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ROI. Where is money better spent?

Sorry if the category is not quite accurate, but i would like the opinion of the knowledgable crew here. I am shopping for a preamp and interconnects, source to pre, and pre to amp, balanced. I am not looking for any brand recommendation, but want to know that if i had some xtra money to spend, should it go into better cables or better preamp? Thanks and happy holidays!
droleg
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almarg
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I was concerned that less expensive cables would vail or block some of a good preamps sonic performance.
Regarding the correlation between cable price and cable performance, you may find this thread to be of interest.

Good luck.  Regards,
-- Al
 
limniscate
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+1 on room treatment before pre
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droleg OP
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As far as room treatment goes, what would be the first priority?
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dentdog
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Balanced components negate the need to some extent for jumping into the cable scramble. That's no small blessing. 
A setup guy I know with many years of experience tried Belkin XLRs across the room and wasn't sure there was much difference.
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dentdog
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Balanced components negate the need to some extent for jumping into the cable scramble. That's no small blessing. 
A setup guy I know with many years of experience tried Belkin XLRs across the room and wasn't sure there was much difference.
Room treatment takes time IMO and there is no substitute for sitting and listening a few times to evaluate the effect. Personally I get the pre and play with the room indefinitely. Getting the reverb time down incrementally keeps you from going overboard on this and you have opportunities to sit and listen to the equipment as a bonus.
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