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What to upgrade next.

This is my first foray into the forum other than reading other's post. I hope respondents will be kind! I am at the very low end of audiophile equipment and many of you may not think I am there yet when I list my equipment. The economy has become better for myself and I am looking to upgrade but not exactly sure where to go from here. I am sure I will receive many different suggestions so I plan on taking the one suggestion that I receive the most and employing it. My equipment is as follows: Denon AVRx 3500H as my integrated amp which is boosted by a Bob Carver Cinema Grand 5 which pushes 200wpc. This powers my Polk Audio RTiA7's which are my music floorstanders. When I started upgrading I chose the Polk's as they seem to punch above their weight. After months on this site I am unaware of many people who extol the virtues of the Polks so I am thinking this may receive the most as far as recommendations. I stream most of my music from my desktop and laptop. The desktop sounds like an airplane waiting to take off. I am not independently wealthy but am looking to spend between 2-3 thousand if necessary. The one thing that gives me the biggest headache at this point is music delivery as computers have glitches and my angina acts up when the music cuts out in the middle of Alex Lifeson shredding his axe. My music files range from bad copies of MP3s which are slowly being replaced to HD Audio files. Thank you for any suggestions.
dadork
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@flrun The Tidal subscription is 20 bucks a month. With it comes CD quality files PLUS MQA Hi Res for many albums. When I bought one album from HD Tracks, the 96kHz/24 bit I would spend between 18 and 27 per album.  If I were to buy 4 or 5 CDs per month I would hit that cost easily and when I think of even a couple hundred albums plus the time to rip them it is definitely more cost effective IMO. Plus it has the benefit of providing thousands of artist and their whole discography, live albums, compilations and collaborations. It's all very new to me but compared to doing it the old fashioned way as I was is like going from black and white TV to Universal Color.
dadork OP
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@flrun Also I have just discovered Amazon Music is 13 bucks a month if you are a Amazon Prime member and thats with Hi Res 192kHz/24 bit files.








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flrun
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Dadork,

I have prime, it comes with Amazon music unless you mean the next level up for music.

I occasionally download a song but I prefer buying CD Albums over a single or downloading a album. Could be a ocd thing.
dadork OP
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So an update on my quest and question. I have decided to go with basically a whole system approach and still be able to use what I have. My Denon AVRX3500 is okay for HT but it really wasn't quite there for music. I am adding a Parasound Hint 6 Integrated to handle music duties for my 2.2 system and drive the mains when in HT realm. My speakers are being upgraded from the Polk Audio RTiA7s to B&W 606 S-2s. These will handle the treble and mids and will be integrated with a pair of REL T7is handling the bass. Temporarily I will be switching the Polks and making them my surround rears. My Denon is a 7 channel with 5 pre-outs, The Cinema Grand is a 5 channel amp. By using the Hint 6 for mains it leaves my Denon and Sunfire to drive 5 channels giving me the ability to have 7.2 for HT. Music source will be streaming through Bluesound Node 2 with an external DAC at some point in the future.

Any thoughts? Does this sound like the right route? 
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