Your order makes good sense. The only other caveat I would add is that you may require a fairly long phono cable that passes potentially RF-noisy components. When I did this, I cut the noise with a pair of Audioquest RF Noise Stoppers (sold by Audio Advisor and others). They worked well.
component order on a rack?
Alright I want to make sure I am not overlooking what is the obvious to so many others, but is there a "best" order for placing audio separates on a rack. I have five shelves. It is a Michael Greene rack I recently got used. I was planning on putting my turnatble on top, tuner next, cd player, preamp, amplifier. Is this the best? I trying to do things right so any advise would be helpful.