where best to spend $2-3000 upgrade dollars in my system


Looking for help/opinions on where to best spend upgrade dollars in my system and recommendations.

Here's my current set up:

Musical Fidelity A300CR dual mono power amp

Musical Fidelity A3.2CR dual mono preamp

Musical Fidelity A5 CD Player

Kyocera T910 digital tuner

VPI Aries Scout with Dynavector MC 2x20 cart

Klipsch Cornwall II speakers

Also using Monster Cable Z2 Reference speaker cable, Cardas micro-twin phono cable, Van Den Hul D102MKIII cable for CD, and KimberKable PBJ for the rest

Lastly, using Furman Elite 15DMi line filter/power conditioner

Look forward to hearing ideas, thanks

bksuperphon2

Showing 9 responses by bksuperphon2

thanks for the compliment, I love it all but always thinking about where I could improve.  because I'm happy with it all, I kinda sometimes feel like I am complacent but maybe its just content.

I don't know what I necessarily want to achieve. Always thinking that I might want speakers that excel and low listening levels

@ps

possibly interested in streaming.

have 17000 songs on iTunes but alot of that is copies of CD's I ripped to put on my ipod years ago. mostly just basic mp3's. not sure about audio quality of the source if I were to stream music.

Got ideas for me?

@ps 

does "the mad scientist" sell online?

sounds like a fun project at a very reasonable cost.

Yes@jadedavid,

I used to have the Cornwalls in a 16x20 room with carpet and upholstered furniture and a 10' ceiling. they performed better in that room without a doubt.

@schubert 

I would be willing to try power cords but honestly imo, when I added the Furman line conditioner, it added a richness and depth to the sound that wasn't there before. I live in the city and are power is known for not being clean.

Power cord suggestions?

@mattmiller 

thanks for the suggestions on cables. I do know cables can make a big difference.

I do not feel like my system is broke at all but always interested in tweaks and upgrades which may be that "bit of magic".

I'm going to look at room treatments.

for the room questions/comments, my listening room is 12x12, laminate floors with a large rug in the middle, wood paneled walls, plaster 9' ceiling.

@twoleftears 

I did some research on the Spatial M3's. They sound interesting. I am going to try and find somewhere to audition them...probably have to drive to Chicago.

if I wanted to get one power cable at a time as I could afford them, which component would I replace the power cord in first?