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I only had one session. I had a max budget of about £1000 and started with the KEF LS50. I forget which were the other two pair - I think B&W and KEF R300. I used about 6 CD tracks on each pair. The MA8s definitely had the smile factor and a few months on still do. I loved my old Spendors but...

Depends on your dealer. My local one had discussed my shortlist with me. We added one and took away another. On the day he set up option 1, He then disappeared for 20 minutes, before setting up the second... etc. So after 2 hours I was happy with the relative merits of each. I appreciate that my...

So having distilled the various comments, keeping it to one page... https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/21968831/speaker_evaluation.pdf Hope it is useful...

Some great comment; thanks to one and all. I will wait until the thread goes cold and then try and incorporate the comments, again keeping it concise. I think the 'listen to the music' comments are right but step 1 is to (if you are analytical as I am) pull apart what I am hearing, and then the...

And take your time. 20 minutes per pair of speakers working up the price range within your budget. (That's what my inexperienced ears took to pin down the strengths and weaknesses of each.)

I like the 'smile'. For me that comes when I relax because the speakers are hitting my objectives and then the music takes over.

Having recently wanted to replace some elderly speakers I looked for some tips on what to check for when auditioning. Not much luck, so here is my starter for 10. I am sure this can be improved, while keeping it concise. You would need a variety of CDs to cover this... Spatial In a recording...