I've been shopping for a new two channel system, visiting some of the high end indie audio dealers. My budget is $10K, and I've heard some pretty impressive gear. Every dealer I've visited, though, is recommending that I sink something like 10% to 20% of my budget into power conditioning, cable, and related accessories. I'd appreciate some feedback as to whether, all things being equal, dropping say $2,000 on speaker wire, connects, and power conditioning is going to improve the sound more than putting another $2K into the core hardware.
The skeptic in me believes that these are high margin items recommended for that reason; I've seen precious little written on the subject that definitively clarifies the issue.
Thanks,
B
I've been shopping for a new two channel system, visiting some of the high end indie audio dealers. My budget is $10K, and I've heard some pretty impressive gear. Every dealer I've visited, though, is recommending that I sink something like 10% to 20% of my budget into power conditioning, cable, and related accessories. I'd appreciate some feedback as to whether, all things being equal, dropping say $2,000 on speaker wire, connects, and power conditioning is going to improve the sound more than putting another $2K into the core hardware.
The skeptic in me believes that these are high margin items recommended for that reason; I've seen precious little written on the subject that definitively clarifies the issue.
Thanks,
B