oh so you have not compared in the same room with the same source the beaolab, Everest or 800d and you think you can make a serious assesment on how the beolab compares.
worst, you base your opinion of speakers of such quality based on show conditions.
and, you havent heard the beolab 50 yet you are able to say stuff like "Beolab 50 offering a great deal of what the Beolab 90 offered, but at a much more approachable price."
I didn't say it was a deadly serious side by side, level matched, ABX blind tested comparison.
In real life, if you go speaker shopping as I have, different dealers stock different products and have different shop layouts rooms, and in the passive speaker world also stock different amplifiers and sources, than other competing dealers.
So if you like Speaker A, and amplifier A Stocked by dealer A, but want to hear it with the amplifier from dealer B, or the amplifier from dealer A, wit the speaker from dealer B, then it becomes a very difficult exercise to achieve this.
Generally the most practical course of action one can take is visit a dealer and listen to what THEY think is the best combination of amp and speaker for a particular speaker that one may be interested in, and similarly visit another dealer to listen to a different speaker and amp combination.
For example when I bought my SBL's, with my then existing Naim electronics, I wanted to also hear B&W 803's - similar price to the SBL's at the time.
The Naim dealer (of which there was only one at the time) didn't even stock the SBL's - after much listening to pretty much every speaker that they did carry, they got a demonstration pair down from the importer interstate, especially for me to listen to - the other option being for me to travel interstate to audition a pair.
As regards the B&W's, these were stocked by a totally different dealer, who did not stock Naim anything, different rooms, different amps being used etc.
And from that far from perfect scenario one had to make choices.
Home demos were OK up to a point - I had some Epos 14's at home for a week before settling on the SBL's, but I had no history as a customer with the B&W dealer, so initially when i visited with a friend to hear them, they wouldn't even offer an audition without a prior appointment.
So, yes, far from a satisfactory assessment, but in the real world, that's often how it is with separates HiFi systems.
I do though, feel that HiFi shows serve a good purpose, as they allow you to hear a lot of things you otherwise might not, and draw up a mental list for later in depth audition.
BTW, Have you heard JBL Everests, B&W 800D's and the Beolab 90 and made a comparative assessment yourself? - if so, what are your thoughts?
PS: yes, the Beolab 50 does offer a great deal of what the Beolab 90 offers as it shares the same technological philosophy of design, albeit it will not be as good as the Beolab 90 in ultimate terms.
Cheers