The situation that you are in is that you have source components that are not in the same league as your speakers and amps. Lots of things that you could do and the CD player would be where I would look first ... but do you spend $600 on the next level up of class beaters like the Music Hall CD25.2 or Cambridge Audio 650C or do you spend twice or three times that amount on something much better and probably more satisfying in the long run? Or if playing records is more your thing, do you drop the same amount on a better turntable?
In thinking about my own progression, I found myself making a number of changes in fairly quick succession and I was never quite happy with the new stuff for all that long. Four 4 years ago, I changed over to tubes and that pretty much did it for me. To appreciably better what I have, I would have to spend truly serious cash and I have no interest in doing that. Ergo, my advice of sitting with what you have until you really identify what is not working for you.
Best regards,
Rich
