@drbarney1 I was so flustered every time I had guests over (often) in my new custom listening room listening to giant headphone (not as bad as electrostats) Legacy Focuses. I finally sold them and switched in my living room Sig IIIs. Great. Then I finally could afford the ultimate speaker brand for dispersion without sacrificing sound quality, the Von Schweikert VR9 SE Mk2 upgraded. I often prefer listening off axis now, stereo or mono. Some people enjoy one or two person audio systems, particularly if they are single or don’t care to share. Duntech/Dunlavy and many stat speakers are for them.
As to comments concerning a $million system-it’s the reason I found Von Schweikert’s so late in life. My wife heard their show system in 2017 and for the only time in her life, felt emotionally congested and wished we could have a system like that. We do now and it cost 20% of that by buying used Von Schweikert speakers although I was ready to purchase their less expensive VR models. My best friend has VR35 exports and they sound very similar to my speakers lacking only in the dynamic range and deep bass but his room is a typical condo. I wish I had purchased his speakers a decade ago instead of the Focuses. Plus an SOTA pair of amps, near SOTA DAC/Pre-amp and CD transport. Wow!!! I’ve heard at least 1000 audio systems in my life, mostly at shows and salons. I don’t change equipment often and now my friend/dealer has set me up to life.
Family first, business second, then my music/video hobby which does consume about 25% of my time.