It depends on where you want to go, how far? You are in the process of "evolving" your system. The only wear item is the cartridge. You have to replace them once in a while. If your goal is to build a reference system then make big steps when you can afford them. Do not waste money on little steps if they are not at the final level you wish to achieve. I would do turntable, tonearm and cartridge as a package. If you are short money compromise on the cartridge as that will need replacing in the future anyway. A good table and Arm will last many decades. In your situation I would not buy a preamp. I would get a phono stage at the quality of your final system and plug that into your Emotiva. Equipment that represents the highest value would be the Channel D Lino C phono stage, the Sota Sapphire Turntable, The Kuzma 4 Point 9 tonearm and the Soundsmith Sussurro Gold cartridge.
New preamp or up grade my cartridge and or phono amp?
I have an Emotiva XMC-1 with a Rega P6 TT a Rega MCFONO phono amp and a Rega Ania cartridge. If I'm running the Emotiva in the "reference mode", would it make more sense to up grade the cartridge and phono amp (maybe even the tonearm) or add a new preamp with a HT bypass
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