Has anyone made the jump to $uper High end and were disappointed?

Bo1947. you are using the word " proof ", rather than " prove ", in many of your sentences. fyi

I actually do not find that objectionable. On an objectionability scale of 10 I’d give it a 2.

The sound you hear is the best proof of everything. This is what you get at the end. People choose the sound what influences their emotion the most. So it is for every one overhere to understand that music is emotion.

So you need to create the sound and stage what is the most convincing and intense. Did you ever think about how the sound of voices and instruments is being formed and created.

This is needed to understand audio at all. You cannot control and guide any system by trial and error. When you only judge at the endresult of everything togheter. It is not possible to understand why the stage and sound of your system is what you hear.

I give you an example: This year I visited a shop and he (the owner) wanted to compare 2 loudspeakercables. So I asked him: when you take this one out, which properties you take out?

He said; I have no idea.

So I asked another question: which properties do you bring in when you connect the second cable?

He said: I have no idea.

The next question I asked: so you never have any idea why the stage and sound of your system is what you hear?

He said: I don’t think so.

So I said: This means you do audio by trial and error and only listen to the endresults?

He said: yess I do.

And I said you are doing pure audiogambling. And have no idea (foundation) what you are really doing?

He said: I think you are right.

This is not about being right. This is all about understanding that you need to do audio differently so you can control and guide your system to the sound and stage you want.

I used the words overhere  many times......you need to learn to look further!

Audio is very personal. And all people react  based on their insight and thoughts.

When I ask them what do you want to change about your sound and stage?

Many people aks for a more analogue and emotional sound. For this you need the right properties of sound to be able to reveal it.

This is something you all overhere will understand. We use those sources and modifications to create a sound what van reveal as many layers as possible.

People take their own source with them and their own music. We always start with our own music so we can explain each single part of sound to them. 

This makes it for them easy to understand the differences compared to their own source.

Most sources they bring in own a 2D stage. When we compare the sources just bewteen 2D and 3D. It is often very easy for people to understand that the music is being playes a lot more tangible and a lot more separate and free from eachother.

Many always use the words that it becomes a lot more emotional and intense when you go from 2D to 3D stage. 

Based on our emotion people become a lot more emotional when a voice or instrument is full free and tangible in space.

When you compare a simple acoustic recording in a 2D stage vs a 3D stage, it is very easy to understand the difference.

When we go back to 2D the most common reactions are; it is less involving. The emotion is gone we experienced during the 3D stage.

When you want to understand better how our emotion works. Read articles about emotion and how music influences our emotion.

Audio is sold by shootout. And each shop has the same chances. So you need to create a superior level in sound and stage compared to competitors. Audio is that simple.

The most convincing, emotional and intense one  will be the one who will be chosen. So you need to create an audio system what can reveal as much details  and emotion of a recording.