Quote Originally Posted by kexodusc
Funny thing is, I've met people who would REVERSE my priority list in the exact OPPOSITE order and swear it's the right way to go.
So have I. And their systems tend to be compromised to the point where they're unlistenable unless they've spent a very high amount of money on all their stuff. Even so, they could spend much less on the CDP and have excellent sound. There just isn't that much difference between them to make the "garbage in, garbage out" theory anything but just that... a theory.