If you're updating components, what is going to give you the most bang for buck – spending more on speakers or more on an amp?
In other words, if you had, say £1,000-ish to spend on one and £1,500 on the other, should you buy a better pair of speakers or a better amp? Would you get more out of better speakers with a cheaper amp, or would a better amp make more out of a pair of £900 speakers than a £900 amp would out of a pair of £1,500.
Logic suggests you should spend more on the speakers – after all, they are the things that define the final sound. But there is so much argument about this subject that it can leave your head spinning.
So, for example, would a pair of B&W 805Ss or Wilson Benesch Square Ones paired with a Naim 5i or Roksan Caspian integrated sound better than, say, a Primare i30 with a pair of Spendor SA1s?
I have a Rega Saturn as source, by the way.
In other words, if you had, say £1,000-ish to spend on one and £1,500 on the other, should you buy a better pair of speakers or a better amp? Would you get more out of better speakers with a cheaper amp, or would a better amp make more out of a pair of £900 speakers than a £900 amp would out of a pair of £1,500.
Logic suggests you should spend more on the speakers – after all, they are the things that define the final sound. But there is so much argument about this subject that it can leave your head spinning.
So, for example, would a pair of B&W 805Ss or Wilson Benesch Square Ones paired with a Naim 5i or Roksan Caspian integrated sound better than, say, a Primare i30 with a pair of Spendor SA1s?
I have a Rega Saturn as source, by the way.