Headphones vs full range speakers

I never knew how good headphones could sound until I tried Stax earspeakers. They are truly in a differnt class than anything else I have ever heard. The spatial experience is different, of course, but very involving in it's own way to me. The speed, resolution, and immediacy are 'better' than any speakers I have yet heard. In fact, if there is a track where I can't make out some of the lyrics during normal listening, I usually can with the Stax. I started out witha humble SRD4/SR40 system and gradually moved up to SRX Mk3 earspeakers and a SRM-T1S tube driver as my budget increased.

To me it's not either/or; it's horses for courses. @tony1954 put it very well.

When i succeed to install my relatively good but low cost audio system in his rightful three dimensional embeddings controls space, i throw all my SEVEN ,dynamics, electro-acoustic,magneplanar,or hybrid headphones in a drawer for ever...

Same here, except that I still keep one in the box, only for display. I sold the rest. The costliest one I owned was the Beyerdynamic T1.

Question is who has gone from listening to speakers for your main listening pleasure to headphones or vice versa.

I went the other way round although I lived with both for a considerable period of time during my younger days. I tried to like headphones but couldn’t really get on with it. The reasons are personal. Main reason is I do not like something resting or clamping on my head and secondly, I can’t seem to listen to headphones for long and find the listening experience to be far less enjoyable than loudspeakers.

I have a great headphones setup and a great 2-channel setup, with a Holo May DAC used for both of them. I split listening time about 50/50. I've got a pair of Susvaras and a pair of Utopias,  with Audeze LCD5 showing up this week.... Should be getting a pair of KLH Model 5 speakers in another few weeks...