Why do folks spend more on electronics than on speakers?

I think people spend absurd amounts of money because they can or because they are always thinking there is something missing and off they go credit cards in hand to find the holy grail. Bad music files, bad room treatment, no DSP and bad advice means bad choices and never satisfied.

spending money on a passion is like many things in life, it can be done smartly or stupidly, with planning, consideration and knowledge, or on a whim, by bad influence, and with ignorance

this balanced against each person’s sense of proportionality, priorities and capability to afford expensive things at whatever level

done well, in midst of a well prepped room, a well chosen, well understood existing system, smart money spent can and does make a huge difference

all the garbage threads and posts here aside, becoming informed on how to spend ’smart money’ in pursuit of music and its reproduction is at the heart of why this place exists and matters

@mahlman  "One man's ceiling is another man's floor." Paul Simon

here is some perspective 40 years professional experience

speakers determine the overall level of what you can  acchieve

the electronics and source will derive what the speakers are capable of

great speakers can not compensate for difficiencies elsewhere

long story short the electronics preserve the integrity of the signal the better you feed the speakers the better the sound from those loudspeakers

Dave and Troy

Audio intellect nj

Because every upstream upgrade I make reveals itself in my modestly priced speakers (Ohm Walsh 2000 with a pair of Vanderstein 2Wq subs).  Speakers I would upgrade to that I believe would be a significant upgrade cost more than I can afford.  Electronics and cable upgrades I can manage, for the most part.

@nyev Not necessarily the speakers that are too mid-forward. Lot's of recordings are and the better equipment you have the more you may hear this.