Upgrade speakers or DAC


Next upgrade is going to be either Front L/R speakers or streamer. Current speakers are Sonus Faber Olympica III, looking to upgrade to Il Cremonese. Streamer is Cambridge Audio Edge NQ looking to upgrade to dCS Rossini APEX.
Which upgrade will make the most significant improvement?

 

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Showing 1 response by audphile1

Whether you upgrade, the streamer or the speakers first, you’ll be upgrading the other component soon after. 
 

I’d upgrade the speakers first but I would also say the DAC upgrade will be very significant as well. Also, in my experience, streaming DACs don’t feature the best possible streamer and a separate high quality dedicated streamer will beat the inbuilt network module. Something to keep in mind for the future.