@gregm @mahgister well here we go. I completely disagree. Point blank in you build higher quality speakers and amplifiers that reduce noise and distortion. If you research how to use better materials and design. If you spend time researching and developing those products. They are just going to sound better on most occasions. Typically most but not all but most high end audio makers put a lot of time, resources and intellectual property in to the finished products. Look if you don’t want to spend of will not spend on that. Then that is fine. But no matter what room you are in. If the products have proper synergy and the build quality is better in the higher end equipment it’s just going to sound better. Can you get a great sound at a cheaper price and a better built room yes. But the level of transparency, detail , soundstage , speed, low noise floors and decay in some of the higher end products can not be touched no matter what room you put the lower to midfi equipment into. I have lived with both in my room with extended demos or either ownership. Could one consider it too much to pay. Yeas. But better is better because it built, designed, researched and developed better. If you know how to get synergy in the high end it’s a wrap. We do all have opinions. This is clearly mines.
