Are advances in technology making speakers better?


B&w every few years upgrades there speaker line and other manufacturers do this to.  But because I have the earlier version does this mean it's inferior? Cable manufactures do the same thing.

How much more effort is required too perfect a speaker? my speaker is several years old and all the gear and the speaker are all broken in. And now I'm being told to upgrade.
 

I am so confused what should I do?

jumia

What should you do? First of all, relax. You are always being told to upgrade. We all are. Why? Because, in order to stay in business they have to sell, and people who have already demonstrated desire (existing customers) are always the best market. Hopefully you bought what you bought because you liked the sound. As long as you continue to be happy with the sound then it really doesn't matter what they do and so you can just sit back and relax.

Now, about that technology. It really isn't speaker technology now, is it? Its materials technology. Lighter, stiffer, less resonant, more magnetic, that kind of thing. This is not speaker technology. 

This is important to distinguish because among other reasons it means you can upgrade yours any time you like. Inside pretty much every speaker ever made are some disturbingly cheap crossover parts- caps, resistors, inductors. Very old technology that being stuck deep inside nobody ever sees and so being audiophiles we think that stuff either doesn't matter or is black magic, or even both- being audiophiles logic seldom enters the frame. But the truth is all they have to do is spend an extra $5 more per cap and this alone is enough for anyone to notice. 

But again, that's not speaker technology. That's materials, craftsmanship even.

Speaker technology is something rarely ever comes along. Electrostatics, horns, those are speaker technology. 

A new technology, genuine speaker technology, would be to find a way to make something like a lot of small tweeters functionally equivalent to a single 9" midrange driver. THAT would be some new technology! Unless I guess your name is Eric Alexander, and then audiophiles don't even get that it really is new, they just see a lot of drivers.

Technology is hard. I'd enjoy what I've got if I were you.

pick your expert carefully…. some change gear like clothes….new amp, preamp, turntable, cartridge / ancillary, super tweeters….. list goes on………. and yet lack introspection about JUST how hypocritical they sound…and behave

you are not being told to upgrade, you are told to give them your money. These greedy companies are out to make a profit and and their trick is to make new products that they claim is better than the old ones and you will be happier if you buy them. What a world we live in!