I bought a pair of dsp 8000’s after getting frustrated trying to get a quality system completed. Without the means or experience to match speakers and components to my room while trying to stay in budget was driving me mad.
I remember my first listening session with my wife after upgrading them to se (special edition) and sitting in awe at how beautiful everything sounded. I didn’t realize yet that hifi was more than music to me but also an upgrade hobby and after a couple years I got the itch again. There’s not a lot of tweaking left for owners of dsp systems and while my 8K’s still give goosebumps they don’t satisfy my need for the occasional new car smell’.
For those of us that fell in love with the speakers at shop demo only to bring them home and have them sound like crap will appreciate the consistency of active dsp systems.