alt Hacker NewsI think it's still worth going down the rabbit hole but only when 1) You know you're gonna use the thing a lot and for a long time and 2) You have some real, objective ways (i.e. beyond the very influenceable MOS) of measuring a real, humanly perceivable difference.
This is how I became quite learned in sound reproduction (incl. acoustics and psychoacoustics) then bought Genelec loudspeakers, for example. But I don't care about finding Samsung B-dies (I think?) for my RAM.
Genelecs are a no brainer if you have the money (the small ones are not too expensive but if you want power, wallet will get hurt a lot).
It's crazy how good those speakers sound for how small they are. And extremely well built of course, the aluminium casting was a very good decision, albeit an expensive one of course.