Please specify the precise model #s for your speakers (do you like their sound), amp and cd player. You seem most unhappy with the cd player, if so I 'd change that first but no need to go overboard: evolving technology and moving parts mean you'd have to buy another one in a few years anyway. Speakers and amp on the other hand, once you get good ones, are keepers for decades.
Don' feel bad about your budget. Many of us had abudget of 500 for the entire system when we started. Save money and change one component at a time, don't go overboard on anything. Don't waste money on expensive wires, Radio Shack wires are all you need.
Where do you live? Do you have any good audio stores near you?
Don' feel bad about your budget. Many of us had abudget of 500 for the entire system when we started. Save money and change one component at a time, don't go overboard on anything. Don't waste money on expensive wires, Radio Shack wires are all you need.
Where do you live? Do you have any good audio stores near you?