Most important link: Source? Pre-amp?or?

Hi ElDragon; I've asked myself this question about 10K times. I think Onhwy61 had a good response that I agree with-- the speaker/room interface is absolutely critical. Other than that, and I know it's a cliche', but a chain is only as strong as its weakest link. We did some remodeling a couple years ago, and I went from a small listening room to medium-large one-- the difference in music character/quality was huge, ie much more than any componet or speaker change. In my case the change was good as I previously had too big speakers in a too small room. This observation assumes at least a decent set of components to begin with. I've got a feeling that vinyl lovers are going to say "HQ turntable?" Having said all the above--- I LOVE MY McCORMACK AMPLIFIER.

Hi Rayd; Even though I'm not a vinyl fan now (I was in the 60's and 70's), that bit of info. about the poor quality of LPs because of the oil shortage is really interesting and amazing. I didn't know the oil shortage had those kinds of consequences. I remember waiting in line at the gas pumps though. Thanks.