Purely exploring the theory.
when we grow up, we often do so on MTV type channels, poop music, etc.
Going to classical music requires some effort, to go to concerts, and unless your parents are taking you to it, has to wait till an age where you grow up to afford it. But as such, requires a more dedicated effort after your initial childhood exposure period.
Our first foray into audio on the high street after Bose ends up with the best branded and best distributed, most on show speakers, like Wilson. SETs horns usually require a more dedicated effort.
finding music of streaming lists requires much less effort than understanding records, pressings, etc
Transistor amps and big push pulls require less effort than rolling/swapping
hitting the roon play requires less effort than aligning the cartridge.
Playing Taylor Swift and Spice girls requires less effort than understanding Oistrakh, Heifetz, Furtwangler, different compositions of Bach, Beethoven, etc
so is it possible that people who seek out live classical concerts and analog classical LPs put in more effort into the process, are more involved, and similarly search out the SETs horns equipment (more off the shelf), while the lazier digital streaming amplified music crowd simply pays a high retail margin from the comfort of their sofa to avoid FOMO and own some equipment to produce loud sound, and this is the essence of why people have different equipment?
of course, different search processes, music, etc will result in different cues.
please note, this is only a think piece (I say that with a lisp).
No mention of natural, i'm not getting anyway near that topic !
