Should speakers be upgraded before preamp and amplifiers?


On a two year plan to upgrade my system. Wanting opinions on what to do first, looking to spend $10-15k, listening room 14x 30 x 8. Currently have Von Schweikert VR-2 speakers Sansui 9090db receiver Pioneer PL-a35 turntable. Would like to try a system with tube preamp. Thanks

 

daveoman

everything matching well together is key...though sometimes the buying process can be thrown off by a super good deal ...

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I try to follow this for next purchase decisions.  Where am I at with everything else and what am I looking to accomplish?  Just a different flavor or are there still basic needs to cover.

https://gr-research.com/priorities-for-proper-system/

Speakers first. You want to mate them with complementary components. While given whatever speakers you choose it is most important to mate with appropriate amplification... the preamp can maters. For instance if you get hyper detailed speakers... you don’t want a lean hyper detailed preamp... mating is very important.

 

Tube preamp, definitely. This is the component that is really largely influential on the musicality and naturalness... get this one wrong and everything will not sound right. So choose a good tube preamp.