The problem is, you always get such a more significant improvement with changes to speakers. The old 'source first' mantra may have made sense in the 70s (maybe), but now any digital source is going to sound pretty good, whereas speakers of the same price usually have notable weaknesses.
I have run my SB3 via the DIY charlize amp into my Lowthers, and it sounds really great - £300 of source and amp is all. Sure my proper DAC and amps are better, but if I desperately needed a grand or two I could sell those and not be that worried. If you asked me to downgrade the speakers much, you'd make me miserable! Put that in reverse, and you have my 'sort the speakers first' plan. Although I do appreciate that once you have the wife happy with speakers, getting her to accept change can be a challenge. You are welcome to bring her here to see mine, which are incredibly large and ugly; after she's seen them, you can introduce new speakers with impunity! -- adamslim MPD on Linux PC, Young DAC, DIY Kondo M7 pre, 6B4G SET, Lowther monsters SB3, Charlize 2, DIY open baffle speakers Boom x 2, Radio ------------------------------------------------------------------------ adamslim's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7355 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=90939
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