Not sure what cartridge you are using but I would be looking at the turntable / cartridge before I started making changes in the rest of the system.
I was recently at a local dealer and listened to his high end system which consisted of some very nice PSB speakers and a bunch of Macintosh components. The turntable was a relatively inexpensive unit with a moving magnet cartridge. I was appalled at the lack of focus in the image and strongly suspect it was due to the turntable / cartridge.
If you have a good retailer in your area I suggest you take your turntable in and try it in another system that you know images well. If that is to your satisfaction you could use the same procedure with other components in the system to find the offender.
I was recently at a local dealer and listened to his high end system which consisted of some very nice PSB speakers and a bunch of Macintosh components. The turntable was a relatively inexpensive unit with a moving magnet cartridge. I was appalled at the lack of focus in the image and strongly suspect it was due to the turntable / cartridge.
If you have a good retailer in your area I suggest you take your turntable in and try it in another system that you know images well. If that is to your satisfaction you could use the same procedure with other components in the system to find the offender.