For music sources at the moment I am using a PC playing flac files on foobar2000 though the coax out of a nuforce udac2. (The analog outs go to a headphone amp). I also use a Macbook playing ALAC connected to the receiver via toslink. For analog, I have a Audio Technica Atlp120 tt with Shure m97xe. As far as my goals, I would like analog bass management so that I can use my sub with a better outboard usb dac. I also want a decent phono pre as I am currently using the one built in to the turntable. And lastly,although I'm not sure if a preamp would help, I want a bit more preaence of the midrange. Basically I want to know what I can do to get to most out of my speakers. Sorry if what I'm saying doesn't make sense. This is my first real system.
Should I add a stereo preamp?
I have Paradigm S4 v1 speakers driven by Emotiva UPA-1 amps. I am currently using a Pioneer Elite VSX23. Would something like a Parasound 2100 improve 2 channel performance compared to the receiver? I am using a sub and everything is connected to the receiver digitally to avoid adc to dac for using the crossover.