Audition Your Speakers Online!?

Received this email today from Crutchfield.
They tout a technology that lets you audition speakers via headphones online.
Your opinion about this please?

https://www.crutchfield.com/speakercompare/?omnews=15053456

quincy03-14-2019 5:28pm

three_easy_payments Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 2,097 posts 03-14-2019 at 05:56pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete see thread from 2/16: https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/a-new-way-to-buy-loudspeakers/post?highlight=Crutchfield&postid=1703571#1703571
tomcarr Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 1,468 posts 03-14-2019 at 07:01pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Just checked it out. Found it interesting and gave some feedback. It does allow one to hear differences in frequency response and efficiency between chosen models, though things like imaging and soundstaging capabilities will still require a live audition.
ahofer Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 225 posts 03-15-2019 at 01:37am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete People post YouTube videos of their speakers all the time. You can definitely hear things, but that includes a heavy dose of room sounds. For an extreme example, try this: https://youtu.be/RUXelNQTIFQ