Best Stereo Upgrade Value


A question for you audiophiles...

What "upgrade/change" has singularly given you the biggest (not incremental) improvement to your stereo system?  Upgraded amp, pre-amp, tubes, room correction unit, subs, connectors, cables, speakers, streamer, stylus, speaker placement, acoustic panels, etc.?

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Showing 1 response by kairosman

Weakest link is the place to start.

But if I had to choose, the source is the more important foundation than speakers. A $10K source with a $5K amp will sqeeze every drop of performance out of a $2K speaker and make it sound like a $5K speaker, rather than the other way around, as long as that $2K speaker is not randomly chosen.

Example I have heard:

Furutech passive power conditioner - Melco S100 with LPS - Lumin P1 - CODA CSiB - KEF LS50 Meta - Audioquest Diamond, Yukon, Coffee, Monsoon and Rocket 88 cabling.

Don't love KEF speakers but this setup taught me at least those particular KEFs can sound superb given a clean, powerful signal.