Poll: Most impactful component

Given all the technological advances over the years, audiophiles have very different perspectives on equipment.

This likely reopens an age old debate, but which component has the most potential to improve a stereo system? Or can it?

If you could upgrade one component to take your system to the next level which one would get the investment? Speakers? DAC? Pre? Source?

Or is this the holy grail that no one can achieve?

tee_dee05-19-2023 2:24am

jbhiller Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 1,361 posts 05-20-2023 at 01:17am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete This is great thread! My answer--I have no idea. How great is Roxy's metaphorical assessment of the system? Speakers = Body & Voice Amplifier = Heart Pre = Soul I would add that Source = Blood For years I fought the notion that the preamp was super important. Then I got a legitimate phono preamp (Manley Chinook--still own it despite lots of swapping around). That made me realize that if a phono preamp could make that big of a difference, how about the preamp itself? That was eye opening. Maybe I should be asking myself, What component is the one to skimp on, if you had to?