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What speaker could safely be ordered without hearing it first?

Hi everyone,

I’m in the midst of my speaker search and curious about something.......as noted above. There are some brands I would be interested in based on reputation, reviews, looks etc but may never be able to hear first.

I’m curious what the collective group thinks would be a safe choice having never heard them first. I know there are variables as in size of room, current gear etc. Just want to see what people would suggest. The one I would note based on what I have read is Joseph Audio. I’d also be curious if people would say the same about Borresen.

So it may be a frivolous exercise but I’ll ask the question anyway. Let me know your thoughts.

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oddiofyl
3,797 posts
 

I agree with ghdprentice,  venture out and listen at a few different dealers.   So many great speakers out there at all price points 

grislybutter
2,973 posts
 

not that complicated

budget >

specs such as

sensitivity > doesn’t matter > list of best value speakers > looks > reviews

                   > does matter > list of best value speakers > looks > reviews

I have a database of 78 brands and 300 speaker models, that’s how I would run the query....

 

 

vonhelmholtz
911 posts
 

When you pick your new speakers by spec, you can invite your friends over to read the spec sheet.

grislybutter
2,973 posts
 

since you can't listen to all the speaker before you buy ONE, it is the same process, you narrow it down to a list of speakers. Then you would listen to those on the list. Just how I would do it, but of course you can make fun of looking at specs. And by specs you can look at a lot of speaker and company data that indicate how well it will match your system 

 

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oddiofyl
3,797 posts
 

Agree, most specs are all pretty good today ....need to listen 

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