What single upgrade did you have that gave you the most impact in sound improvement? Mine would be the EMM LABS DCC2 dac and CDSD transport followed perhaps by my AUDIOMAGIC line conditioner.
Losing the live in Girlfriend (of 3 years): So I could buy my Ferrari Fly Yellow Wilsons and ditch my Audi for a Honda! A couple months later a pair of Lamm's. Oatmeal and Raman Noodles allows me to use all my disposable income for stereo equipment! Oh yeah Turning the master bedroom into a dedicated listening room became possible (I don't care about sleeping in the guest bedroom!)
Early upgrades had a bigger impact; I've been working at diminishing returns in recent years. Probably my best was in 1996, replacing Rectilinear IIIs (bought in 1969) with Thiel 3.6s. The sound improvement was quite noticable. (Heh, heh, heh) Yup.
Speakers, without a doubt. Made the largest, most profound change in my system top to bottom, back and forward--the whole nine. Went from the Revel M20s (which I loved) to the Harmonic Precision Caravelles. Huge difference in $$, but the sound?! My rig is there...got some pretty good electronics/etc. as well.....peace, warren
Building a dedicated room and switching to full-range planers (Apogee Duetta Signatures).
Smaller but still great...adding a tubed pre-amp as a mate with my SS amp.
Dedicated circuts has to be one of my smarter moves also but they were part of my dedicated room build so never had a chance to compare (before and after) results.
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