What a Thread...!
First thought: it's generally conceded that speakers have the
toughest job - transducing electronic energy to physical. It follows
that here is where the "soundpath"is more likely to degrade. The source starts the journey at 100% (?- or less). All the stuff that follows can't improve, but will likely alter the signal to some degree.
Speakers are the component most likely to add or subtract the most: They have the toughest job.
Second thought: Audio experience has more to do with what
you hear than any math calculation. Seems as tho' some folks work
back from their experience to justify their %s as universal.
Third thought: Too few responders have fully qualified their observations - it's THEIR sound: their equipment, their room, their ears and their brain (memory). Lots of variables here. Too many to attempt to allocate a hard and fast priority to certain components alone for every listener.
Personal comments & suggestions make for good conversation, but they are only that - personal. 2Psyop has it right and bigbobbydmoney's first sentence covers it all - simplistic, but true, non-the-less: "Building a system is a process based on one's listening preference and ears". (Oh - and the brain!)
Bo
First thought: it's generally conceded that speakers have the
toughest job - transducing electronic energy to physical. It follows
that here is where the "soundpath"is more likely to degrade. The source starts the journey at 100% (?- or less). All the stuff that follows can't improve, but will likely alter the signal to some degree.
Speakers are the component most likely to add or subtract the most: They have the toughest job.
Second thought: Audio experience has more to do with what
you hear than any math calculation. Seems as tho' some folks work
back from their experience to justify their %s as universal.
Third thought: Too few responders have fully qualified their observations - it's THEIR sound: their equipment, their room, their ears and their brain (memory). Lots of variables here. Too many to attempt to allocate a hard and fast priority to certain components alone for every listener.
Personal comments & suggestions make for good conversation, but they are only that - personal. 2Psyop has it right and bigbobbydmoney's first sentence covers it all - simplistic, but true, non-the-less: "Building a system is a process based on one's listening preference and ears". (Oh - and the brain!)
Bo