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Matching components?

I’ve read a couple of posts on this site alluding to the notion that one can be best assured of positive results by matching components produced by the same manufacturer when assembling a stereo system. Is this really a thing? Should I worry that a Decware phono stage won’t play nice with my ARC linestage? Or that I would have been better served by finding an ARC DAC in lieu of the Black Ice FX DSD I recently acquired?

Just looking for a little guidance, as my budget is such that I really can’t be screwing this up...

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Matching components?



"Matching" is mostly impedance matching, output impedance of one piece into the input impedance of the next piece.
Read this "simple" explanation.
https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/impedance-matching-why/post?postid=2162298#2162298

After that there’s a loose thing call "coloration matching", and that becomes more personal, than those will have you believe here. As it's main one is "your room" then individual pieces of equipment.


Cheers George
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