Blindjim - Thanks for your thoughts. I agree with all of them.
FWIW, I wasn't trying to suggest that resolution is of paramount or of exclusive importance in an audio system. I was more interested in hearing peoples' thoughts on whether any valid generalization can be made about whether it is more advisable to choose components with greater resolution and greater resolution as you move UPSTREAM in a system, and less advisable to choose components with greater and greater resolution as you move DOWNSTREAM in a system.
Ultimately, this consideration bears on how best to match components and improve system synergy. But as you point out, it is certainly not the only consideration when matching components or addressing system synergy.
FWIW, I wasn't trying to suggest that resolution is of paramount or of exclusive importance in an audio system. I was more interested in hearing peoples' thoughts on whether any valid generalization can be made about whether it is more advisable to choose components with greater resolution and greater resolution as you move UPSTREAM in a system, and less advisable to choose components with greater and greater resolution as you move DOWNSTREAM in a system.
Ultimately, this consideration bears on how best to match components and improve system synergy. But as you point out, it is certainly not the only consideration when matching components or addressing system synergy.