For me the most critical component is myself. Sitting back and just enjoying the music is all that is needed. Second would be the source. Even my old garage system sounds good streaming through my ifi zen blue. Can’t tell if it’s the dac, the implementation output from the zen or the clean streaming content or all the above making a chain.
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?