Will the sound quality deminish over the years?


I bought a set of used B&W 802N and see a lot of nice speakers for sale here. I wondered if the age of the speaker would cause the sound to degrade. Sure, I have heard people state how great their 40 yo speakers sound, but could that be like shocks on a car? You won't notice how much less they are until it is changed.Just a curious thought as to 10 - 20 years down the road, can I expect the speakers to sound as good, especially when laying out a lot of quag.
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As you bring more LPs, more DVDs, more books, more magazines and more of anything with barcodes on them into the house the sound will degrade to the point where it sounds very compressed, very generic and very amusical. Kind of like it sounds right now, most likely, now that I think about it. No offense intended.
The sound of the system can change quite a bit day to day and we often don't notice. How can you expect an audiophile who's constantly changing things around to notice a change in speakers over a very long time? Doesn't make sense. He will have replaced all his cables and all his electronics at least twice! Hel-loo!