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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?

 

 

tee_dee
therandyman
33 posts
 

If you have not yet experienced it, give BACCH a try.  It will improve any system, no matter the weakest link.  Pretty amazing.  

headphonedreams
522 posts
 

As many others have said speakers are probably the part that can change the sound the most. Still, an unbalanced system can sound worse than a slightly cheaper but well-balanced system. And changing just one component in a balanced system to another that is much better and maybe much more expensive will make the system unbalanced. 

For example, a system with $100k speakers and a $1k amp might sound a lot worse than a system with $10k speakers and $10k amp.

If you have a well-balanced system and suddenly get a lot of extra budget to improve it it is probably best to replace many parts at once.

 

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clearthinker
1,582 posts
 

Fuse connecting turntable, anyone?

thecarpathian
4,157 posts
 

I would opine that the preamp is the brain of the system.

The synergy of all the gear together and the resultant sound is the soul.

ronboco
738 posts
 

@therandyman 

So the BACCH is a fancy room correction ? What exactly does it do for a price tag of over 50k? 

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