Poll: Most impactful component

Given all the technological advances over the years, audiophiles have very different perspectives on equipment.

This likely reopens an age old debate, but which component has the most potential to improve a stereo system? Or can it?

If you could upgrade one component to take your system to the next level which one would get the investment? Speakers? DAC? Pre? Source?

Or is this the holy grail that no one can achieve?

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tony1954 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 1,050 posts 05-19-2023 at 03:18am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete I would upgrade my 68 year old hearing. No tinnitus and being able to hear frequencies over 15 Khz.
roxy54 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 8,007 posts 05-19-2023 at 04:19am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Speakers are the voice of the system, amplifier is the heart and the pre is the soul, so I will give it the most importance, because in my experience over the years, an otherwise good system can be ruined by a poor pre. That said, speakers are also greatly important, especially for preserving coherency and dynamics.
jjss49 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 6,612 posts 05-19-2023 at 04:24am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete with everything right in the chain, it is the speaker that matters the most (along with room of course)