have a different view.

Seems to me that the best way to accomplish what I want is to have the speakers of interest brought to my house and hooked up to my rig. But -- I am NOT aware of any dealer willing to part with expensive gear like that, especially if it has to be specially ordered from a distributor because the model is not on display.

So the Q is what do most folks do? Just buy speakers on hope and a prayer?? Rely on reviews or Forum comments??
bifwynne

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czarivey
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for this you need good microphone or good acoustic transducer(or few), good recorder(or multi-track... teac 4-track r2r is one of the great examples), good player, good room and possibly good amplifier. in addition you'll need a musical instrument that you're going to record. good ones to test are trumpet, sax, guitar, double-bass and certainly piano. you'll also need monitor headphones to adjust proper recording level when you test your instrument.

1. record any instrument handy(i'd use 15ips speed of recording on r2r gear)
2. adjust volume of amp to the same level as volume of your live instrument
3. play it through the speakers and analyze the difference.
4. if the difference minimal the speakers are good.
czarivey
5,671 posts
 
Wolf, Can I purchase a ticket to your concert?
Make sure I will have enough time to run to dealer with my earplugs to audition speakers :)))
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