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What was your most fun and rewarding upgrade?

I've got a decent setup:
PrimaLuna Evo 400 Integrated with KT120'S and Psvane 12au7s
Clearaudio Concept Wood with Hana EH Cartridge
Musical Surroundings Nova III with linear Power Supply
Ps Audio P10
Focal Aria 936
No upgraded power cables, but Big Sur Interconnects and $200 Wireworld speaker cables

What I'm curious about was what was your most rewarding upgrade? Also, if you were in my scenario, where do you think the most fun upgrade would be for you? What was your most wasteful or least interesting upgrade? What steps do you wish you would have made first and which would you have saved for last? Also, what upgrade did you love that maybe didn't give you the most bang for buck or was least valuable, but you enjoyed the most?

I'm considering a Herron Phonostage for my next experience. Or cables. Or isolation. Ahhhh the options (but the Herron phonostages...)
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phcollie
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rajivhifi
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I agree room treatment. Last week I built my own frames and used the knauf insulation from GIK. 6 of those and they removed the boominess and edge off the sound. Music is more relaxed to the ears and listenable for extended periods of time. 
avanti1960
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I agree room treatment can be very helpful depending on room and speaker placement options but for me my speakers have plenty of room to back and side walls and i listen semi nearfield- acoustic panels and traps helped but not a big bang for the $. 
My personal biggest improvement for the $ is interconnect cables.  
Finding the right ones that complement the rest of the system elevates the sound to a level that is not possible without them.  
I'm not talking stratosphere either- just $300 per set with discount (Nordost Blue Heaven) but a small percentage of overall system cost.   
The sound became richer, more dynamic and detailed.  They took a few days to settle in. 
Your system simply cannot live up to its potential with basic interconnects. 
djones51
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Going to streaming and active speakers. 
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