Are advances in technology making speakers better?


B&w every few years upgrades there speaker line and other manufacturers do this to.  But because I have the earlier version does this mean it's inferior? Cable manufactures do the same thing.

How much more effort is required too perfect a speaker? my speaker is several years old and all the gear and the speaker are all broken in. And now I'm being told to upgrade.
 

I am so confused what should I do?

jumia

Showing 1 response by drbarney1

If a manufacturer tries to masterbate the economy with upgrades every few years or even months, should we trust them to make their designs a labor of love? I don't trust manipulative people or corporations. There is too much fraud and snake oil in the audio business: claims that millimeter differences in signal path distances in speaker cables "smear" the signal traveling at the speed of light, skin effect which attenuates speaker signal current only a few hundredths of a decibel at frequencies slightly above human hearing vs DC current, "golden ratio" litz construction of power cables, and battery biased interconnects. 

Compare your system's sound to what you hear in a live concert hall and follow the advice everyone else gave on this question.