Quote Originally Posted by RGA View Post
Not sure I understand. The idea is to hear a given product at its best - not to hear it the way it may sounds on your system. The fact what you heard in the store blows your system away in your house should tell you that you need to fix your room or replace your gear.

The premise often sighted by some audiophiles is that stores are worse because they're stores and not homes - and yet they offer zero reason for this.

The maker did not build his speakers to operate ONLY in one customers home. They SHOULD be designed to work in a number of different environments or they are LOUSY speaker designers.

I want to hear the product at its best - and if I can't get that in my home then it's the fault of my room or system. Not what the product is capable of.

Obviously a speaker like the new top Sony is great under show conditions - I can't get that because I don't have the space for the speakers - so it won't be on my shopping list - but the speaker itself is terrific even if I can't get those results in my home.
A really silly line of reasoning. OK if your first priority is to listen to speakers. But if your interested in listening to music in you home, it's nonsense.

In a given situation a lot might be done with room treatments but there are often limits to what treatements a person can implement. Treated or not, you have listen where you live and you need a speaker that sounds right there.