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Help: Order of importance: Pre, Amp, DAC, speakers

I am a bit confused now. I bought a pair of 1.3SE's with an Sim Audio i7 and a benchmark DAC1. I am very impressed with the results. A buddy of mine came over with a pair of generation old Tannoy reveals which performed remarkably with the setup, very close to the 1.3SE. Now I am a bit stupified why I should spend so much money on a speaker. Am I just dreaming? Does the Pre, amp and DAC really shine above a speaker purchase? Thanks for the feedback!
rkerv
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ozzy62
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Your turntable will be your most important component.....;-}

If you don't have one, you should.......

Oz
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larryrx7
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Sorry, I am old and can't half see anymore and I agree that power conditioning is just one factor. It is really hard to identify any one thing as most important. To me, it is a question of system matching that really holds the key ; this is a very elusive quest and I think the one that most of us are attemting to attain
mlauner
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source, preamp, speakers, amp are equally important but old addage, garbage in garbage out is true.
hammergjh
157 posts
 
IMO the components that have the most effect on sound are (in order)

Speakers, amp, pre, source/DAC (these are the same thing, really).
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