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Best Of Breed or Matching Components?

I see a lot of questions regarding best matches to components, particularly with amps and preamps.  It got me thinking about the different ways to go about building a system.  From an electronics perspective, do you feel that combining components from various manufacturers provides the best sound?  Or do you think that matching components from the same manufacturer provides more synergies? 




theothergreg
jafant
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Do not underestimate the forgotten component- Cabling!
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bubba12
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Nice. I'm thinking simple is in my future. 

inna
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Incest is always better. Just kidding.
I would match power amp and speakers first, and after that who knows? As others said, one should not generalise. It also depends on how much you are prepared to experiment and change components looking for the best sound.
Integrated is another approach. I too would probably get VAC and wouldn't bother with separates under $10k used.
jafant
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jmcgrogan2

how do you like the MPS-5 CDP ?
what other cd / sacd spinners have you owned prior?
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