Speaker placement at dealers


Is it just me...or are dealers...even hi-end shops...less than ideal when auditioning speakers?...they often appear baffled when I move speakers out into the room...and closer together...how do they expect a proper assessment...when speakers are flush against a wall...with ten other models between them?
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Most dealers are pretty clueless when it comes to this sort of thing. We keep only one pair of speakers in any of our listening rooms at a given time. I can't imagine auditioning speakers any other way, so why should I expect my customers to be less discerning?
When you audition speakers in the demo room 1st place yourself to be a dealer and 2nd be kind to ask dealer to move speakers the way you want to listen to them since they're not yours yet have to serve for the other customers for demos.
Dealer don't know how strong and helthy you are to lift the speakers and doesn't want to have problems with his business, insurance and damaged speakers.
All dealers should be like Symphony Sound. Not only is placement critical all those other drivers are prone to resonate with the driven speakers output. Shop some where else.