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Ok this will be a good thread.

What in your opinion is the most important part of a good 2 channel system. Or what has the biggest impact on overall sound. For example if you feel Speakers are most important, or Preamp, Amp, Source. I am not looking for a ss vs. tube debate, just what do you feel is most important.

I will start:
I feel speakers are the most important part. I know lots of you are going to say electronics, but keep it to one part, like Preamp, Amp, etc.
Steve
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nrchy
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The most important feature in the listening experience is and always has been the imagination! No music will ever sound as good as a concert or the event in the studio. The desire to be lied to has more to do with enjoyment than even the source, although I would count that as #2.
Speakers and other componants are so far down the list they are barely worthy of mention!
rd94123
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I feel that speakers are definitely can most dramaticaly impact a system. I also have a variation of this question- What is more important the amp or pre-amp?
twl
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The order of importance in the audio chain goes the same as the path of the signal.
inpepinnovations1e75
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Using that logic, Twl, that makes the room and the listener the least important! I don't think so.

Bob P.
twl
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Touche' Bob, but the room and the listener are not part of the signal chain. They are part of the acoustic environment, after the electrical signal has been transduced into air motion. Good try though. It had me going for a second.
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