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amp or preamp most important

so I'm electronically impaired ! Whats more important in the final stage of sound for music and movies, I'm thinking about an anthem p5 325w x 5 and a anthem avm 50, is this going to give me a superb all around 2 channel and home theater, thanks ?
cshouse007
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mapman
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Amp/speaker matching is most important but do not discount importance of a good pre-amp with proper impedance matching the the amp then as well for best possible sound.
samhar
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speakers to the room
amp to the speakers
Pre to the amp
add front end and cabling to taste
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SAmhar got it right!
maddoggy
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How about this? (1)Good source,cabling.(2)Pre amp, cabling to amp.Amp can only amplify that what you feed it .If your speaker is not full range can the full sound one expects be achieved? so I would agree with the speaker first,in todays speaker market I dont see where on a whole the speaker response is of old 20hkz/20kgh(not close w/lettering i know)for speakers. Speaker cabling just as important to get the clear sound.If your pre amp muddles up the sound, your amp can only make it worse.PRE AMP/AMP.A axiom pass/pre Used.its a great sound. Good Luck
unsound
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How about this? If the amplifier and speakers aren't compatible it won't much matter what precedes them.
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