More $$ doesn’t equal great sound. It can, but if you don’t understand how much each component and artery in your system matters, it will not reach its potential. I’ve owned tons of great gear…all types, most of the big names and some boutique. The revelation that allowed me to truly enjoy my music was getting a pair of JBL 4429’s…just awesome sound, so alive and totally musical. Then Cornwall IV’s…revelational! My music sounds so alive and dynamic with exceptional clarity and harmonic complexity. After that, my experience with gear and cables guided me to the components I needed to make them rise above. It still befuddles me how damn great they can sound in my room…the beautiful cherry veneer is icing on my cake.
Are audiophile products designed to initially impress then fatigue to make you upgrade?
If not why are many hardly using the systems they assembled, why are so many upgrading fairly new gear that’s fully working? Seems to me many are designed to impress reviewers, show-goers, short-term listeners, and on the sales floor but once in a home system, in the long run, they fatigue users fail to engage and make you feel something is missing so back you go with piles of cash.