Please anyone feel free to respond to this. I have found that the old adage "garbage in equals garbage out" is totally true with High end Audio. With that said, I have heard some amazing systems that were not pricey for the electronics and speakers and put the majority of the cost into the turntable/arm/cartridge. If you start with something great, you will get some thing almost as great down the line to the speakers. If you start with crap, you are only getting even worse crap out of the speakers. I have built several systems over the years. I started in High End Audio in 1987, and i have always upgraded my speakers as the last part of my system. The majority of my money being spent on the analog front end. So i say to you, 2ChannelJunkie, look to upgrade your phone cartridge or your digital front end, maybe some new cables. and you might find that your "old" speakers have some very new life in them.