Are audiophile products designed to initially impress then fatigue to make you upgrade?

@mihorn

most people (non-audiophiles) ears are almost in natural sound mode.

Interesting observation. maybe that is why people think audiophiles are nuts. They’ve never entered the world of "unnatural sounds".

The right speaker is converted to a natural sound speaker by me

I can hear the improvement.How do you do this?

Lately, I have been wondering if a single omni-directional point source is the best method for sound reproduction of certain genres of music. Not for orchestra where soundstaging is vital. But for rock music / wall of sound.

Also trying to figure out why some musics sounds better on my 2" single driver computer speakers than my hi-fi system.Volume and full-range sound notwithstanding.

I switch back and forth with the same song. Sure, this is personal taste, but seems the "harsh" metal driver actually sounds better when it is coming from a small point source. Due to its small size, as it expands, the harshness is dissipated and what fills the larger space is a more clear, coherent sound.

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@mihorn most people (non-audiophiles) ears are almost in natural sound mode.

Interesting observation. maybe that is why people think audiophiles are nuts. They’ve never entered the world of "unnatural sounds".

I believe so. My ears hurt always listening to other audio systems. I can switch my ears between natural and unnatural sound modes, but switching back to the natural sound mode is very fatiguing and gives me a bad feeling to my brain and whole body.

Right speaker is converted to a natural sound spkr by me

I can hear the improvement.How do you do this?

The Wavetouch sound guide on a speaker is the key. Alex/Wavetouch

If there is one best choice for each of us:

then the more choices there are

the more wrong choices we have to sort through.

No!