There has been a lot of good discussion here. From my perspective there are 2 bug upgrades you need to make; your analog rig and your amplification. Either one should produce a fairly large improvement. The amp is probably the less exciting thing to upgrade right now bit will pay huge dividends moving forward. For instance, if you upgrade your TT to something like a clearaudio concept (this would be my choice in that process range) you are going to get much improved sound, but you won't get all the table has to offer because your amplification is not designed for high end music reproduction. I agree that a dedicated 2 channel integrated is the right first move. I like the Rogue sphinx. It will play plenty loud. Later, you can upgrade the TT. And like russ said, be stupid on thr TT, spand more than seems reasonable, but don't do it until you have an amp that can reproduce it well.
Upgrade path question with $2k to spend
I'd like to make my next upgrade in my 2 channel signal path. Right now it goes
Ortofon 2M Bronze (cart) -> Pro-Ject Debut Carbon SB (table) -> Pro-Ject Phonobox DS+ (Pre-amp) -> Yamaha Avantage RX-2070 (amp) -> Focal Aria 936 (fronts) + HSU ULS-15 MK2 (sub)
I understand room treatment can give the best bang but lets count that out for now. From a purely component perspective what do you think I should upgrade? Im leaning towards the turntable. It was my first table and altough I upgraded the cart, its only a $500 table. I was thinking of maybe buying the Rega Planar 6 w/ Aria MC cart.
Suggestions welcome thanks!