“the only way to buy speakers is to go down to the stereo joint and listen to them personally. “
Can’t really do that if you are going for “in wall”. that’s the dilemma here.
No but you can still listen to the speakers and decide what you like. Then understand that the in wall install might not be as good but will be close.
If you don’t like the free standing speakers you probably wont like the in wall one!