Which area of components to spend the most $ on? Boy I was wrong all my life!
"The majority, even the experts recommend to spend the most money on speakers." Experts? Oh, you mean the people who are pushing for you to buy their product, or paid to write good reviews? Take everything they say with a pinch of salt. Synergy is everything. Ignore snobs and people who are obesssed with a certain brand. Try to get recommendations from unbiased people on what they’ve found works well together. Save money and buy inexpensive cabling and interconnects. That’s the biggest snake-oil racket in the whole industry. Mogami and Belden all the way, well built and sound good. You need nothing more. |
A good discussion! Audio systems are just that - systems where every component affects the end result. The most important part to spend money on is the weakest link. Finding this can be hard, I once changed my speakers and source but only fixed the issue I had when I upgraded my amp (which I thought was my best component due to brand name). If I had started with the amp I would have avoided some unnecessary churn. The rule of thumb about spending the most money on speakers goes back to a time when good speakers were hard to find and expensive. Relative prices have shifted which allows more to be spent on other parts of the system. Don’t forget cables and power cables are all part of the chain. I also got a big improvement from adding isolation feet to my equipment. As an early poster said, the more the system improves, the more noticeable the benefits of additional upgrades. That’s why very high end systems have very expensive cables- because these things start having a big impact as more nuances are revealed. That’s where the black hole comes from! |
Sometimes I think that if given the financial resources I would by an all-in-one system. Then all pieces should be suitable together. Active speakers have amps that should be selected to work with the drivers, any dac inside should be good enough to do the system justice. Of course you give up changing components but it might be nice to just buy it all at once. Like this one: https://goldmund.com/collections/prana-active-wireless-speaker/ |
