My advice is the same to anyone: find a complete system that you just fall in love with, and work towards that. If you just audition one component at a time, you will never stop upgrading.
There are huge differences between systems, so listen to as many as you can, and you will find one that really works *for you*. This does not have to cost five figures, but will probably cost well into four. Once you have your ultimate, work out a plan as to how you can achieve it in affordable steps. I fell in love with the low-power valve amp & high-efficiency speaker sound 'philosophy', as expounded by Living Voice, Audio Note and others, and have moved through budget Audio Innovations amps and Snell speakers to what I have now - all steps were logical, affordable and sounded great. I can't see me upgrading my main system for many years now (except maybe a Transporter...), as it sounds amazing - better than much of what I hear at hi-fi shows, despite being a fraction of the price of many. Adam -- adamslim SB3 and Shanling CDT-100, Rotel RT-990BX, Esoteric Audio Research 859, Living Voice Auditorium IIs, Nordost cables ------------------------------------------------------------------------ adamslim's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7355 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=28256 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
