With all the hyperbolic reviews of gear, I find it hard sometimes to quantify how important various components of a hifi setup are to achieving the best sound possible.
What do you spend the bulk of your budget on, and what can you get away with skimping on until you’ve got extra cash lying around, to get those diminishing returns on the last few % of upgrade for your rig?
So you don’t think the source matters with Mid-fi?
Spotify does the trick and until you’re into a pricy signal chain, with a pair of prime headphones, you won’t see a real advantage from a better (lossless?) source?