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Advice for upgrading my system

I have been on Audiogon for about 6 months and I enjoy the expertise and reading the conversations. I am hoping to receive guidance to upgrade my 2 channel stereo.

I am now ready to upgrade and I have budgeted $30k to do so.

My current system is the following:

McIntosh MA 6600
McIntosh MP 100 Phono Preamp
Marantz super audio CD Player SA-11S2
Micro SeikiDD-40 Turntable
Denon DL 103D Cartridge
2-Monitor Audio PL - 100 speakers
1-Velodyne HGS12BGII Subwoofer
Sonos for DAC

My room has been acoustically treated in the
walls and ceiling by a company that specializes in this. 

I primarily listen to jazz, classical, and 70’s music.

Room dimensions are:
  ⁃ 30’ 6” long
  ⁃ 14’ 6” Wide for the first 12’ 4“ of the length and then
  ⁃ 10’ 4” Wide for the last 18’ 2” of the length

I consider the main listening area to be the 14’6” x 12’4” section.

I am looking forward to hearing your feedback. Btw, I live in Denver Colorado.



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mattmiller
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The first thing I would start with is the speakers, Monitor Audio is a great company but with $30,000 to shop with, you can do better. I would suggest something from B&W or Martin Logan, Sonus Farber just to name a few. Having a better source for digital and analog would help tremendously, dump the Sonos for a Aurender or Bluesound music server. Keep the TT and change the cartridge, the Denon DL103 is a great cartridge but its round stylus shape and heavy compliance make it rather pedestrian sounding. Lastly the Subwoofer would be a great place to upgrade, I mutch prefer the REL subs for they connect directly to the amps outputs and blend very well with the main speakers. Have fun! and remember things will only get more sensitive and having high quality source material will matter even more! whether its Digital files or Original great sounding vinyl.


Matt M
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