I think it’s fair to say most people consider speakers to be the single most important link in a system, I won’t disagree with that assessment. Over the past year or two I have upgraded nearly every component in my system and the one that made the single biggest improvement excluding speakers was the phono cartridge. Obviously this only applies to people who play vinyl.
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?