I’m not sure I agree with this part of your argument. As a fan of the Western genre I appreciate that one of my cable channels just had a marathon of 70 year Randolf Scott movies. And Audie Murphy from the same era shows up pretty regularly as well.
Focal Utopia 2022. Bought them recently when they had their $1,000 off sale. I’m glad I didn’t know how much I was going to like them or I’d have paid full price sooner.
They don’t as I’m sure you know. The Editors Choice list is broken into several different price ranges which includes among other things Editor Choice speakers under $1K.
https://www.theabsolutesound.com/articles/editors-choice-speakers-under-1000