Would you pay to audition speakers

He sounds like he should be in the transmission repair industry. What happens if you agree and then discover that you don't like any of the speakers? Does he get to keep your money? I wouldn't be wasting my time with a dealer having that type of sales attitude and I would without question let everyone I knmow to avoid this establishment like the plague.

Give me a break....this is absolutely absurd to think the dealer is there to be used given what has happened in high end audio in the past 10 years.......most people on this site USE dealers to demo equipment, then come here to buy it used or from someone selling new at used prices to save some cash when they had zero intentions on buying new....hence wasting the dealers time and effectively shutting down the vast majority of the brick and mortars throughout the USA.

Then those same people have the balls to moan and complain when there are no dealers in their area to demo equipment. You CAN'T have your cake and eat it too......you people have done it to yourselves.

Arbuckle you have a point.Some will take advantage of the
audition right,knowing they will not buy,thats wrong.When
I go to the store,I just look around,if the salesman ask
me to listen to their new speakers,then I will,most of the
time I offer them lunch though but to pay them even 50 dollars,thats to stiff.

"most people on this site USE dealers to demo equipment, then come here to buy it used or from someone selling new at used prices to save some cash when they had zero intentions on buying new"

Arbuckle, How do you know this? What statistically reliable methodology did you use, in order to feel confident enough to insult the majority of audiogon's members?

I would pay $500 to audition a speaker in the 10-20K range, but that would be for an in home audition for at least a one week period.