critique my setup -- weak link? best way to improve?


I just put together my first turntable setup after many years of listening to CDs only. It sounds pretty good -- good enough that I'm curious how to make it better. (: What weak link(s) do you see in this system? Where is the best bang for the buck?

Between the two of us we listen to a wide range of styles (symphony, choral, folk, indie, dark wave, metal). The one constraint is that the speakers can't be larger than about 20" tall and need to stand on a wooden sideboard/console type thing.

The setup:

Pro-ject T1 with built in phono stage

Luminous Axiom passive preamp

Rotel RB-1070 power amp

Blue Jeans interconnects

Klipsch KG2.2 speakers

Amazon Basics 12Ga speaker wire, Monoprice banana connectors

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Advice on what’s next?

stringreen suggested “just enjoy.” That’s the right answer for this question almost every time. If you’re pretty interested in an upgrade that will add to the enjoyment with the greatest bang for the buck, that’s where the interesting part starts.

I’m sure that I’ve moved through equipment in the last decade, sometimes without fully hearing what an individual piece was ultimately capable of offering. If it were my system, I might try a different speaker cable, just to find out whether I can hear that fine of a difference.

Or I might try a different pair of speakers, as in that case I should definitely be able to hear a difference. This might also be true with a phono pre, but imo this would be easier to hear once the speakers were swapped out.