Originally Posted by Dpaws
IMHO there are two quality bottlenecks present in M components, the first is the use of SMPS in conjunction with cheap off the shelf input filtration modules. The second is the SPDIF (inc speakerlink) interface.

To put this into perspective, the acoustic interaction between the loudspeakers and the listening room will have a far greater influence over the final presentation than either of the above considerations.

However, in the pursuit of excellence (that I assume we all allude to) everything matters...