In the 80s & 90s I learned how to evaluate audio equipment (I'm speaking by listening rather than measurement). Always trying to evaluate and compare by sonic memory (which IMO is doable only on the grossest level). If it sounded close to my sonic memory of what ever my reference was (mid 90’s that was the B&W 802 “matrix”) for a fraction of the price then it was time to pull the trigger.
My thinking was that I was not going to be comparing these things side by side … so if it put the equivalent smile on my face at a fraction of the cost … that was the speaker for me!
