What makes the biggest difference in sound quality?

Guys, why all the politics? This is audio. Whenever someone starts virtue signaling while simultaneously trying to control our behavior or derail a conversation, perhaps the best course of action is to simply ignore the Karen’s? Also, there is always deer and elk season if you like meat but want to avoid factory meat 😉

Most important components: cartridge, phono amp, streamer/dac, pre/power amp and speakers.

Medium importance components: tonearm, turntable

Not that important components: power conditioners, connectors, fuses and snake oil devices.