Do you belong more to souce first or to speakers first school of thought ?


It is more complicated in reality of high end than either/or but still we have our preferences. This is a never ending debate, so let's never end it.

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Showing 3 responses by rshank64

The point is that with poor speakers your high end source may still sound poor and you won't hear the full benefit of your source. However with high end speakers which match your room you will hear the best your source can produce, good or not so good! 

Everything matters but speakers shouldn't be the weakest link in your system. 

Hence speakers first.

Speakers first. Buy the best speaker you can afford to match the room. Buy source with the remaining budget.  This will give you the best sound from whatever your source may be.

Then go on to upgrade the source and other components to match the speakers. 

Once speakers and source matched upgrade the speakers and start again!