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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
rfnoise
rfnoise OP
153 posts
 
Matching is mostly impedance matching


I’m hip to that. My LS-25 is 300ohm out to my Legacy amp’s 50kohm in, so I’m good there. A little math also showed that my pre has sufficient output voltage to drive my amp to full power.

noromance's avatar
noromance
10,158 posts
 
Mostly not an issue. I have a DAC feeding a 15 year old tube preamp driving 50 year old tube amps!
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russ69
3,573 posts
 
Matching is mostly faceplates not sound.
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audioguy85
2,033 posts
 
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. 
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