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RE: the best advice I have for someone into the hobby

And let's not forget that "even" reviewers can't agree on "what's best". Look at their own personal systems - they're all over the map! Despite their proclamations of this-or-that being superb or "best in class" or whatever, what they own is all personal preference. THAT is telling.

On BH's original point, it sounds good in theory, but as you pointed out, it's not necessarily true in practice. It's true that a sound system is a SYSTEM, as any competent audio engineer will attest. To that extent, I would expect, rightly or wrongly, that a company which makes both preamps and power amps would design them to work optimally with each other. But whether or not that approach extends to other components is a craps shoot, since sources, DACs, and speakers involve many other design disciplines and skills, and room design is a whole different skill set entirely.

Outside of the preamp/power amp marriage, there is also the amp/speaker marriage, which can easily go awry and end in divorce (replacement) or jail time (repair), or a longterm unhappy marriage. Since speakers are a reactive load, they greatly affect the performance of the amp. Their back current, generated by the movement of the speaker, can be a bitch for many amps or at least negatively influence their behavior.

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