What if there were no more new speaker models?


So you have your speakers and you're happy and satisfied. and you have no desire for a change.

How would you feel if they never produced another new speaker model?  Do you live for the day when you can buy a better speaker?

if they stopped introducing newer models, would they still continue to produce existing speaker models or would all the speaker companies go out of business?  They must continue to advance what they do otherwise they have no future, sort of like the need for technology advancements.  Curiously, toasters are still basically the same as they were 50 years ago except now with fancy displays.  But they are still producing toasters.

Maybe this bodes well for the future of the speaker business.

Are they able to continue to produce speakers that somehow are better than the previous speakers? Will this ever stop? Is anyone excited about new speakers that have been created within the past couple years? What is it that they continue to do to justify continuation of producing newer speaker models that somehow are better?

Why is there demand for newer speaker models? What is it that's being done that makes the speakers better than they were last year? Does anyone know? are the new hi-fi shows each year getting more and more boring to go to? Or more exciting to go to?

emergingsoul

The system I had in 1994 was so perfect sonically, I told myself I'd have it til the day I died. The only component remaining in my rig today are the speaker cables.

@helomech 

What are beryllium tweeters? Does anyone know.

Are they too bright and too metallic sounding? The warmth seems very elusive on these tweeters.

 

@emergingsoul 

 

What are beryllium tweeters? Does anyone know.

 

Have you ever heard a good one? IMO they are less fatiguing than any soft dome I’ve ever heard, including some very expensive ones. My current speakers have the Satori beryllium tweeters with a shallow wave guide. The only tweeter I’ve experienced that is arguably better is a RAAL ribbon. 

One time I invited the musicians to do a blind comparison test. (I think it was Dylan and his crew.) It was disappointing, the highs were too bright, there was no soundstage and the bass felt flat. I told them my 30 year old speakers sounded better.