What is the most important component in your system.


To me it is my ARC Ref 6 preamp. I have used a few other preamps, ML38s , ARC Ref 5se,  with my current system and none has taking me closer to music then my ARC Ref 6 preamp. Years ago I always thought it was my B&W 800 Matrix speakers and then my Krell FBB amp. But found out that to get the best sound from my 800s it is a preamp..Years ago i never knew how important a good preamp was in reproducing music. And sure everything adds up ,like interconnects , power cables , speaker cables, platforms and all those tweaks that we use and try. Now i not saying that i was never happy with my 800s and Krell or even my ML 38s. But adding my current preamp really makes my other components bring out their best. 
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If you want the most lifelike sound for reasonable cost get a pair of OHM Walsh speakers properly sized for your room and have at it from there to max them out. Cost will depend mainly on room size and bass levels desired

If you seek the best sound, whatever that may mean to you, then have at it, many possible solutions, but for the sound of live music on a reasonable budget OHM Walsh is the ticket.

Use a reasonably priced Chord Mojo DAC with your computer, smartphone or tablet with a good quality source application like PLEX or Squeezebox or Radio Paradise playing and you will be there.   The rest is icing on the cake.
No still the same F5s and content as a cat.  Newer than many but not the newest.  

I have a newer pair of large OHM Walsh speakers with 12" main driver I am digging as I type.  They would be very hard to replace so those I guess.