How much do you have to spend?


To acquire a system after which spending additional $ would yield diminishing or marginal returns? How would you apportion the $ you spend to the various components needed?

fritzenheimer

@mattw73 +1

I would even argue that the speakers have to be "just" good enough. With the right space, and components and impeccable source, a decent speaker with a sub will sing way better than an expensive one in a poorly matched system/no synergy. A lot of speakers for under 2K used will do this very well.

Transducers matter…. Ymmv squared 

you can isolate much of the room by listening to a near field reconfiguration of your current system BEFORE embarking on overdamping the room ( somewhat in jest ) … the best thing you can do is understand node effects AT your listening chair and or work the baseline signal to noise of your room…

carry on 

btw I view the DAC as a transducer but behind the cartridge and speakers….

To the OP : a friend w a very resolving yet musical system went far with a hot rod rega 3 … on HRS isolation a host of better TT parts and ultimately a Lyra Etna… certainly a front end that can grow far….

best to you in music

jim