finding the weak link


I have been debating whether to post this and decided that the experience and insights of you all would be very helpful.

I am using primarily an Aurender A10 and Dr Feickert turntable as my sources with a Prima Luna Dialogue premium integrated amp (mostly using KT150's)  and Vienna Acoustics Liszt speakers. To upgrade my system further my thought was the the Prima Luna is the weak link. Any thoughts? If you agree, what are your thoughts for a replacement?

Thank you!!

rhach

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I can't thank you guys enough, this is great and more than I possibly expected.

1. I will be swapping out the MoFi for a Manley Chinook Labs Chinook special. A new cartridge is in the works as well.

2. I have been pricing out REL's and that trigger will be pulled near term.

3. The question above by curiousjim bring the conversation back to the original intent. I have had questions in the past whether to upgrade from the PL was the right way to go or not. This posting was triggered by reading an exchange in a Vienna Acoustics group re: what amps people were using with their VA Liszts. While there weren't a huge number of responses to the question, the answers were startling in that people were using some serious amps to power their systems (Jeff Rowland, AVM, Devialet, Gryphon, Soulnote, etc). I began to look into a number of integrated amps (Rowland, AVM, Hegel, esp. demos) but was not sure that that was the right path. 

This exchange has been a real eye opener and I'm looking forward to seeing the impact of upgrading the phonostage, cartridge, and subwoofers. After all that, I'll reconsider the integrated amp, although I do not rule out separates. Thank you all very much again.

Thank you all for your responses, they are very appreciated!

For those who asked, the remaining details of the system:

Dr. Feickert Volare Turntable,  Origin Live Mk3A select tonearm,  Hana E Series MC Phono Cartridges - EL

MoFi Electronics UltraPhono MM / MC Phono Stage × 1

Tube upgrade:

Brimar CV4003 / 12AU7 (2)

Tung-Sol KT 150

Cables and Power

              Kimber 12TC speaker cables

Audioquest

Sydney (interconnect)

Niagara 1200 Low-Z power/noise dissipation system

Wind series Monsoon power cable

NRG-Z# power cable (2)

Rocket 88 Speaker Cable

Morrow Audio

SP6 Speaker Cables

MA4 Interconnect Pairs (2)

Nordost

Ax Angel RCA Interconnect

Frey 2 Interconnects RCA

Thank you very much for those interesting insights, I look forward to trying these

Great point. I am a big believer in Kevin's opinions. I've contacted Upscale Audio and look forward to listening to it.

Thank you all again!