Can anyone provide any advice as to the proper ORDER in which to begin purchasing a stereo system? I assume you either start at the front end with the CD Player/DAC-Transport, or at the back end, with the speakers. Then you would progress toward the other end of the system, depending on where you started. I own Robert Hartley's book on High End equipment, and he does not touch on this subject, at least that I could find. Any information provided would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. JW

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When you make a post, you should be able to edit it afterwards. Is the edit option working for you?

Please let me know. Thanks so much.
Stephen

OK, help me out here someone: I stuck my neck out on another audiophile forum and now I need backup. Some yayhoo was saying dipole speakers output falls off with distance more than monopoles. He even trotted out some impressive formulas. But I, on the other hand, inserted that in fact the opposite was true; i.e. that dipoles output falls off LESS than monopoles.

Which is better for connecting between a device such as a Squeezebox or CD player to an external DAC? I'm going to buy a DAC to improve the SB quality and all of the ones I've looked at both have coax and optical inputs. I've read through some threads on other boards but found no consensus and very confusing. Thanks.

Hola,

I have some travelling coming up with long stretches of time alone in the car...which reminds me of long stretches having to work with Powerpoint or preparing a workpiece...hours of solitude, yet having to be mentally "doing something"...which is great listening time.

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