Why does Amps/Preamps forum have most threads?

Jallen, everything is important, good pre can make a fair amp sound good, bad one can make the best amp sound lousy.

Elizabeth, I have a BP-6 , buddies full-mod bottlehead seduction was better IMHO.

Very logical as to why amp's and preamp's have the most forum thread's on 'Gon. The amp and preamp or integrated are the center core and the heart of any audio system where all source component's patch into and the preamp and amp provide the current transfer function of all incoming signal's to the speaker's.

Honestly, if I had limited funds and I was making an amp and preamp purchase I would put most of the money into the preamp and fudge a little on the amp. I think a good sounding preamp is much more likely to carry a mediocre sounding amp, then the other way around.

It always surprises me that most people seem to agree with the notion that speakers make the biggest difference in the sound that is heard, yet at the same time many of those same people consider various upstream components to be more "important."

As to the original question, while good points are made in several of the preceding answers, I particularly agree with the response by RLWainwright.

Regards,
-- Al