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In Reply to: Newbie posted by devil dog on March 11, 2007 at 07:32:37:
Despite much advice you've gotten to the contrary, I urge you to spend the bulk of your budget on speakers. The difference good speakers make will absolutely swamp the difference that source or amplification will make, in my opinion.
-Bob
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only output what goes in. I think you have it backwards. At least after one has a "system"
"Man is the only animal that blushes - or needs to" Mark Twain
Yes, but it's relatively cheap to get a low distortion signal to feed the speakers and relatively expensive to make a speaker that will not introduce a lot of distortion into a low distortion signal. It also makes a lot of sense to buy stuff used that typically lasts a long time. Solid state amps, for example, frequently last a really long time and you can buy a used one for 3 or 4 hundred bucks that will be great. I have a B&K that's probably close to 20 years old that is only worth $200-$300 but would be perfect for a lot of systems in this price range.
That reasoning is specious. Yes, speakers can only reproduce what they're fed. And, electronics can only make electronic signals so you get whatever sound the speakers make of them. The sound always goes through both parts. The question is quantitative, which one makes a bigger difference most of the time? The speakers.
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