Do You Buy Speakers Without Hearing Them?

@reched go ahead and get the R7 Meta. Life is short. Enjoy, and don't look back. 

I bought a pair of Klipsch Heresy IV’s a year ago ear unheard (sight unseen… ear… never mind) and I swore up and down I’d return the *&@&)$^*’d things inside 48 hours of arrival but decided to wait.

I ran FM radio classic rock for a couple days straight and WOW! Combination of “owner bias”, “breaking in” and placement did the trick.

I’d been listening to a pair of Ohm 4’s for 3 years previous to this; the Klipsch placement isn’t - yet - ideal, but they’re keepers.

HOWEVER, I’m very interested in buying a pair of Schmidt Audio’s “Ubiquitous” speakers; they’re up in Ontario, Canada and I plan on driving up in early March to “audition” them. There’s a total solar eclipse March 8 and I’ll be visiting an old army buddy too so we’ll take a road trip.

https://schmidtaudio.ca

My alter ego, “Hudson Shepherd” named their new subwoofer, “SUBiquitous” (it was so obvious they’d missed it) on fakebook. Hudson liked woofers.

I miss the Ohms, but can’t afford “German Physik” speakers - not until I win the lottery anyway.

So, to answer your question, yes and no.

@deep_333 

I’d like to add one name to your list and I feel it’s a big one. Andy Payor at Rockport. Incredible speakers. 

The last two speaker purchases were without listening. i live 2 hours from any dealer. My last purchase were McIntosh XR100 and they were really designed to match up with the mono block amps I already had. They were better than expected. 

I have purchased several sets of speakers without hearing them first. None were disappointing. The last pair I listened to before buying were some KEF model 3's(?) in 1995.