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Originally Posted by catscratch  I agree 100%. Source first, and not in the sense that you want to invest everything you have in the source, but simply in that the amps and transducers are there to do justice to the source and to capture it as accurately as possible. They need to get out of the way and let the source sing as intended.
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I agree with this as well, but the fact remains that this sort of an ideal system is simply beyond the budget of all these "kids" that are getting slammed here.
Getting a top-notch source is only the beginning. Truly transparent amps and headphones are expensive as well. To achieve a musically and emotionally satisfying rig following the philosophy of "source first" is a costly enterprise - although the end result will exceed the performance of those that EQ their sound with their amp or headphones.
I know my argument has no real place on the High-End forum, just stating that these "kids" are only trying to achieve the best sounding rig they can with the budget they have, and to do that often requires choosing coloured components, or investing mostly in the headphone and less so in the amp/source.
