Not sure what is meant, when you say "...but obviously can not hear components at home"?
However, I would suggest that you consider investing in those upgrades that help you establish the strongest foundation as possible for your music system. Others may have various opionions as what should be done first, but at least consider power, room acoustics, and vibration management.
Power conditioner can help, but do you have dedicated lines to your equipment and high quality outlets yet?
Have you done anything to address acoustics, either first reflection dispersion or bass management? Is your speaker-to-listening position ideal? To me, room acoustics was the biggest improvement in my system.
Do you have well designed shelf units to support your equipment, and spikes/cones or other devices to couple or decouple your equipment from vibrations? Do you have your cables off the carpet?
These are just examples of the things that can be done with room acoustics, vibration management and power management. Its my experience that you can't really tell what you have in the way of musical quality or deficiencies until you really hear your system in an environment that addresses the three foundation building components: power / acoustics / vibration.
However, I would suggest that you consider investing in those upgrades that help you establish the strongest foundation as possible for your music system. Others may have various opionions as what should be done first, but at least consider power, room acoustics, and vibration management.
Power conditioner can help, but do you have dedicated lines to your equipment and high quality outlets yet?
Have you done anything to address acoustics, either first reflection dispersion or bass management? Is your speaker-to-listening position ideal? To me, room acoustics was the biggest improvement in my system.
Do you have well designed shelf units to support your equipment, and spikes/cones or other devices to couple or decouple your equipment from vibrations? Do you have your cables off the carpet?
These are just examples of the things that can be done with room acoustics, vibration management and power management. Its my experience that you can't really tell what you have in the way of musical quality or deficiencies until you really hear your system in an environment that addresses the three foundation building components: power / acoustics / vibration.