Are audiophile products designed to initially impress then fatigue to make you upgrade?

Cd players used to be built to last a lifetime and the ones that were built in the 70's are still sought after

Uh, @kenjit -

"The Sony CDP-101, released in 1982, was the world's first commercially released compact disc player."

@bipod72

I hear you on the bike stuff. I suppose skiing and golfing are two other hobbies where new "innovations" are promoted almost annually.

Once folks were riding carbon, road bikes seemed mostly consistent for a while but the past few years have seen a lot of changes. My latest is all-road/gravel, through axle, disc brakes, 2 sets of wider carbon wheels, tubeless 28mm tires for road and 38mm for gravel. The hardest part is trying to find parts for older styles. I couldn’t even find a decent set of carbon wheels for my SuperSix Evo last year because of the rim brakes.

@tunefuldude 

I would believe the answer is b/c the system you've put together is leaving you feeling those things.

Good effort to get things back on track.  I would agree your answer may be one reason for the OP's observation. 

Could another reason be that the constant barrage of review press, forum threads by enthusiastic owners, manufacturer marketing releases, new tweaks, and "breakthrough" innovations has conditioned many audio enthusiasts to continually look for the next best thing and to continually question whether their system sounds as good as it should thereby putting them on a never-ending quest for the holy grail of audio systems?  All the factors I mentioned may make it hard for some audio enthusiasts to simply sit back and enjoy the music.

@fsonicsmith1 

I have friends who ride Doug Fattic frames.  Ti for road and gravel here.

Back to audio, I believe many of the products from manufacturers that frequently release new stuff (i.e., the opposite of Lamm) are “designed to initially impress” but not necessarily “then fatigue.”  I believe their primary focus is on new sales by one-upping whatever came before, whether by actual performance or by advertising hype.