Monitors

@bumpy48 

Are you, in essence, asking whether upgrading in pursuit of finer and finer levels of  resolution can lead to fatiguing sound?

@bumpy48

I don’t think there’s any doubt that this can occur!

However, as no two people hear the same or have the exact same tastes, the point at which any given system crosses over from "highly resolving" to "fatiguing" is subjective. 

Reviewers (and forum members) often address this, whether they be discussing sources, amps or speakers but there is no substitute for direct experience for developing a sense of where you fall on the spectrum. One reason to not buy anything you cannot demo in your room with an option to return it!

@bumpy48 

If you have valve amps and especially a valve DAC, I'm confused by your concerns about fatigue. 

@bumpy48

So sorry to learn your listening is compromised by this issue. My wife suffers from it as well.

There are other forum participants with tinnitus. You might start a new thread asking whether any of them have discovered/developed workarounds.

Best wishes,

Stuartk