Maybe the first question is with regards to allocation of funds. How much for power vs analog interconnects vs digital interconnects vs speaker cable.
I put the most money into power and the least into speaker cables. My approach was simple, Shunyata for power and digital whereas I went with Audioquest for analog interconnects and speaker cable. I used their top copper speaker cable. The next step up was their silver speaker cables, but I didn’t have the budget to go silver. So, clean power was the most important aspect of my system.