(2) Pairs of IC's of Varying Quality Placement in Rig
falconcry72
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I've wondered if this mattered, or if it's more of a "only as strong as the weakest link" type thing. I assume that the better pair should go between the preamp and amp, as that pair would be carrying more info, plus a little power. What do you think?
2-Channel: PC > Schiit Eitr > Audio Research DAC-8 > Audio Research LS-26 > Pass Labs X-250.5 > Magnepan 3.7's
Living Room: PC > Marantz AV-7703 > Emotiva XPA-5 > Sonus Faber Liuto Towers, Sonus Faber Liuto Center, Sonus Faber Liuto Bookshelves > Dual SVS PC12-Pluses
Office: Phone/Tablet > AudioEngine B1 > McIntosh D100 > Bryston 4B-ST > Polk Audio LSiM-703's
Living Room: PC > Marantz AV-7703 > Emotiva XPA-5 > Sonus Faber Liuto Towers, Sonus Faber Liuto Center, Sonus Faber Liuto Bookshelves > Dual SVS PC12-Pluses
Office: Phone/Tablet > AudioEngine B1 > McIntosh D100 > Bryston 4B-ST > Polk Audio LSiM-703's
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I also put my "better" pair of ICs further up the chain of components. Does it make a difference? I'm not sure at the signal passes through both sets of ICs anyway, but I guess we are all just weird like that...
