Convincing your local dealer to let you try speakers at home

I would suggest an audition fee if you don’t purchase, to cover their costs and time. 
 

I auditioned speakers at home from 4 different dealers.  One brought Magico and Wilson speakers around on separate occasions neither of which I bought.  I offered an audition fee if I did not buy which he appreciated, but in the end  I did buy a few thousand $ of cables from him.

Another loaned me two sets of Avalon that I did not buy, but I’d already bought an expensive amp and cdp from him so I was a good customer. 

Another loaned me some large Proac K series floorstanders and some Sonas Faber neither of which I bought. From him I bought two dac/streamers  I needed for a second system, giving him the business as a ‘thank you’. 

Another shipped three sets of speakers to me for home demo.  There was no cost to me, which is incredible as their shipping costs were large.  I would happily have offered to pay the shipping costs too. Anyway, I bought my final speakers from them in the end so he was happy. 

You might as well have listened on your back patio as that

room has few side wall or ceiling reflections. I would expect

it will sound worse in any room.

They idea of a Take Home Fee makes sense. If you buy it applies to

the purchase.

The dealer has to size you up as a potential risk. Unless I was 95% sure

I wanted a speaker I would not ask. 

Does the dealer have a normal sized room to listen in???

At this point you can't be 50% sure of anything. Based on the photo.

Good luck, I hope they let you do a home audition. I’ve had O96’s since early 2020. With a low power SET AMP and a Backert Rhumba in a fairly large and not yet treated but good sounding room they are mind blowing. Worth every penny.

With demo speakers it makes sense to allow you to take 'em home...a place in NH does that if you put a card on them to insure you don't run off. I'll never buy speakers again without a serious audition as I've had to return a pair of ZUs, sell a pair of Sonists and a pair of Heresy IVs...you think I'd learn.

If the dealer was able to get them to sound even mildly mediocre in that setting, they should be absolutely out of this world in your room.