I remember auditioning Linn products in the late 1980's or early 1990's and their mentality was that you can only have the speakers that are being auditioned in the listening room - no other speakers.
It made it fun when we wanted to hear the 2 largest models they made...essentially the size of full sized refrigerators called the Isobariks or something like that!
There's a local high end audio dealer in town that used to throw great RSVP product demonstrations. I sat in the product launch of the Linn Klimax stereo loudspeaker around maybe 2004, and no one ever questioned the merit of stuffing 15 bodies into a non-air conditioned room at a time, nor the insanity of listening to a stereo pair where only those sitting in the center experienced any spatial qualities.
In hindsight, I prefer the sub-sat form factor for versatility, and audio listening through a 5.1 set-up for a wider sweet spot.
