What, if any, component to upgrade? Advice?


So, in a qualifying question for the First World problem department, here's my current system:

1. Triangle Titus 202 monitors
2. Rotel 1072 cd player
3. Sophia Electric Baby Amp (upgraded caps, etc; new tubes 10w/ch)
4. Mapleshade speaker cables
5. Nordost IC's

Which component to upgrade? Or should I be happy with the sweet little system I have and deny the audio bug any further entrance? I like my sound, but it's still a bit too little of a presence than I'm looking for.

Any advice? Budget is under $1000

Thank you in advance.
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Showing 1 response by lloydelee21

Simao,

Whether you wish to stop the upgrade 'mania' is up to you. ;) However, if you are looking for more presence...i will assume this means bigger sound, bigger soundstage.

Two choices imho...Get a much more powerful tube amp (assuming you like your current tube sound)...which should drive your speakers much further.

Or get bigger speakers...the challenge will be can the 10watt/channel amps you have drive the bigger speakers?

If you are doing this one step at a time, perhaps focus on amp...i love the Forte 4 amp (50watts/channel pure Class A)...second hand only today. Or one of the older CJ amps...MV60SE maybe? might be a bit tight at 1K...but perhaps the original MV60?

With good speakers, putting a much higher current thru them can have sometimes quite shocking levels of increased soundstage/power.
Good luck.