Why do people care what their speaker wants?


Or amp. Or DAC, pre-amp, or whatever. Fill in the blank. Why does anyone care? Are speakers so haughty they get all moody and pouty if you don't give them what they want? I thought the whole point was to have a system that sounds the way we want it to sound? So why all the people asking what goes with what? What do they care? Why?
millercarbon

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Hate to break it to ya, but you need a better system. The line she sings is Girls just want to have funds.
Yes of course. Everyone knows that stuff. Which is okay I guess when they’re ported. The ones that are sealed however, who cares? And don’t even get me going about the flat panel ones! The best get the horn on. Some of them really put out!
What I mean is, people are always asking, "I have Wilson Sabrina, what cables should I get?" Or right now it's, "Speaker cable recommendation for Joseph audio perspectives2".  

But when its not that, its someone asking, "What power cord should I get for my Binford 2000 DAC?" Or, "What interconnect will go with my Bombastic Symphonic MkIII CDP?" 

They never say anything about what kind of sound they like, or what kind of sound they want, or how it could be better. Nothing about what they want at all. Instead the focus is all on the component. 

So I have to wonder, if they care so much about the component, why ask us? Why not just ask the speaker?