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What was the most impactful addition to your system?

Even in a setting absent resource constraints, the bug to “upgrade” is limited by space, power plugs, connectors, WAF, etc. Therefore, most of us must prioritize our additions or upgrades in our systems. I’m frequently seeking opinions on what chnage had the greatest impact to your system. For me as a gray-haired audiophile, it was the addition of a pair of subwoofers - even with a high end system. I am not dismissing the audible improvements from high end cables, pc’s, cartridges, sound treatments, speakers, TT, room placements, etc. But my auditory peyote moment came with the subs. Wish I’d known decades ago 😊

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mahgister
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My room is a square too, and one of my speaker is in a corner...

Thanks to acoustic basic  my S.Q. is anyway marvellous...

 

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The most important addition was book and articles about acoustic and psycho-acoustic relation..

Not a dac, an amplifier, or speakers, not even cables... guess why? 😁😊

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Like the poster above : room acoustic and acoustic homemade devices...

After that in the opposite move of the OP i disconnected my subwoofer because the bass was so well improved i dont need it...It is the reason why i also put my 8 headpgones in a closet.,.. 😁😊😎

Coordination of subs can be a great upgrade for sure like the OP suggested , but in my small room i dont need it at all...

Acoustic is the KEY UPGRADE for all other upgrades... And after acoustic like me perhaps you will forgot about any gear upgrade....

 

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