A classic evolves. Use Require proper placement and adjustment according to Wilson Audio's standards to be aligned faithfully in the time domain and thus operating at their highest level. Audiophiles have long felt that faithfully passing the signal to the listener should be the designer's goal. Anything that interferes with this is considered a compromise. In fact, even moderately priced amplifiers and preamplifiers have achieved exceptional performance when compared to their ancestors.
Speakers are somewhat different.
I've heard it stated many times that of all the components in the reproduction chain, speakers are the most personal. The diversity of speaker configurations is dizzying, as is the performance of the available models. With this in mind, it's no wonder that speakers are discussed more than any other component. Arguably more so than electronics, speakers involve trade-offs. When that designer's vision parallels our own, we're likely to find a speaker that communicates the musical message to us.