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In Reply to: Starting from scratch which piece of the system do you put in place first? posted by ppopp on December 2, 2016 at 14:01:29:
There are different rationales for each strategy, in what is basically a chicken-and-egg problem. For many people, speakers-first makes the most sense, as they do affect the sound the most, and provide an opportunity to exercise one's taste right away, kind of an instant gratification. Two problems with it are that taste evolves and matures, and that an impressive but lo-fi choice can impede progress for a long time, if the goal is to eventually hear what is on our recordings. Still, for a beginner, it's a good way to get accustomed to actually listening carefully.
The amplifier-first approach is a good one for folks who have been through a system or two, but are still exploring and experimenting with what satisfies increasingly sophisticated tastes. Although matching an amp to speakers is often important and sometimes critical, an amp known to be excellent is usually the best way to hear what most sources and speakers actually sound like.
The source-first principle makes a lot of sense for vinyl, which needs to be analyzed as a separate system all by itself, with its own chicken and egg problem, so to speak. Being held back by a poorly performing front-end component is all too common in vinyl systems.
IMO, going digital completely obliterates the need for a source-first approach, since trying different digital sources is so easy. An excellent system downstream is required to even hear subtle digital differences.
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- RE: Starting from scratch which piece of the system do you put in place first? - sqlsavior 00:10:25 12/03/16 (1)
- RE: Starting from scratch which piece of the system do you put in place first? - JURB 02:20:35 12/03/16 (0)
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