For the amount of money I'm willing to spend, some JBL L100 Classics will likely be my "end game" speaker, but everyone is "recently" saying that open baffle designs are "da bomb" and never say never until you've heard some, so yeah, I might go that route one day. As one guy said, "your end game speakers are the ones in your listening room on the day you die".
I also note that what another guy wrote above about maybe you HAD your "end game" speakers, but just didn't know it because they didn't have good synergy with the rest of your system.
But yes, I think after you reach a certain age along this journey, your desire to play musical chairs (literally) by switching speakers every 18 months diminishes, and you sort of settle into whatever sonic signature you love.
Have you found your "End-Game" speakers yet? I have. And it feels so good!!!
Yes indeed. Several years ago, the absolutely incredible Revel Salon 2 speakers finally took me off the speaker merry-go-round. I do believe that I'll be taking my Revel Salon 2 speakers to the grave with me. What's your end-game speakers?