I have read numerous posts regarding the relative importance of speaker quality vs other components in a system. Quite a few audiophiles out there believe speakers are the most important link and therefore should constitute the biggest expenditure. It seems to me that your source would be the most important given it’s the origin point. Speakers should faithfully reproduce the signal originating from the source, via the amplifier. My personal experiences seem to support this notion. Of course, any system is only as good as its weakest link, but I am curious why so many seem to subscribe to this belief. Interested in your thoughts.
Not even an argument: speakers.
In the basement I’ve got about ~$10,000 worth of audio gear and another ~$500 in the living room.
The basement systems sounds a hell of a lot better streaming YouTube or SoundCloud than the living room streaming lossless.
This sounds good on paper but over simplified the issues. It’s not valid to assume that every link in the system holds equal weight.
If you were cooking a steak dinner, are the brussels sprouts really as important as the Ribeye its self? Speaker are the meat here.
The difference between entry level speakers and end-game speakers is grand-cannon sized gap. Whereas, most folks struggle to pick out lossless. And I’d challenge you to take a blind test to see how you do!