Spend my money


I'm relatively new to this endeavor and would love some advice from more knowledgeable and experienced members. I was hoping to receive your recommendations for upgrading my system at 3 different price points ($500/$1000/$2000), and what upgrade you believe would have the most impact.
 
For my listening habits, I go analog about 25% of the time and the rest is usually digital streaming Tidal/Qobuz. Also I use headphones around a third of the time. I listen to many genres from jazz to punk to kpop to rap to classical to everything in between.

One upgrade I can't do right now is to add a subwoofer. I live in an apartment and I get more bass than I can use already.

So how would you spend $500? Or $1000 or $2000? I know my system is very modest compared to the ones here but it brings me much joy every day!

Current system:
  • Emotiva TA-100
  • Paradigm Monitor 7
  • Blusound Node 2i
  • Fluance RT82
  • Hifiman Sundara
  • Schitt Modi
  • Schitt Magni
  • Schitt Sys
  • Schitt Mani
Thanks to all for your advice!


funkbass4

Showing 1 response by cat_doorman

What’s your room like? Have you looked at acoustic treatments? Is your chair comfy enough? Do you need a rack to better organize things? Do you need to reposition your layout? How about a headphone stand? Do you have a decent surge protector so your system doesn’t get fried by lightning?

What are you using the Sys for? Have you considered adding a Loki to your stack of Schiit to help control your bass? Are you even using the tuner or DAC in your TA-100? Could you consolidate a bunch of functions with a better integrated and ditch a whole bunch of cables? There must be something out there at a reasonable price that has a good DAC, phono stage, and headphone output.

What do you think you’re missing or do you just want to do “better” in an undefined, unplanned, organic way - the audiophile equivalent to swimming upstream to spawn?