That depends. DAC wise, unless you want to nitpick about details no human being can hear unless they measure it, then they do. Amp wise, you have to ask yourself if the quality improvement is actually real or just the Fletcher-Munson Effect making you think like so because the amp can give you more volume.

You can’t really complain about a community where 99% of the members don’t understand audio at a technical level and just parrot whatever audiophoolery they heard from a “reputable source” off the internet.

I feel like a good portion of headphones, especially IEMs which are recommended are not recommended because they’re objectively better specs-wise, or because it has a curve which is pleasing for the scenario the thing will be used for, but because they’re expensive, therefore must be good, or because there’s some anime artwork or mascot for that product.