After the thrill is gone

If your electronics and noise control are good you should easily hear the difference in the top end. Smoother and more refined and overall a little more relaxed midrange.

Oops hit the enter.  Referring to the Mangepan 1.7i vs 3.7i's.

I'm as thrilled with my speakers today as I was the day I bought them in 2015. 

I solved this by not reading forums and dropping out of my audiophile club. I don't read blogs or reviews either.  I glance at the weekly audiogon summary and will sometimes look at a conversation if the title is interesting.  

Seriously, the press part is trying to sell you something and that's based on sewing discontent. The forums are all about, I don't know what actually, but the comparison and upmanship doesn't help. 

I settled on a small power tube and efficient speakers because I like it for the low volumes we listen at augmented with absurdly large subs. I'm 55 and can't hear over 13 khz anyways so highs don't matter.  

Stop reading this stuff and you'll find that you chill out a lot about your system.  Like all social media it's a trap that makes us feel sad and poor. 

I was somewhat fortunate to hear a set of speakers at a store an hour away from home. I do not have a large room but struggle when staring/listening to a small box mounted on a pedestal. The speakers in question found their ways into my listening room and I have not even thought about looking for anything else. The final touch was to move away from all solid state amplification and boy it sealed the life long desire to keep what I have. I never tire of listening to the ensemble, and neither do my friends.

System comprises:

Pro-Ject turntable (soon the be replaced with Transcriptors Hydraulic Reference)

Wolf Audio Server

T+A DAC 8 DSD

Circle Labs A200

Audiovector R3 Arreté

i have been lucky enough to find what works extremely well in my room (typically the biggest problem to solve).