Ultimately, it all depends on what you purchase and the synergy between the components when you get them home.
I would concentrate first and foremost on the amplifier. Because, IMO, by far, the amplifier is the most underestimated and overlooked component in the chain.
I am of the camp that if you get the amp right, you are 90% of the way home. And of course I make this statement assuming you are being somewhat pratical with all of your other component purchases as well.
IMO, an excellent amplifier can made a mediocre or less pair of speakers sound almost excellent. But a mediocre or less amplifier will never permit an excellent pair of speakers to sound any better than mediocre.
I suppose that, to me, the amplifier is THE common denominator for the majority of the sonic qualities of the system.
-IMO
I would concentrate first and foremost on the amplifier. Because, IMO, by far, the amplifier is the most underestimated and overlooked component in the chain.
I am of the camp that if you get the amp right, you are 90% of the way home. And of course I make this statement assuming you are being somewhat pratical with all of your other component purchases as well.
IMO, an excellent amplifier can made a mediocre or less pair of speakers sound almost excellent. But a mediocre or less amplifier will never permit an excellent pair of speakers to sound any better than mediocre.
I suppose that, to me, the amplifier is THE common denominator for the majority of the sonic qualities of the system.
-IMO