After reading about hi-fi for many years and now being able to understand opinions electronically, I have always wondered why people recommend buying a piece of kit to compensate for another piece.
I mean often I have heard advice say that you need to buy a warm amp to compensate for bright speakers. Isn't this limiting for future upgrades? So you have to replace a bright amp with a bright amp, and so on.
I would have thought if you think the amp is the most important piece of the chain, then have neutral source, neutral speakers and amp to suit your choice of tone. My interest is in speakers, so I would choose neutral source, neutral amp and speakers to suit me. I wouldn't have to be limted to certain sounding components other than speakers.
People may have been tied to choices made earlier, but if this is the case then isn't it better to change a pair of components if system is out of kilter.
It was just a curiosity, as this seems to be something I have observed for 20 years and always wondered.
I mean often I have heard advice say that you need to buy a warm amp to compensate for bright speakers. Isn't this limiting for future upgrades? So you have to replace a bright amp with a bright amp, and so on.
I would have thought if you think the amp is the most important piece of the chain, then have neutral source, neutral speakers and amp to suit your choice of tone. My interest is in speakers, so I would choose neutral source, neutral amp and speakers to suit me. I wouldn't have to be limted to certain sounding components other than speakers.
People may have been tied to choices made earlier, but if this is the case then isn't it better to change a pair of components if system is out of kilter.
It was just a curiosity, as this seems to be something I have observed for 20 years and always wondered.