I find your post to be very interesting. You talk about affordability of M gear yet you drive a Land Rover which certainly in no Kia Sorrento, it comes down to priorities. Also of note is that you are bringing up grievances about products you do not own nor by your own admission, intend to own.
So that's a fair statement. I have mostly been a second-hand buyer, my DSP speakers, G68 and 568, and indeed Land Rover were second-hand, but I *think* my HD621 was new... it's been a long time since I sold it, never mind bought it. But then again, the second-hand buyers allow the new buyers to buy new stuff...
Right now, I should be looking at some great second-hand bargains of all the new stuff they put out 5 years ago. but if I bought a G65, how different would the experience be than the G68 I used to have? I'd have to re-buy a HD621 and the processor would be functionally almost identical. I mean it was a great processor and probably the best sounding system I've owned, but time has moved on.
I'm in a much better position to become more seriously invested in M these days, and I gave some serious consideration to both a new system or a better second-hand one but I don't think it's right for me.
I think with M it's all about the speakers. The speakers are the big star and I enjoyed mine and I've listened to several others in the range and they've all been good. The other products don't seem (to me) to get anywhere near the same attention.
I was never a big fan of vinyl and the whole digital pathway thing struck a chord with me and still does. There is so much opportunity in the digital space to do very cool and innovative things and M has a history of doing exactly that, which is why I think I find this current lack of any progress all very disappointing.
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