I try to think of my system in this way: it is only as good as your weakest link.
Buy a feeble made component of any kind and assuming your system is good quality and you have a decent ear, you will notice the performance inadequacies.
I could never bring myself to buy a $3000 speaker set with $1500 receiver only to spend $200 on a sub or fifty bucks on a cd player.
It just doesn't make sense. Unless of course those components happen to be the world's most amazing bargain products...ever created.
