It's got to get to a point of "diminishing returns" I would think. I currently listen to music on nearfield monitors. I like the revealing nature of them, and I work on them. Working on music, transcribing, practicing, a little recording, stuff like that.
I'm listening to some tunes this morning on my home work setup. I am using my Concero HD, with the Mackie HR824mk 2 nearfields, and the Mackie Sub. Got all three speakers sitting on isolation pads. Using .flac files of course.
And it sounds pretty darn good (the room is treated too). It "reveals" quite a bit that's going on in there. Since I have to constantly listen to recordings to figure out parts, it's essential any system I have is revealing.
Anyway, last night I was surfing the net reading about Yggdrasil. I want to upgrade to Yggdrasil on both my home and office work setups. I read a very nice review on Yggy, and decided to check out the reviews other gear. He was listening to Yggy on 37 thousand dollar speakers! Damn!
I'm a newbie with all of this high end audio stuff, and it blows me away that someone would pay that much for a set of speakers, and seriously how much better can they sound? Doesn't it get to the point of overall limitations in the recording process itself? I would think a 37 thousand dollar set of speakers and the yggy would be a fantastic combo, and it's maybe 30 times or more the expense of my current home system, but is it 30 times better?
I started reading more on nearfield monitors and came across the genelec 1038B (16,920 a pair) and the 1037C (11,870 a pair). I wonder how much better they'd be over my current system. They're not 37 grand a pair, but they aren't cheap either. My goodness.
And again, how much better are these high end systems?
My plan is to get the Yggdrasil (s) first. Then it will be a long road to saving for high end nearfield monitors I guess, such as the Genelec's. Maybe. Then again, maybe I should just realize that much more money isn't going to necessarily be worth it. Law of diminishing returns the higher up a person goes in price.