Do you belong more to souce first or to speakers first school of thought ?

I was just browsing through the amps and preamps forums, and came across this from @atmasphere 

If your preamp or source is lacking, it will not matter how good your amps and speakers are- they cannot make up for signal loss or coloration! The preamp has to be right!

from @atmasphere 

If your preamp or source is lacking, it will not matter how good your amps and speakers are- they cannot make up for signal loss or coloration! The preamp has to be right!

Very true! 😎

Mike

What Ralph didn't add to that and I will - It's also got to be tube preamp! He thinks exactly the same, including about phono preamps, but simply decided not to say it.

Another +1 (or more) to @atmasphere  !

Speakers first, no question for me.

Typical distortion levels for even the very best speakers are full percentages.  For electronics, it is fractions of percentages.