"Ronnie McKinley" wrote in
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In uk.net.news.config Richard Ashton wrote:

The vinyl enthusiast might say, the speakers are the least important
in the audio chain, and within any budget, with a front end vinyl
source, then the biggest proportion of that budget should be spent on
the TT/ARM/CARTRIGE, getting the best front end one can afford, and
until the front end is as 'best ' as it can be, then money spent on
'high-end' speakers are just a waste of time.

Which is considerably bass-ackwards. You can't spend enough money of
TT/Arm/Cartridge to get sound quality potential that can be favorably
mentioned when compared to a ca. $100 CDP.

The digi-geeks, usually hold a different (opposite) point of view.
Because (they claim) all 'descent' CDP (and amplifiers) should sound
exactly the same ie: no audible difference whatsoever.

More significantly, a ca. $100 CDP places the burden for quality on the
other parts of the system. And what pray tell, does $100 spent on vinyl
playback do?