I run a custom built set of Linkwitz Orions from 2008. I have yet to hear anything better on voices or acoustic piano. There is a short list of other loudspeakers I feel some audio lust for - Linkwitz LX521, Avalon Acoustics Eidolon and the Dutch & Dutch 8c. All would be superior to my Orions, but then I put on a good jazz vocal or acoustic piano and all the audio lust goes away. I can live with this.
If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
Dream Amps I Could Not Afford 20 Years Ago Now Undesirable
As a young audio enthusiast I used to lust for the high-end Audio Research LS25Mk2 and Reference Two preamps but couldn’t afford them during that time. Today at their used prices they are much more affordable now but I no longer find them appealing.
Does anyone here have such similar experiences? Stuff that you dream of owning 20 or 30 years ago do not appeal to you anymore and considered as junk (as an exaggeration).
Another one is Focal JM Labs Mezzo Utopia as the high price made it look unattainable 30 years ago. Now when I look at it in the For Sale ads mostly in poor condition with worn cabinet, the aspiration of owning a seemingly unattainable high-end gear from the past seems to be a thing of the past. The new Focal Utopia speakers are another story though..