How to meaningfully audition speakers??

The truth! Finally! Lots of people looking for that. Bring it on..... :^)

Hearing is believing. I prefer shows, place to compare. I do only shows when I have the freedom to use what I want. Same as the stuff I sell. In the past I worked in audio speciality stores. I was comparing night and day. Always looking for the best. Then many products you know which are inferior. When you are a perfectionist you hate these products are some time. Because you are aware of the fact that people get less for there money. These times I only do consulting in sound and vision so I can choose what I want. It made me so much easier to sell a higher level to all my clients. And it is the easiest way to compete to all other companies who do this for a living. Money I don't care, I am only interested in giving the best sound for the money. In my country there are in this business people who don't like me. Because I am very direct and they know I can easily get a better sound than they can. I have proven this for many years. I love to compete, this what makes me better all the time. I do shows because I want to be the best. I invited the people of B&W. Come and compare, show me. They didn't come. Audio will Always be about comparing. People want the best sound for the money they spend. This is what I want to give them. Nothing more, nothing less. It is that simple!

Bo please answer me this question as I like you and you seem like a nice guy but when you speak of "truth for me in audio" would you acknowledge that maybe another's truth might be a little different than your's? Do you TELL your customers what is right or do you provide choices so they might decide for themselves? If you reread many of your posts, it really comes across that you may be the "Pope of audio". I'm not trying to be sarcastic but since you are new to this site you might want to consider this fact, you CAN NOT herd cats, do you understand the point?. Just trying to help you a bit and DO re-read some of your posts, it might help going forward otherwise you are going to lead many to post their deep temptations and you may not like it. It's tough fighting off cats once they get started.

I am not God in audio, I have said that many times. It is not about me, it is about the openness in audio. I prefer a more open way in information to all the people who are interested in audio. I do this bases on all the visits I did at people at home. How easy it is to spend lot's of money on audio and still have a poor level. People buy many stuff based on reviews or what is advised to them. I would like to see less different brands. More quality and less shit. I never say you have to buy this, I only say; you should listen to this. There is a lot of wrong information in audio. When you do this for a living you get aware of it all the time. And yess I am a lot different in this than many other. But I am not them, I am just me. Nothing more, nothing less.

Every person can say what he wants, I do the same. We live in a "free" world. The focus should be on the threads and not on persons.