High End System Building. How important is the matching, cabling and room? Thoughts ?

I said that most upgrades will matter less and be less impactful than acoustics well done in a dedicated room ... ( this does not means that my low cost speakers will rival a Revel salon speakers to be CLEAR )  Saying the acoustic  truth dont exclude the other secondary truthfull fact that a well thought upgrade will make a difference even if you had no dedicated acoustic room and even no acoustics measures at all ..

People dont like the truth... 😁 Then they put "words" in your mouth ...

Keep your " school of tought" in the fiction section of your head ....

Acoustics rule the gear evolution and impression and design ...Not the reverse ...

It sometimes almost reads as if there is a prevailing school of thought here that is that if you don’t have an acoustically treated room it just doesn’t matter what gear you put in it because it is all going to sound bad.

@mahgister  , I wasn't directing that post at you.  As a matter of fact, I rarely completely read most of your posts.  However, I don't think that anyone can read through the responses to (for example) this thread, and deny that the "school of thought" I referenced does not exist. 

i understand ...

But acoustics knowledge is not a "school of thought" it is the essence of audio...

Even those who design dac or amplifier must be inspired by acoustics and psychoacoustics concepts about human hearings ...

My best to you ...

@mahgister  , I wasn't directing that post at you.  As a matter of fact, I rarely completely read most of your posts.  However, I don't think that anyone can read through the responses to (for example) this thread, and deny that the "school of thought" I referenced does not exist.

 

@cleeds can’t argue with you there - I should’ve been more careful about using the term “measures” 😉 - meaning (long-established) analytical measures in an experimental sense.

Some gear measurements, when taken on their own and not corroborated with behavioral analyses (preference evaluations), are less convincing of certain popular inferences than some folks would insist.

A few folks trying out different kit options to see which one sounds “better” in a limited number of setup iterations, and technical measurements on their own, are both partial puzzles at best, experimentally speaking.

@mahgister  , almost everyone who posts here claims to be knowlegeable; however, quite often their opinions appear to me to be 180 degrees out from each other.  Therefore, I will continue to refer to different schools of thought.