The speakers are often the most influential parts of a hi-fi, but they're not the worst part. The worst part is almost always the room itself. Nothing comes clo

The speakers are often the most influential parts of a hi-fi, but they're not the worst part. The worst part is almost always the room itself. Nothing comes close for screwing up the signal path. (I tend to avoid discussing the other critical parts — original recording quality and the listener's ears — because these are often immutable constants.)