Seeking advice what to upgrade


I am a newbie at this hobby and am respectfully seeking recommendations on what component in my system would be best to consider for a next upgrade. My humble and cobbled together system currently consists of:

 

10 Octave LP1 tube preamp – two gentlemen out of GA who used to do special effects electronics for movies

Carver M-1.0t mkII opt002 amp upgraded by Nelion Audio

Cambridge Audio Dacmagic Plus used as a DAC

SOtM SMS 200 Neo streamer w Sbooster power supply running Roon

Rega Planar 3 (vintage) with Blue Point MC cartridge and Schiit Mani pre – sounds as good as streaming to me

Klipsch Forte 1 w Crites crossover and tweeter upgrade

Blue Jean speaker cables – actually made a noticeable difference over Home Depot

Lots of room treatment which made a huge improvement in sound stage definition

 

Some previous components:

Ohm Walsh 3xo speakers – nice but blurred soundstage compared to the Forte’s

Jadis Orchestra Reference integrated – very nice, articulate, but weak base compared to current components

 

Overall, I am pretty happy with how it sounds – very nice sound stage and definition, plenty of bass for my ears, great for Jazz and vocals, and generally very clean. I probably stream more than play records as my LP collection is pretty limited at this point. That said, listening fatigue sets in after 30-45 minutes at higher volumes (which the wife likes) and my gut says the overall sound may be a bit bright though I don’t feel the Forte’s are shouty as some have described horn loaded speakers (but I don’t have years of trying different components to compare to).

 

I don’t have a huge budget, maybe 2-3K, which is problematic for this hobby, but you have to start somewhere.

 

Anyway, you all are the experts and have been down this road already. Looking for some navigation guidance on my next move. Thanks much.




dmartens
I'm afraid your sonic priorities are all over the place.  Normally, unless something else egregious is going on, changing the speaker will make the biggest single change to the sound of a system.  In your case, you mention listener fatigue.  Suspicion naturally falls on the Klipsch.  The first thing to do, then, would be to get a couple of other speakers in house and see how you like them.  Look at Audio Adviser, Music Direct, and Crutchfield for 30- or 60-day in-house auditions.  Evidently, the rest of your system offers plenty of scope for tinkering and tweaking, but unless you start here, you're just going to be applying elaborate and potentially expensive band-aids.
For instance, I don't see the Benchmark really ameliorating listener fatigue, if it's already there somewhere in the system.
Oh, and the most important single piece of advice is to ignore completely the first response that you received to your post.
I with those that recommend changing your speakers.  Then fine tune your front end. 
Post removed 
"Your fatigue has more to do with high volume than anything else."

Start there and see what happens.