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Most important component??

Would like to get some opinions on what you think the most important components in a CD base system are(Amps,Preamps,cd player,speakers,wire,etc).Starting from top(1st)to bottom(last)

Spaz (System | Threads | Answers | This Thread)

02-14-08

Responses (1-35 of 35)

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02-15-08 Let me consult my crystal ball. close your eyes and concent ... Audiokinesis

02-15-08 most important component? i would say your "ears" ... Schipo

02-15-08 The room, without a good room or plenty of proper treatments ... Chadnliz

02-15-08 Chad is 100% correct. i inherited my daughter's room when sh ... Timrhu

02-15-08 I agree with duke. speaker/amp pairing. Tvad

02-15-08 Source Mlauner

02-15-08 I think that speaker is by far the most important. after th ... Davidbigeye

02-15-08 Hey duke, i got a 2party check from outer mongolia;that be g ... Avguygeorge

02-15-08 The room/the speakers.....the cd itself Jaybo

02-15-08 i have to admit that my old crystal ball is a little bit ... Ecclectique

02-15-08 Audiokinesis' crystal ball is the most important component d ... Goldeneraguy

02-15-08 It seems to me that, with most "better" components ... Jppenn

02-15-08 The operative word in your question was "system". ... Mitch4t

02-15-08 Speaker/room interface; amp/speaker interface; preamp/amp in ... Bob_reynolds

02-15-08 Spousal approval. Entrope

02-15-08 Reality is, every component can significantly improve or lim ... Jb0194

02-15-08 Bob_reynolds, agree 100% i have found that in order of imnpo ... Dpac996

02-15-08 I love it--the room. now what is really interesting is that ... Rives

02-15-08: Audiokinesis
Glad ya'll enjoyed the crystal ball thing.

Avguygeorge, sorry but a dishonest clerk who works in a Nigerian bank already beat you to it.

Well Rives it looks like you are no longer a lone voice crying in the (correctly damped and highly diffuse) wilderness. Just for the record, folks, a couple of years ago I spent a few minutes in the Rives room at CES and the sound in there was magnificent - especially for such a small room (1/2 of a St. Tropez "mini-suite" - maybe, I dunno, 12 by 18 or so). It had a big-room richness that totally belied its modest dimensions. The Avalon monitors in there were obviously a very good match to the room.

Duke
Audiokinesis (Threads | Answers | This Thread)

02-15-08 Speaker, amp. the faulty one! beyond faulty components the ... Starsandseas

02-15-08 Single driver speaker running full range with no x-over. not ... Cdc

02-15-08 For me it's the room&speakers,more the room then anything.my ... Spaz

02-15-08 Is the reason cd players, as opposed to cd/redcordings, rank ... Pubul57

02-15-08 The source,always has been always will be.doesn't matter wha ... Markwatkiss

02-15-08 The most important component for a cd based system would be ... Khrys

02-15-08 Besides room, i would say: 1. recording 2. agree with duke: ... Audio999

02-15-08 Markwatkiss, i agree the source is all important, but if (if ... Pubul57

02-16-08 My opinion about the components is simple. system is like a ... Mrjstark

02-16-08 Duke: thanks for the comments (compliments), but the monito ... Rives

02-16-08 I don't have any room treatments but my room is a relatively ... Foster_9

02-17-08 i agree....the recording! Hifisoundguy

02-19-08 I disagree, the recording should be.......... last. Gawdbless

02-19-08 There is no one improtant component. everything is equally i ... Audphile1

02-19-08 Try to assemble a system without a good amp/speaker match an ... Tvad

02-20-08 In the beginning there was the source.... Opal