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Upgrade order? Preamp, amp, speakers

HI, I am beginning to plan my upgrade from my current midfi system to hopefully a great hifi system that will last me for a while. I will have to do this upgrade over a 2 year period in order to save my bank account and my marriage...so I was wondering in what order people would upgrade their system? I plan on upgrading my preamp, amp, and speakers.
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tboooe OP
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Bdgregory:

good point. here is my current setup

B&W 804S speakers
Cary 303/300 cdp
Parasound Halo P3 preamp
Parasound Halo A21 amp
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tboooe OP
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Ejlif, I am leaning towards starting with the preamp, then speakers, then amp. So far I really like the Ayre K-1xe preamp. It gives a nice warm sound with great vocal dimensionality and imaging. I will also look at the Plinius M8. As for speakers, I have no idea where to start. The 802D with Ayre components sounded great to me. The Vienna Acoustics also sounded awesome though maybe a little to laid back for me.

Mapleleafs3: I have a Cary 303/300 cdp and a digital music server.

Any thoughts?
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