In reply to:

which is the biggest factor in how my Rush CD will sound



This is the way I see it:
brain
software
speakers
room acoustics....and then
source, pre amp, amp, dacs, etc. (in no particular order).
And last and surely least-wires.

P.S. All bets are off if tubes and vinyl are involved.




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