I mean tbf, I didn’t even mention open backs. From what i’ve listened to, I much prefer kilobuck iems to kilobuck open backs.

And I mean if you are buying speakers, no matter the price, to get the most out of them (excluding amp,source, etc since that’s case by case) you need to have a corrected room( which costs money) with good speaker placement

I guess your open back argument is somewhat valid, though unlike speakers and room correction, people talking doesn’t change the to ear FR of open backs.

Also I did say “some people”. You assumed I was talking about everyone. I’m not.