No...you should be more concerned with matching the right amp to the right speakers. The rest of it falls into place, meaning the source components of any manufacturer of your choice depending on your taste.
Matching components?
I’ve read a couple of posts on this site alluding to the notion that one can be best assured of positive results by matching components produced by the same manufacturer when assembling a stereo system. Is this really a thing? Should I worry that a Decware phono stage won’t play nice with my ARC linestage? Or that I would have been better served by finding an ARC DAC in lieu of the Black Ice FX DSD I recently acquired?
Just looking for a little guidance, as my budget is such that I really can’t be screwing this up...
thx
Just looking for a little guidance, as my budget is such that I really can’t be screwing this up...
thx
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I prefer my amp and preamp to be from the same manufacturerAs much as I would like to have gone this route, a high output ARC power amp was well outside my budget. I’m actually really happy with my Legacy/CODA amp, and I feel like, at $600, it was a smokin deal. And tbh, I wasn’t ready to go whole hog on tubes. |
No, it is not a thing. No, you should not care. https://systems.audiogon.com/systems/8367 Different turntable, arm, cat, phono stage, amp, speakers, wire, subs. Different conditioner, vibration control, room treatments. Please note the listener comments in the system notes section. Select each component on its own merits independent of the others. Only way to go. |
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